"Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/03/2014 at 13:30 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/03/2014 at 13:30 • Filed to: planelopnik | 1
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In the past I've given you an image of an aircraft and asked you to identify it. Today we're going to play it a little differently. This time you only get a few clues, no image.
First to correctly identify the aircraft in question receives the satisfaction of a job well done.
Let the games begin!
Clue #1: This aircraft was first produced sometime in the 1950s.
Clue #2: The corporation that produced this aircraft also produced such aircraft as the Bolo, Destroyer, and Skyshark.
Clue #3: Numerous crashes of this aircraft have been blamed on its difficult stall characteristics.
EDIT: Bandit wins! The correct answer is the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster. America's only turboprop-powered strategic airlifter was produced after the venerable Lockheed C-130 (turboprop-powered, but classified as a tactical airlifter), but was destined to a short life as the much larger and more capable Lockheed C-5 Galaxy came online and quickly replaced the Cargomaster.
Until next time...
Note: The aircraft in the image below IS NOT the subject aircraft.
ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 13:56 |
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Is it the plane pictured?
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Jcarr
> ttyymmnn
07/03/2014 at 13:58 |
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No, I'll edit and add a note to clarify that. Figured I'd come up with a "cover" image if I continue to do these. Helps grab the eye.
Bandit
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:03 |
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DC-3?
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:04 |
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Well, that narrows down the manufacturer. Was the plane ever in production?
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Bandit
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:05 |
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I lied. C-133
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Jcarr
> Bandit
07/03/2014 at 14:06 |
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Winner!
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:07 |
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C-133 Cargomaster.
Austin Cox
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:08 |
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Well, the aircraft in the image above (I know...I know....not the one in question) is an early model Mustang with the Allison engine and razorback canopy. I'm believe it's an A-36 Apache, an early ground attack variant, because I see dive flaps and bombs fitted.
Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:09 |
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DC-10? EDIT: Not from 50s
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:11 |
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Bandit and I must have posted at just about the same time. Curse my metal body! I wasn't fast enough.
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Jcarr
> ttyymmnn
07/03/2014 at 14:13 |
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Looks like a minute (or less) difference judging by the time stamps. Don't worry, I always have high hopes for you!
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Jcarr
> Austin Cox
07/03/2014 at 14:14 |
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Good eye, you are correct. Had the pleasure of seeing the only (I think) airworthy A-36 and snapping said picture at EAA AirVenture 2012.
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 14:18 |
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I was out on the porch smoking a cigar, and had to finish and get inside to my computer. Smoking kills, it would seem.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 15:32 |
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That wing is mounted so far back it just looks silly. Obviously it wasn't going to fly that good. They forgot the first rule of designing airplanes, "to fly good it needs to look good".
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Austin Cox
> Jcarr
07/03/2014 at 17:01 |
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Nice. I've gotten to see a few early P-51's, but never the Apache.
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Jcarr
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
07/03/2014 at 19:17 |
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That's funny, I've always thought it was a beautiful (in an ugly kind of way) machine.