these 2 aircraft have been used as transports for airliner fuselages in between assembly plants. one was based on a USAF Cargo plane and the other on one of the airliners it was designed to transport. what are the 2 aircraft and what were they derived from? Note: the new transport replaced the old one.
the Super guppy and the Beluga!!! Super guppy based on the C-97 and the Beluga based on the A300!!
Those are the ones
The Super Guppy was actually the third varient of the type to be derived from the C-97, the first 2 being the Pregnant Guppy and the Mini Guppy, both of which were smaller and used the original 377/C-97 radial piston engines(the second Mini Guppy being powered by Turbo-props), as opposed to the turbo-props of the Super Guppy (P&W in the first varient and Allison in the second). The Beluga was derived from the A300-600 widebody airliner, and while it has a larger main cargo deck volume than both the C-5 and An-124, it’s cargo weight capacity is only 47 tons compared to the 122.5 tons of the C-5 and 150 tons of the An-124.
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Try another easy one.
What aircraft was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam?
C-47?
LOL forgot about that one!![:O] Was thinking about the A-26. That is a correct answer though.
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Boo Hoo Hoo, does nobody want to play?
Milair you are the first to pipe in so go for it.
First come / first served - I’m still at work, so I could be a while
Most keen aircraft enthusiasts will know that the BF-109 used for for WWII the DB-600 series engines. Many will know that post war it also used the Merlin & Jumo 211 engines, in the Spanish and Czechslovakian built versions. However, in a strange twist of fate, both those engines have a peculiar link to the BF-109, which is near identical. What is this strange twist of fate (and remember, it’s near identical for both engines)?
Both engines were used in 109 prototypes.
Close, very close, but, no, because neither the Merlin or the Jumo 211 were used in the BF-109 development. However, you’re on the right track, but you’re missing a crucial fact, which both engines share, and it does involve the development, and these two engines, as such.
Well, the Merlin was a development of the Rolls Royce Kestrel, which was used in the prototype Me-109 V-1. And the Jumo 211 was developed from the Jumo 210, which was the engine used for Me-109 prototypes V-2 through V-8. the Jumo 210 also was used to power the production Me-109 -B, -C, and -D models. The DB-601 and its further variants were not seen in production Me-109’s until the -E model came out.
That’s it F-8! The Merlin and the Jumo 211, both the engines used in post developments of the BF-109, were both developments of the two engines used in the pre-war BF-109 prototypes.
Basically, the RLM specified the Junkers Jumo 210 as the standard engine for all the new German aircraft, and specified competions for 4 basic designs (tactical bomber, medium bomber, interceptor, twin-engined fighter), based on this engine. Whilst the DB-600 series showed promise, it wasn’t developed enough yet. However, even the Jumo wasn’t ready so the RLM obtained 6 Kestrel engines from Rolls-Royce, in exchance for a Heinkel He-70 Blitz, which they used as an engine test-bed.
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And the Kestrel was used in the JU-87 prototype as well.
Well, the RLM had 6 Kestrel engines, and gave 2 to Messerschmitt, so that would make sense.
As a bit of trivia, the correct name is the BF-109 not the ME-109, as the Bavarian Aircraft Works were given the title BF-109 - before they became Messerschmitt. However, the Germans themselves would mix the two designations, even sometimes on the same documents, or aircraft plates!
OK, there were a couple of actual events in US history relating to the continental US being attacked from the air. Two of these were most unusual in both the method and the intended targets. Name the country of origin, the aircraft used, and the actual target of the attempts.
I know Japan had the balloons and bombs and cities being targets, but can’t recall the second one.
Country of origin:- Japan
The aircraft used:- Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” (submarine launched)
The actual target of the attempts:- Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon.
Other wise known as “The lookout air raid”.
I can think of some more recent events that would fit the bill, but doubt you have these in mind?
On researching this air raid, I came across some unconnected, but all the same interesting reading about “Weather Station Kurt” - Google it.
Well, the US did try and use bats to attack Japan, and it progressing nicely, before it was canned (the nuke was used instead). However, during a test, the bats were too successful, and didn’t just attack the intended target, but, also, attacked the airfield, causing a lot of damage. I guess you could say that bats attacked a US continental target!