Just realised you got 8 correct but for the wrong reason! On Sunday, 21 July 2013 20:18:45 UTC+1, LIJagdpanther888 wrote: > > Well Pete, you really provided all of us with some stumpers!! > > Since it was you that identified my wooden armored car project some months > ago, I felt it only right to give your aviation quiz a serious go... > > I hate to admit it, but I came up just short... > > Now, I haven't looked at anyone else's replies... > > Here are my answers, I hope I've got most of them... > > 1. Two... (RAF R.E. 8). 2. A Bristol Aquila. 3. A Mamba... would > that be a black one or perhaps a green one? LOL. 4. A Rolls Royce > Merlin engine. > > 5. Bristol made the Jupiter radial engine for the Dornier J Gas Wal and > the J II Wal... 6. You give it more thrust!! Swap out the GE J79's for > the RR Spey RB 168 15Rs... > > 7. My only guess is the SAS (Special Air Services). 8. Blue... a > Vought F4U Corsair. 9. An OBOE... 10. All three made twin engined > bombers, although I'm guessing that you may be looking for more to this > one, just as I found with question #5... > > 11. A Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double WASP radial... 12. A Douglas F-3D > Sky Knight, the damned drut!! 13. In a SR-5 3. 14. Is an AIR-2 > Genie (your first really "tough" question...IMO, gave me a great sense of > satisfaction finding this answer!!) > > 15. The LTV-A7 Corsair II, USAF - "D" , US Navy - "E". 16. The > Spartan Cruiser G, or Mrk III G, hard to get a definitive photo... 17. > I haven't the foggiest answer, > you were a bit too cryptic on this one, Pete! I tried rocket founding > fathers, Dr. Strangelove, the V-1 and V-II... > > 18. I'm guessing the SE 5a, flown by Edward "Mick" Mannock, since he's > the most famous British flying ace, and you being from the UK Pete... I > also considered Edward O'Hare and Eddie Rickenbacker... > > 19. This is the other one that has given me fits, I tried heavy > transports (C-130, Antonov An-225...) before giving up!. Abit too cryptic > Pete, can you be abit more forgiving, and telling?!! > > 20. A GAF Jindivik... great name!! Another one of my more proud > discoveries... > > I'm still hoping to get answers for #17 and #19, but it's not looking too > good with the present hints... Also a better answer to #10 may be in > order... > > Thanks for the fun Pete!! > > Dave D. > > PS Oh yeah, too bad you couldn't supply us with an e-mail address, thus > ensuring that only YOU see our answers, but I realize that carries with it > certain risks.. I know they do that over here when you want to get the > address to a Tank battle site that they don't want to "broadcast"... Just > a thought. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Pete Arundel <javascript:> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:37 PM > *Subject:* [TANKS] Not tanks but an Obscure and Cyptic Aviation Quiz > > OK, I know we're all tank lovers on this forum but I think many of us > overlap into other areas of military interest. Anyway, I made this up a few > years ago when I realised that a normal general knowledge quiz is just too > easy with Google ans Ask.com available. > So I got cryptic. > And obscure. > Anyone getting all of these gains huge bragging rights and serious Kudos! > > (1) How many people can you get inside Harry Tate? > > (2) What do you get if you take five from a taurus? > > (3) What snake do you associate with a gannet? > > (4) Where would you find Miss Shillings Orifice? > > (5) What links a Bristol to a Dornier? > > (6) What happens if you Spey a Phantom? > > (7) What links a sword with a wandering tribesman? > > (8) What colour was the flying pirate's parrot? > > (9) What sort of musical instrument tells you when to drop your bombs? > > (10) What have Avro, Fiat and Dornier all made? > > (11) What type of insect do you find in a barbary pirate? > > (12) Who, or what, was Willie the Whale? > > (13) Where would you find a Spectre on top of a Viper? > > (14) An unguided arabic spirit with a bucket of sunshine? > > (15) D and E models were Speyed by Allison. > > (16) A Spartan with spats. > > (17) And God bless us, everyone. With a big rocket. > > (18) Ed's scooter. > > (19) Ten ton bridge bid. > > (20) The hunted australian one. > > -- > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > >
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