Mondays quiz. Number 4
Darryl Gibbs
I trust everyone had a good weekend.
Canberra was pretty good. We called out to see what was at the airport on
Saturday and payed the War Memorial a visit on Sunday. First time I have
seen the bombing display. They have certainly done a very nice job.
It's time for the first quiz of this week.
Enjoy.
Daily quiz number 4
Here's a link to the photo quiz page.
http://www.cnapg.org/justplanechatdailyquiz4.htm
and now for todays questions.
1 What was Australian Airlines previously called?
2 What type of aircraft was being operated by number 10 Squadron, RAAF at
the start of World War Two.?
3 What is the name of the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) first (purpose
built) aircraft carrier?
4 From what country did Hawker built aircraft originate?
5 What airline holds the record for the longest duration non stop passenger
service?
Here's Fridays answers
Quiz 3
1 What was the Australian Army Flying force called in World war One?
Answer - The Australian Flying Corps (AFC).
http://www.australianflyingcorps.org/index.html
2 What country is the home base to the airline United Airlines?
Answer - USA.
3 What type of aircraft was Francis Gary powers flying when he was shot down
over the USSR in 1960?
Answer - Lockheed U-2.
http://www.geocities.com/siafdu/powers.html
http://www.aiipowmia.com/koreacw/powers.html
http://aerostories.free.fr/powers/page2.html
4 Who am I?
I was born in Breslau, Germany on the 2nd of May, 1892. When I was 11 I was
enrolled at the military school at Wahlstatt and later moved to the Royal
Military Academy at Lichterfelde. In 1911 I was commissioned into the 1st
Regiment of Uhlans as a Cavalry Officer.
In 1915 I transferred over to the German Air Service as an observer and
later changed over to pilot.
On the 21st of April 1918 I was shot down and killed.
At the time of my death I had 80 confirmed victories.
I am?
Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron)
http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/richt.htm
http://www.anzacs.net/who-killed-the-Red-Baron.htm
5 What was the last type of fighter aircraft operated by the Royal
Australian Navy?
Answer - Douglas Skyhawk.
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Darryl Gibbs
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Glenn
it when war Broke out ;-)
>
> 2 What type of aircraft was being operated by number 10 Squadron, RAAF at
> the start of World War Two.?
Trans Australian Airlines
> 1 What was Australian Airlines previously called?
Been caught on this one before but I will still go for the HMAS Sydney.
Although I think that it was converted so if that was the case it would be
the Melbourne.
3> 3 What is the name of the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) first (purpose
> built) aircraft carrier?
England
> 4 From what country did Hawker built aircraft originate?
Qantas
> 5 What airline holds the record for the longest duration non stop
passenger
> service?
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Dave Kearton
"Glenn" <gl...@spamalert.net> wrote in message
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| know this one it was a Sunderland. 10 Sqn was actually taking delivery of
| it when war Broke out ;-)
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| > 2 What type of aircraft was being operated by number 10 Squadron, RAAF
at
| > the start of World War Two.?
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| Trans Australian Airlines
| > 1 What was Australian Airlines previously called?
|
HMAS Vengeance (now on Ebay as Minas Gerias)
| Been caught on this one before but I will still go for the HMAS Sydney.
| Although I think that it was converted so if that was the case it would be
| the Melbourne.
|
| 3> 3 What is the name of the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) first (purpose
| > built) aircraft carrier?
|
| England
|
| > 4 From what country did Hawker built aircraft originate?
|
Hmmmm, tricky question - longest ever ? longest current route ?
I'd go for Singapore Airlines SIN-LAX as a current route or Qantas'
wartime, Perth to Columbo via Catalinas.
| Qantas
|
| > 5 What airline holds the record for the longest duration non stop
| passenger
| > service?
|
Cheers
Dave Kearton
matt weber
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>Hmmmm, tricky question - longest ever ? longest current route ?
>
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> I'd go for Singapore Airlines SIN-LAX as a current route or Qantas'
>wartime, Perth to Columbo via Catalinas.
which started up only a few weeks ago. Distance is further by about
700 miles, but , flight time is about the same as the Los Angeles
Singapore service.. The New York Services go over the top, so
prevailing winds (large random that far north) are much less trouble.
The LAX-SIN run tends to fly straight at the jetstream for a good part
of the trip.
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>| Qantas
>|
>| > 5 What airline holds the record for the longest duration non stop
>| passenger
>| > service?
>|
An interesting question, but I am pretty sure that there were a
number of Lockheed Constellation services that were in the air
considerably longer than the current Singapore airlines service. The
L1049's even in the Super G configuration tended to run ouf of Fuel
at about 16-17 hours (and about 4000 miles). The first of these was
probably on SAS, and there is a monument outside the Bradley Terminal
at Los Angeles International Airport commemorating the non-stop SAS
services (1954 IIRC) with the previaling winds, West Coast to
Scanadavia was just barely possible in a late model L1079. (The
100mph tail winds helps a lot when cruise is about 270mph).
The Constellation (L1649) services from Europe to the West Coast of
the USA routinely ran past 20 hours. They generally ran out of fuel
and oil at about the same time if the engines were in good shape, if
they weren't in such great shape, range was limited by oil carriage.
Ultimate endurance on the lL1649 was 24 hours, which provided the
necessary range for the Europe to US WEst coast against prevailing
winds. Only 44 L1649's were delivered. They entered service as the
first 707's were coming off the line. Suffices to say that the 707
caused the L1649 to have a very short service life.
We can argue about whether or not the QF double sunrise services were
really airline operations.
That honor may well belong to TWA, South Afircan Airway, or Lufthansa
from the late 1950's. At this stage it is very hard to tell..
Darryl Gibbs
duration. Don't think the Singapore Airline ones are in the air non stop
for 28 to 32 hours. :-)
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Glenn
Bicentennial airshow that flew from London to Sydney non stop. has painted
on teh fueslage something along the lines of Worlds longest flight.
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