Guess the Aeroplane (just a bit of fun.)

Klipkopwildlife wrote: That's about as much use as a Putty medal! Now if it was a zip!

All right then - if you are going to sulk I'll give you the putty medal instead - but it's not baked, glazed or gold plated. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You can have the zipper if you like but it's the plastic one made in China - The Black Wizard is very frugal with the value of the Forum's prizes. I wasn't going to mention it but he blows his budget allocation buying Tutu's. :lol: :lol: :lol: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :evil: :evil: :evil:

I'll have a stern word with Garry!
The VTOL is a Convair XFY1 - Pogo

The tail dragger jet is a Jindivik Pika from 1951. This one is interesting. it was designed to be a drone, but had full controls in the cockpit and was actually flown in 1951!

The Delta is a Convair QF 106 Delta Dart.

Bit of a Convair fan are we Mick?

Another two gold plated fly buttons for Mr Prince!! :lol: :lol: Yep - Tony - you are right on both counts - I never got to fly the Pika but did sit in the cockpit as a snot nosed apprentice. Small - claustrophobic and I'd guess a full grown man would have one hell of a job getting out in a hurry.

Jeez Mick, are you that old?
I'm completely stumped on what looks like a UAV.

Klipkopwildlife wrote: Jeez Mick, are you that old?
I'm completely stumped on what looks like a UAV.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Well you got me there Klippy - I confess - I was a snot nosed Airforce Apprentice - joined up at 15 years of age in 1957 (I think - it's a long time ago) Done my time as a ground hog and ended up remustering to Air Crew - one of my usual errors :ohmy: ) It was - I think - I am 70 years old now and I can plead the occasional Senior Moment - in about my third or final year I got to sit (briefly) in the Pica.

The UAV you can't recognise is a Jindivik - you just need to tell me which model.

You bugger! That's cheating! I thought there was only one Jindivick! It's a Mk 103a with extended tips.
Isn't it funny, you'd think the Yanks had invented UAV's, and you guys have been making them since the 50's.
Growing old is compulsory Mick, I'm only 2 years behind you! The bad news for you is, I'll never catch up!

Interesting that the Hawker name Hotspur was reused by General Aircraft for the their glider just 4 years later in 1940.
I thought the manufacturers were very protective about their names with an unwritten rule they did not poach, but I suppose the wartime needs over rode such niceties.

The Pogo was the only VTOL aircraft that never took off horizontally. The first flight had to include a transition both ways. Definitely a job for a 'right stuff' test pilot! :woohoo:
The other one ( Lockheed Salmon ) had a temporary fixed U/C for the first few flights.

Klipkopwildlife wrote: You bugger! That's cheating! I thought there was only one Jindivick! It's a Mk 103a with extended tips.
Isn't it funny, you'd think the Yanks had invented UAV's, and you guys have been making them since the 50's.
Growing old is compulsory Mick, I'm only 2 years behind you! The bad news for you is, I'll never catch up!

Cheating???? Who me ????? :lol: :lol: :lol: We even sold some Jindiviks to the Yanks - and the POM's, now here is a question for you Tony - what is the OTHER drone we invented down here?? Clue - it came along later than the Jindiviks and was appreciatively cheaper to manufacture.

Now - about catching up - actually you do - a little bit each year - for a while - my birthday is later in the year than yours. :evil:

The realy bad news is that im two years in front of him :S BUT several behind the tutu man

THE BLACKBIRD wrote: The realy bad news is that im two years in front of him :S BUT several behind the tutu man

EVERY one is behind the Tutu man! :lol: :lol: :lol: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Grumpy42 wrote:
Cheating???? Who me ????? :lol: :lol: :lol: We even sold some Jindiviks to the Yanks - and the POM's, now here is a question for you Tony - what is the OTHER drone we invented down here?? Clue - it came along later than the Jindiviks and was appreciatively cheaper to manufacture.

Nah, can only find the GAF Turana, and that was a drone but not a UAV.

How about this one?


Looks like its a 'photoshop' special!

Klipkopwildlife wrote:

Grumpy42 wrote:
Cheating???? Who me ????? :lol: :lol: :lol: We even sold some Jindiviks to the Yanks - and the POM's, now here is a question for you Tony - what is the OTHER drone we invented down here?? Clue - it came along later than the Jindiviks and was appreciatively cheaper to manufacture.

Nah, can only find the GAF Turana, and that was a drone but not a UAV.

Well I did say DRONE - not UAV Klippy - but it's not that one! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Oh - one more clue - it had an official "A" number - series 2.