Who / What / Where Game - Page 481

Catfish · 03-19-19, 02:34 PM

Dowly has it, yes the Supermarine Nighthawk, built to hunt high-flying Zeppelins but being barely able to take off. Maybe the developers thought it a good idea to put a fourth wing on it for a faster ascend and intercept, but with all this drag and undersized engines this was not a good idea. It would no climb very high, and a Zeppelin would have been able to just run away. One of the prototypes crashed, and the project was abandoned in 1917.

When a Mr. Mitchell joined the Supermarine company in 1917, he sure had a look at this Nighthawk, and obviously learned from it.. with the design of the S.6B he brought the Schneider trophy to England, in 1931. Based on this racing plane he later developed an even better plane, the iconic 'Spitfire'.

Here is some history about the 'Nighthawk' with some nice photos, despite the somehow unfitting name ('motorpunk'):

http://www.motorpunk.co.uk/features/...-and-insanity/

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Supermarine_Nighthawk

Over to Dowly

Eichhörnchen · 03-19-19, 04:57 PM

That one drove me nuts...

Dowly · 03-20-19, 03:18 AM

What is this from?

u crank · 03-20-19, 05:12 AM

From a movie?

Dowly · 03-20-19, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

From a movie?

No.

Catfish · 03-20-19, 05:23 AM

A game board?
~~Seems the states are a bit more rectangular than in rl~~

(^ no i take that back)

Rail track planning?

Dowly · 03-20-19, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Rail track planning?

Nope.

u crank · 03-20-19, 06:01 AM

Is it on display somewhere?

Dowly · 03-20-19, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

Is it on display somewhere?

I'm sure it's on display somewhere, but I can't be sure.

Aktungbby · 03-20-19, 10:14 AM

ANYTHING TO DO WITH Dwight D. Eisenhower? https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/eisenhowers-1919-road-trip-and-interstate-highway-system

Jimbuna · 03-20-19, 11:20 AM

Part of a world globe?

Dowly · 03-20-19, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

ANYTHING TO DO WITH Dwight D. Eisenhower? https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/eisenhowers-1919-road-trip-and-interstate-highway-system

Not really, the year 1919 is close though.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Part of a world globe?

Nope.

Hint#1: There is a question that remains to be asked.

Aktungbby · 03-20-19, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Not really, the year 1919 is close though.

Nope.

Hint#1: There is a question that remains to be asked.

u crank · 03-20-19, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Hint#1: There is a question that remains to be asked.

What are those vertical lines?

Dowly · 03-20-19, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

What are those vertical lines?

Folds.

03-19-19, 02:34 PM	#7201
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Dowly has it, yes the Supermarine Nighthawk, built to hunt high-flying Zeppelins but being barely able to take off. Maybe the developers thought it a good idea to put a fourth wing on it for a faster ascend and intercept, but with all this drag and undersized engines this was not a good idea. It would no climb very high, and a Zeppelin would have been able to just run away. One of the prototypes crashed, and the project was abandoned in 1917. When a Mr. Mitchell joined the Supermarine company in 1917, he sure had a look at this Nighthawk, and obviously learned from it.. with the design of the S.6B he brought the Schneider trophy to England, in 1931. Based on this racing plane he later developed an even better plane, the iconic 'Spitfire'. Here is some history about the 'Nighthawk' with some nice photos, despite the somehow unfitting name ('motorpunk'): http://www.motorpunk.co.uk/features/...-and-insanity/ http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Supermarine_Nighthawk Over to Dowly __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-19-19, 04:57 PM	#7202
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03-20-19, 05:12 AM	#7204
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,559 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	From a movie? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

03-20-19, 05:23 AM	#7206
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	A game board? ~~Seems the states are a bit more rectangular than in rl~~ (^ no i take that back) Rail track planning? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-20-19, 06:01 AM	#7208
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,559 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Is it on display somewhere? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

03-20-19, 03:18 AM	#7203
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	What is this from?

03-20-19, 10:14 AM	#7210
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	ANYTHING TO DO WITH Dwight D. Eisenhower? https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/eisenhowers-1919-road-trip-and-interstate-highway-system __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

03-20-19, 11:20 AM	#7211
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Part of a world globe? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)