Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hello Folks, Sorry about no quiz last week but we will resume this week. Below is a clip from an aircraft I want to know what it is and when it first flew and what was its achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hebby92 6 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 no idee, but it looks like a kind of a rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta777 272 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Could also be some kind of tricky photo angle, also notice the moveable stabalizer, I doubt a rocket would have something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmiloZ 24 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 This rocket maybe? Not sure tho' Bumper V-2 The archievment was to reach the record of 400 kilometers in altitude. About 1.312.335 feet (pretty high) and research outer atomosphere. It were also testing new rocket technology. It launched from Cape Canaveral as the first rocket at 24th of July, 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 It wouldnt happen to be a Convair F-102 Delta Daggar The YF-102A made its first flight on 24 October 1953 its achievement: The F-102 was the first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter of the USAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam727 45 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 it looks like an overhead and slightly behind view of a fighter jet. in the picture you can see the tail and part of the top of the fuselage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hello Matt, Sorry its not one of them. Its also not a rocket either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Lol worth a stab in the dark, I havent got a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hello Folks, I'm open to bribes Highest bidder can get to view another part of this wonderful aircraft I say Wonderful because its British. Oh shucks at least that counts out at least 6 zillion other countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 OK A bribe, giveme a better clue and I'll try to keep my aweful humour away from the forus for a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 That's the top view of the tail of the English Electric Lightning. First flight: 4 August 1954 (prototype P1) Picture is of the English Electric Short SB/5, prototype (or even pre-prototype?) of the Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Oh, its achievement: (from wiki) The English Electric Lightning is credited with a single kill, ironically a British aircraft – a Harrier pilot ejected and the pilot-less aircraft continued to fly. The order was given to shoot down the aircraft and the Lightning did. From an other site: The prototype, the English Electric P.1, made it's first flight on 4 August 1954 from RAF Boscombe Down, it had limited range due to fuel capacity restrictions but in all other ways it's performance was impressive by today's standards and almost almost science fiction by those of 1954! Petter had included leading edge design ideas into the P.1, he incorporated an all-flying tail-plane (described by Chuck Yeager as the single most significant contribution to the final success of supersonic flight) and a shock cone for the engines air intake which also housed the AI 23 Airpass radar, when test flown the aircraft broke the sound barrier without it's afterburners even being lit, this was the first time a jet aircraft had been able to do this and it did so on it's very first day it flew!, by the end of July, the world air speed record (mach 1.72) had been broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Smith 1116 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 That's the top view of the tail of the English Electric Lightning. First flight: 4 August 1954 (prototype P1) Well done Why did I totally discount the Lightening lol, and its achievement was to to be first and only all British made aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in straight and level flight, and also in the climb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 Hello folks, We have a winner, well done to Vinflyer, do you know how to collect your prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam727 45 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 might actually be a nice aircraft to see modelled in fsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Hello folks, We have a winner, well done to Vinflyer, do you know how to collect your prize Same way I get my usual Aerosoft freebies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Same way I get my usual Aerosoft freebies? Hello Vinflyer, Yes that'll work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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