P-43?
The Penguin thnks he knows! Seversky 2PA. Designed in 1397, two sold to the Russians, similar engine to the I-16, two seats, slightly faster.
http://www.davidpride.com/Aviation/PoF/PoF_054.htm
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Allies/1-USA/02-Fighter-Bombers/2PA/2PA.htm
Cheers,
Chris.
Youve got it sir [bow], but Trexx was first, so its your turn mate. Apart from that, does anyone have some info and pics about the amfibian version 2PA-A. In the article, were i first read about this bird, theres only one pic of the 2PA-A on the take off and no additional info except that it was tested by the Russian NAVY. Im really interested to see the undercariage.
God bless Google
I’m thinking… I’m thinking…
OK.
Who is credited as the first to publish a theory on the use of air power in the strategic sense… ? What was the publication?
That would be Giulio Douhet, Undersecretary of Air to Mussolini in the 1920s, in his book The Command of the Air, published in 1921.
Cheers,
Chris (who studied the subject at university [:)] )
Ill have to go with Gen. Julio Due /im not sure about the spelling/ in the book called Aerial Supremecy in the early twenties but it got out in 1932 after his death. I had the chance to read it and its a really great book. Gen. Due offered a science fiction novel in 1918 called Victory on the wings /im not sure for the name since im translating from bulgarian and mistakes are possible/ but i only heard about it so may be he first wrote about air supremecy there, but im just guessing. And something interresting, he was supposing there that the arch enemy - Germany, is useing 2000 massive tanks at 4000 tons each, powered by 6 diesels with combined power of 6000 h.p. I think the General went too far with this, but never the less in the novel the germans lost because the lack of air supremecy. OK so i`m definitely going with the novel!
The title of the book in Italian is Il dominio dell’aria, which could easily be translated as Aerial Supremecy. You may well be right about the novel, though, whch concerned the strategic use of air power, and which he wrote while in prison, following a disagreement with his superior officers and subsequent court martial, in 1916.
Do you want another go?
Cheers,
Chris.
Interresting missmatch of the dates [:-^] it seem like my refferences are wrong but in my copy of the book /first edition in bulgaria/ it says that it was first issued in 1932 /after his death/. As about the novel it was mentioned in a historycal forum but the talks there was about that monster tank i wrote about. Well let trexx do the thinking which of us is right, and don`t forget that we both may be out of track and the right answer could be something like Jules Verne [#wstupid] !!!
You smart, Bast__rds! DANG! Unstumpable… I’m getting miffed!
Chris Hall nailed it. Both answers are correct. The Italian General who monkeyed around with bombardment using airplanes prior to World War One and wrote some interesting thoughts that were born from his endeavors.
Ok, Chris you’re up…
Right, here we go.
This British triplane, first flown in 1918, had an enclosed cockpit and a central engine room with four engines, turning chain-driven, wing-mounted propellers. The second version was more conventional, and had an open cockpit and engines mounted in tandem in wing-mounted nacelles.
The final version was powered by coal-fuelled steam turbines. Although the only problem with the turbines themselves was that they were too powerful for the aircraft’s airframe, neither of the two examples of this version actually flew.
Name that plane!
Cheers,
Chris.
ill have to say The Bristol Braemar. And heres i nice little article with a photo http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mchughes/tree/pages/Braemar_Overview.htm
Interestingly enough, toward the end of WWII, Germany actually did consider building a super-tank as Douhe predicted; it was to be powered by a couple of submarine diesel engines. I’ll see if I can’t find my reference material and post more details tomorrow.
Braemar it is. The steam-powered version (called the Bristol Tramp) was ordered by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, whose engineers had little experinece of internal combustion engines, but knew their way around a steam engine…
Braemar: http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/bristol_braemar.php
Pullman (luxury passenger version of Braemar): http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/bristol_pullman.php
Tramp: http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac6/Bristol%2037%20Tramp.html
Your turn, Congo!
Cheers,
Chris.
OK, i know that ive stalled the quiz a little bit, but heres the new question. This plane was based /if not identical/ on a fairly famous plane used from the mid 30`s well into the WW II, was used as an advanced trainer, and took off for the first time in 1942. The predecesor was famous with its agility, even though even in the begining of his fighting career he was thought to be already obsolete in some aspects. Oh and another clue, it was used even after the end of the war, but with other countries airforces of course. Name that plane.
Arado Ar 96B ?
No, not even close.
I didn’t think so. The date was off. Try try agian.[:D] ART
Contenders might include Polikarpov, Fiat and Nakajima. Of those, I’d go for Polikarpov… now to see if they made a trainer that looked like an I-16.
Edit: Polikarpov I-16 UTI
The AT-6 Texan? [%-)]
Tom T [C):-)]