Air Quiz

1. Do I? I don't know. You are right. What is significant now though?

2. Spot on. Pretty cool to know she's still with us.

 

Err, other than that and that it's being restored in NZ I ain't got a clue. She was a standard Vb so that's not special. Service history was Ok rather than special.

:noidea:

 

She flew at the end of September in her wartime colours. Just found this interesting site of the attempt to bring her to Canada since she was flown by a Canadian etc.

National Heritage Warbird Foundation - BL628 Progress Report

Your go, Kyt.

 

Ah I didn't know it's flown

So what's this. Use the force, Luke, and not just the eyes

 

Looks rather Japanese to me...I'll leave it to someone else as I really should do some work!

 

Awww crap! I've seen one of these recently and thanks to my dodgy memory being cluttered up with crap i can't remember what it is!

OK, gonna take a winger and say its a plane.

 

Three for one. Name the two aircraft and the vessel.

 

A little help, additional pictures of the aircraft involved and two pictures of the vessel.

 

Well the first aircraft is the Blackburn Shark, the second is the Westland Wapiti, and the carrier is HMS Courageous.

The Shark was a torpedo and recon aircraft, which, like a lot of other aircraft of that era, strarted as a private venture. It also proves that Blackburn did actually build some good aircraft.

The Wapiti was a very good aircraft for its time and saw extensive service on the Indian borders, and one of the first aircraft used by the Indian Air Force in the 1930s.

Ain't got a clue on the battleship (I'm useless at anything and everything that floats and doesn't have wings!)

 

Is that HMS Courageous?

Westland Wapiti with no cowl and, um, Fairey Seal?

 

Ah Shark. Kyt, Courageous was converted to a carrier along with her sisters Glorious and Furious.

 

The Wapiti is one I recognised straight away:

Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Service - Polly Singh

(and then I confirmed it by checking the serial number)

 

Correct on the aircraft. The vessel is Couragous, before and after being made an aircraft carrier.

 

OK, how about a technical question then?

Each Lancaster engine provided power to a subsidery unit in the aircraft. What device(s) did each engine provide power to?

 

Port outer (No 1) - rear turret

 

Where the hell did I put that Jane book?

 

Bumping post up. What's this then?

 

That's a Bristol Brigand. A T4 of 228 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) to be exact, if I'm reading the serial right (RH806).

 

That's right. Your turn, and how about telling us about the Lanc. engines?

I'm busy looking for a 61.

 

It was easier just scanning the bit in Barnes Wallis' Bombs: Tallboy, Dambuster & Grand Slam. Recommended by Kitty a couple of weeks ago and a damn good book.