Happy Friday! Name That Plane - Clue Edition

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 12/19/2014 at 11:48 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Good morning Opponauts, time for another edition of Name That Plane! I will give you three clues below. As always, the first person to correctly identify the aircraft in question will receive the satisfaction of a job well-done!

EDIT: We have a winner! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! correctly identified the Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard.

Until next time...

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Let the games begin:

Clue #1: This aircraft first flew during the same month that Hank Aaron hit his 733rd home run.

Clue #2: The manufacturer of this aircraft was founded by Marcel Bloch in 1929.

Clue #3: This aircraft operated, in part, from the aircraft carrier featured at the beginning of the 1995 thriller, Crimson Tide .

Note: The aircraft in the lede image IS NOT the subject aircraft.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 11:54

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Dassault Alphajet

Chris Clarke > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 11:55

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Rafale?

Jcarr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/19/2014 at 11:56

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Nope, sorry.

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 12/19/2014 at 11:56

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Negatory.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:01

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Mirage V?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:01

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Dassault Super Étendard?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:02

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Super Étendard, looks like. I had to look up some things.

Jcarr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/19/2014 at 12:05

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Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/19/2014 at 12:05

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You are correct, but unfortunately, Sideways just barely beat you to the punch.

BorkBorkBjork > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:14

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I've always like the names of French Fighter Jets.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:15

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I WAS LOOKING UP A PICTURE OF IT ON THE STENNIS AND MAKING SURE I COPY-PASTED THE ACCENT "E" RIGHT, GAWD

Can I get an award for "more correct"?

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:19

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Super Etendard photo dump!

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/19/2014 at 12:24

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I feel your pain. I too, am a perfectionist. FYI, holding Alt and typing 0201 will get you the É. Also, the carrier I was referring to was the Foch.

That being said, you get a gold-star for effort.

Jcarr > BorkBorkBjork 12/19/2014 at 12:25

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They're definitely interesting. This one has always made me think of [spoiler alert, politically incorrect] "retard", though.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:27

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YAY.

I don't remember Crimson Tide that well, but the Stennis showed up in a bunch of Clancys around then. I found that pic and thought, "Carrier landing on a period-appropriate carrier which may or may not be the right one - GOOD ENOUGH".

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/19/2014 at 12:30

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Sounds like a good excuse to rewatch that Tony Scott masterpiece. The score is so good.

I do wish there was a way to time-stamp when a post is started as opposed to finished, so I could properly award those folks that put a little more time into their response.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 12/19/2014 at 12:34

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Not just that, really - I could do with a good 80s-90s geopolitical thriller movie binge. All the Soviet villain pieces with big scores - I NEEDS THEM.