Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 314

Aktungbby · 06-21-23, 12:58 PM

yes

Rockstar · 06-21-23, 02:10 PM

Is it a highwing monoplane?

Aktungbby · 06-21-23, 05:58 PM

nope

Rockstar · 06-21-23, 07:46 PM

Northrop Alpha?

Aktungbby · 06-21-23, 09:55 PM

...both have a two blade prop and one engine; the puzzle's plane has less horsepower than yours and a crew of two, not one. Only one of the OP, specific purpose, was ever built compared to the Alpha's 17. The puzzle plane is shorter lengthwise and wingspanwise...and unique in appearance. Big hint: Richard Ira Bong would have had no trouble flying this plane! It is not currently on display in a museum.

Catfish · 06-22-23, 05:01 AM

Boeing?

Jimbuna · 06-22-23, 06:47 AM

So there was only one ever built?

Aktungbby · 06-22-23, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Boeing?

nope

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

So there was only one ever built?

yup...and (upon further review) it had fabric wings and non-retractable tripod landing gear. It was intended for military use; but eschewed by Army in favor of other aircraft.

Jimbuna · 06-22-23, 09:23 AM

Fresh out of ideas here like

Aktungbby · 06-22-23, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Is there any danger a clue might be eventually forthcoming before folk lose interest?

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Fresh out of ideas here like

A little help for our Geordi 'admiral broacher'

BIG HINT:on occasion, this plane could 'reap the whirlwind'!

Rockstar · 06-22-23, 11:28 AM

Its the Abrams P-1 Explorer purpose-designed aerial photography and survey aircraft that first flew in November 1937.

Eichhörnchen · 06-22-23, 12:03 PM

Crikey - that's a weird looking bird

Rockstar · 06-22-23, 12:09 PM

Richard Ira Bong hint did for me. Searched 1930's twin boom airplanes and there it was.

Jimbuna · 06-22-23, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Crikey - that's a weird looking bird

Like something out of an early days space movie.

Aktungbby · 06-22-23, 12:45 PM

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The first flight was made in November 1937 and the Abrams Company flew the airplane, with a full array of cameras, for government contract survey work until the beginning of World War II. The first Wright engine was replaced by a Wright Whirlwind 450 hp engine that raised the maximum speed to more than 200 mph and the performance ceiling to 25,000 feet. It had a rate of climb of 1,500 feet per minute. Unfortunately, Dr. Abrams' plans to produce and sell the airplane to the armed forces and to civilian aerial mapping companies were not successful. His timing was bad for the civilian applications because of the war and the military opted for the more survivable, converted high-speed fighter aircraft for photo reconnaissance. The good performance figures of 1938 were not enough for wartime reconnaissance and a single-purpose aircraft was no longer desirable. As a result, the airplane currently in the possession of the Smithsonian was the only example built.

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BIG HINT

n occasion, this plane could 'reap the whirlwind'!

Wright Whirlwind R-975 E-3 engine

Over to Rockstar who knows his 'Ace of Aces!'

06-21-23, 12:58 PM	#4696
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,150 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	yes __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-21-23, 02:10 PM	#4697
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Is it a highwing monoplane? Last edited by Rockstar; 06-21-23 at 03:20 PM.

06-21-23, 05:58 PM	#4698
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,150 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	nope __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-21-23, 09:55 PM	#4700
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,150 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	...both have a two blade prop and one engine; the puzzle's plane has less horsepower than yours and a crew of two, not one. Only one of the OP, specific purpose, was ever built compared to the Alpha's 17. The puzzle plane is shorter lengthwise and wingspanwise...and unique in appearance. Big hint: Richard Ira Bong would have had no trouble flying this plane! It is not currently on display in a museum. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-22-23, 05:01 AM	#4701
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,820 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Boeing? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

06-21-23, 07:46 PM	#4699
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Northrop Alpha?

06-22-23, 06:47 AM	#4702
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,405 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	So there was only one ever built? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-22-23, 09:23 AM	#4704
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,405 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Fresh out of ideas here like __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-22-23, 11:28 AM	#4706
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Its the Abrams P-1 Explorer purpose-designed aerial photography and survey aircraft that first flew in November 1937.

06-22-23, 12:03 PM	#4707
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,499 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Crikey - that's a weird looking bird __________________

06-22-23, 12:09 PM	#4708
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Richard Ira Bong hint did for me. Searched 1930's twin boom airplanes and there it was.