Now we really are getting somewhere. The DH Comet is good but you really have to tie up your other answers with the clues to see what is correct [:D]
Three of the types have nothing to do with the Brabazon Committee.
Have a go at the engines and don’t forget the “bird”.
Was the “Bird” the Gannet?
The unsuccessful A.W. Apollo used the Mamba, which was doubled up as the …wait for it… Double Mamba, which powered the interesting/curious/ugly Gannet.
I’m putting this together piecemeal as I’m lost with the “upright messenger” part - Ambassador, Herald…
I’m figuring that the “Bird” isn’t included in the original 6?
Now you’re really getting on my wavelength!
The “bird” is the Gannet and you have it spot on about the engine, so no doubt you understand the clue leading to the Apollo.
Check back the relationship of Apollo to a messenger, keeping in mind the Herald!
It’s 01.00 here, will be on line again around 09.30.
I will close this one off at noon British Summer Time (07.00 EDT) on Wednesday so if anyone has any ideas now’s the time to post them!
Rather surprised that no-one worked this out so I’ll deconstruct it piece by piece.
A laid back well known battle spawned an upright messenger - though not the later one from the same source.
The well known battle is the 1066 Battle of Hastings (a misnomer as the battle was 10km north of the town, so was the aircraft actually named after the town of Hastings?) so we get the Handley Page Hastings - laid back because of its tail wheel undercarriage.
The upright messenger is the Handley Page Hermes which was a development of the design. Hermes was the winged messenger of the gods - upright because of the nose wheel undercarriage.
The later one from the same source is the Handley Page Herald - one definition of a Herald being a messenger.
A regal representative became enobled before taking flight
The regal representative was a Viceroy, thus we get to the Vickers Viceroy which, before its first flight was renamed the Viscount (Viscount being a rank of British nobility) due to the post of Viceroy being done away with on Indian independence.
a**nd quickly extinguished the upright messenger’s grandfather’s light
Apollo was the grandfather of Hermes*.* The Armstrong Whitworth Apollo was built to the same original Brabazon Committee spec as the Viscount but only two were built and the type was a failure*.*
though all were put in the shade by an astronomical brilliance that all too soon crashed and burned.
The De Havilland Comet 1
I’m looking for 6 types from 4 manufacturers in a single country.
The country, of course, is England.
The upright messenger’s grandfather’s engine type was unsuccessful, but doubled up it gave power to a successful bird.
The Apollo was powered by the Armstrong Whitworth Mamba turboprop which did not come up to expectation. Doubled up to power contra rotating props, the Double Mamba succesfully powered the Fairey Gannet*.*
It sounds like the first two had engines from mythology
The Hastings and Hermes were powered by Bristol Hercules engines.
and a development version of the “upright messenger”, which didn’t reach production, had a more up to date power plant named after the founder of an ancient city.
Two Hermes V aircraft were built for the Ministry of Supply in 1949 to be powered by Bristol Theseus turboprop then under development. Theseus, in mythology, was the founder king of Athens.
Two of the other types had engines which might indicate a sharp weapon or equipment used in what some say is a sport but were actually named after something completely different.
The two other types are the Viscount and the production version of the Herald, the HP7*,* both powered by RR Dart engines. The Dart was not named after the weapon but was one of the RR series of engines named after UK rivers, the River Dart being in Devon.
The last type sounds as if its power came from a supernatural source, though in later marks it could be said that the power came from a bardic related source!
The Comet 1 was powered by RR Ghost engines. Later versions were powered by RR Avon engines, Shakespeare is known as the Bard of Avon, the River Avon flowing through Stratford upon Avon.
That’s it…simple really[6]
6/10 to Milairjunkie for effort!
Dead Simple[:XX]
I couldn’t put it together as I was looking for a definite relationship between the bunch (like the Brabazon Committee)…
I had though RR Ghost for the “supernatural” engine, but got stumped with the “bardic” engine - arrived at Orpheus (Greek poet among other things), but couldn’t get to a transport from it…
Nice one!
Thanks Milairjunkie. I’m away from tomorrow for 3 weeks though I’ll be looking in from time to time. Feel free to post a question.
What company would you really rather not receive a free tie from?
I can think of several, none of them are aircraft related though.
The company in question is a well know name in military aviation & although it stopped making aircraft some time ago, it’s still going strong.
I was thinking the texas police department. You get given a free tie by them, its usually attached at the other end to a large peice of wood.
The tie indicates entry into a club of which there are nearly 6000 members.
Martin Baker?
The ties being to aircrew that ejected using their ejector seats?
A pure guess without any google input
Kia Kaha
JAFA - Yes, correct!
Also known as “The only club where you have to be thrown out to get in”.
Seems JAFAs gone on holiday, so the other kiwi is gonna take a crack.
This squadron flew 11,000 sorties. claimed 81 aircraft and 223.5 V-1’s.
The pilots attached to the squadron had the highest kill rate in the tempest and won over 20 DFC’s and DSO’s (not necessarily in the tempest, but overall).
Name the squadron.
no. 486 Squadron RNZAF? I also noted that two of their tally of aircraft kills were Me-262 jets…
Yup, perfect.
The operated hurricanes, then typhoons, then tempests.
They have an impressive record. While flying tempests they claimed 59.5 kills. The next spot was taken by 56sqn with 59.2 kills.
en.wikipedia.org/…/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF I know its wikipedia, but it makes for interesting reading.
Over to you F-8fanatic
OK…
Fewer than 300 of this “flying razor” were produced. This aircraft was well liked by those who flew it, but due to the outcome of hostilities, not very many survived, even though it was operated after the war by a few countries. Noted as being underpowered, it still could hold its own with its contemporaries. It was known for being quite well built and sturdy, and it should have been–by the time that this plane went into production, its manufacturer had already produced some of the best planes in the world. It was believed to have been the plane to record the last kill of the war. As far as I can find, there is only one example left in the world today.
Fokker D.VIII?
wow, that sure didnt take long…over to you!