The 'Motormouse' Xmas Quiz

[Motormouse]

here you go, a little something to get you 'googling', just for fun as usual........

Q1. Fg/Off. Crossley of 501 Sqn,RAF earnt a place in the history books in 1957 by doing what?

Q2. What was the 'Robin Goch', and when was it supposed to have flown

Q3.G-AKUW is one of only two UK airworthy what?

Q4.Flown at the SBAC show at Radlett in Sept.1947, but scrapped in Aug 1948, what am I.....

General characteristics
Crew: 2
Capacity: 5 passengers
Length: 47 ft 9 in
Wingspan: 40 ft 8 in
Height: 13 ft 9 in
Wing area: 319 ft²
Empty weight: 5,300 lb
Loaded weight: 7,300 lb
Powerplant: 2× de Havilland Gipsy Queen 51 or 71 six-cylinder inline, 296 hp (221 kW) each


Q5.How many Avro Andover's were built

Q6.What was the Baynes Bat?

Q7.Vickers type 559 was to be powered by what?

Q8.Sir Barnes Wallis is well known in aviation, but what was his original apprenticeship completed in, and with whom?

Q9.Who designed the de Havilland 'Gipsy' and 'Goblin' engines?

Q10. Who designed the Blackburn B1




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Pete

[Garry Russell]

G-AKUW was a Chrislea Super Ace

Should be able to come up with a few more

Garry xwink

[Trev Clark]

Thanks Pete, this is causing a bit of head scratching, I bet Brian (B. Bear) will know them all though.

Do we post the answers here? If we have any

[DaveB]

I actually know the answers to quite a few of those. I'm so overwhelmed, I'm unable to speak!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Robin]

Q5 = 4

[Trev Clark]

Q1 I am gussing that he made the last ever RauxAf flight.
Q2 Robin Goch was a Welsh :o built contraption (sorry aircarft) that may have flown in 1908, pre dating Cody.
Q3 Garry is correct, I think.
Q4 is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Merganser ;-)
Q5 is 4 in total (two versions were made three as an air ambulance and one as a transport).
Q6 is a Tail-less experimental WW2 glider.
Q7 Gyrons and Spetra Junior rockets
Q8 is Thames Engineering Works at Blackheath, East London. He subsequently changed his apprenticeship to J Samuel White's the shipbuilders based at Cowes in the Isle of Wight.
Q9 is Frank Halford
Q10 Sir Henry Seagrave

[Motormouse]

Q1 I am gussing that he made the last ever RauxAf flight.
Q2 Robin Goch was a Welsh :o built contraption (sorry aircarft) that may have flown in 1908, pre dating Cody.
Q3 Garry is correct, I think.
Q4 is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Merganser ;-)
Q5 is 4 in total (two versions were made three as an air ambulance and one as a transport).
Q6 is a Tail-less experimental WW2 glider.
Q7 Gyrons and Spetra Junior rockets
Q8 is Thames Engineering Works at Blackheath, East London. He subsequently changed his apprenticeship to J Samuel White's the shipbuilders based at Cowes in the Isle of Wight.
Q9 is Frank Halford
Q10 Sir Henry Seagrave

Q1...No...wrong answer
Q2 1 point
Q3 1 point
Q4 1 point
Q5 1 point
Q6 1 point
Q7 1 point
Q8 1/2 point for J S White's, but what was his trade?
Q9 1 point
Q10 1 point

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Pete

[Techy111]

Q1 = Did he drop the first A-Bomb at Christmas Island?

Tony

Nope scratch that.......He flew a Vampire jet under the Clifton Suspension bridge at 450MPH (sadly though he ploughed in just after..... :-( )

But a police chopper flew under it in 1997 whilst on a search.......

[Motormouse]

er..No and Yes!

Indeed he did fly the Vampire under Clifton Bridge, but collided with the Leigh Woods cliff shortly thereafter,
and Harrier has also been under it

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Pete

[Techy111]

Check this link out then.....? :flying:

http://www.clifton-suspension-bridge.org.uk/faqs.php#7

Tony