Gollevainen's quizz of the week (older)

Scratch · Jun 9, 2007

Re: Gollevainen's quizz of the week

I'd say that's a Martin XB-48.
One participant in the contest for a new medium bomber for the SAC. Around the end of the cold war.
The contest was won by the B-45 and B-47.
Regarding german influence: I think in 1944, the US war department was aware of german advances in jet propulsion for aircraft, especially bombers. So they wanted a design for a medium bomber with sufficient jet power.

bd popeye · Jun 9, 2007

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Scratch is correct..Here's a much larger pic of the same aircraft.

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Scratch · Jun 9, 2007

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Ok, I'm going on then.
Was ist das? And be precise on the plane.

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snake65 · Jun 9, 2007

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Vickers WB-210, prototype of Valiant.
As a sidenote of German influence on XB-48 - the first flight was only 14 June, 1947, meaning that for two years already there was hell of a lot of ex-German wize kids besides Werner von Braun and Walter Dornbeger available/

planeman · Jun 9, 2007

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Can I go for a cheap shot and say that Snake is wrong? Like by a milliscule amount; the correct answer is Vickers Type 660.

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"WB-210" is the seriel number not the type.

Scratch · Jun 10, 2007

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Now you both brought me into some trouble. Then again it probably was me saying be precise with the plane. It's indeed the Valiant prototype. But I think the second one already had the fence at the intake removed.
So, WB-210 is even the exact plane, that means snake's answer was right on spot.

planeman · Jun 10, 2007

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lol, I was only kidding. Knowing the seriel of a plane from a los res picture is pretty damn impressive as always. I thought I was ok for military equipment until I started hanging around here.

snake65 · Jun 11, 2007

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This shouldn't be too hard

Gollevainen · Jun 11, 2007

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Its a project 57 (NATO Krupnyy) class missile destroyer...but I cannot say wich one

Gollevainen · Jun 16, 2007

Re: Gollevainen's quizz of the week

So to keep the quizz going on, Ill take my quizmaster's liberty to post new quizz

Gollevainen's quizz of the week (older)

Scratch

Captain

bd popeye

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snake65

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planeman

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Scratch

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