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Post by Bruce on Dec 19, 2005 18:16:53 GMT 12
O.K Quiz bunnies, its been a few weeks since the last braintoaster, so lets have another one for Christmas - this should sort the men from the boys.....
1. Which 2 helicopter types were used in the 1963 SAR operation centred on the crash of DC-3 ZK-AYZ?
2. Who was the first person to fly across Cook Strait inverted?
3. the RNZAF DC-6s were configured with how many passenger seats?
4. What names were given to the 3 SPANZ DC-3s?
5. Which NZ airfield has the ICAO designator NZUN?
6. How many Vickers Wellingtons wore NZ serials?
7. Which NZ clergyman first used aircraft to visit his far flung isolated congregations?
8. which feature of early Shorts Flying boats was idendified by TEAL engineer George Bolt as the cause of vibration and Buffeting during development of the Solent?
9. Which of the following instruments is NOT part of the Pitot - Static system? - Airspeed indicator, Turn and slip, Vertical Speed Indicator, Altimeter.
10. How many RNZAF types were used as torpedo bombers during WW2?
11. Other than the RNZAF, how many other airforces used the Handley Page Hastings?
12. What engine type was fitted to the Transavia PL-12 Airtruck?
13. Which company was the original Cessna agent in New Zealand?
14. Which aircraft type performed the first documented Air - sea rescue in NZ?
15. Which names were given to the NZFS Boeing Westerfelt seaplanes?
Good luck guys (and Girls) you'll need it.... ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 19, 2005 18:28:36 GMT 12
Okay, I'm always up for a challenge....... ;D
8. The engine nacelle alignment to the leading edge of the wing?
11. Two?
15. Was one "Blue Bill"?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 19, 2005 18:37:19 GMT 12
1. Which 2 helicopter types were used in the 1963 SAR operation centred on the crash of DC-3 ZK-AYZ?
Sioux and Hiller
6. How many Vickers Wellingtons wore NZ serials?
Six (of the 30 ordered for the RNZAF)
10. How many RNZAF types were used as torpedo bombers during WW2?
None in the Pacific, in the European theatre the Beaufighter and Hampden i think.
11. Other than the RNZAF, how many other airforces used the Handley Page Hastings?
One, the RAF
15. Which names were given to the NZFS Boeing Westerfelt seaplanes?
"Bluebell"? "Bluebird"?
You're right Craig, one was blue-something
Must go look up books now, all guesses over
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 19, 2005 18:56:20 GMT 12
9. Which of the following instruments is NOT part of the Pitot - Static system? - Airspeed indicator, Turn and slip, Vertical Speed Indicator, Altimeter.
Turn and slip.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 19, 2005 18:59:07 GMT 12
12. What engine type was fitted to the Transavia PL-12 Airtruck?
It is a 300hp Lycoming IO-520
The Airtruck was originally built out of Harvard or Wirraway (can't remember which) parts including the Radial engine.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 19, 2005 19:10:26 GMT 12
13. Which company was the original Cessna agent in New Zealand?
Was it Rural Aviation?
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 19, 2005 19:16:34 GMT 12
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Post by SEAN on Dec 19, 2005 19:26:58 GMT 12
7. Which NZ clergyman first used aircraft to visit his far flung isolated congregations?
The Right Rev Dr Cleary Roman Catholic Bishop of AKL 1920.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 19, 2005 19:30:44 GMT 12
14. Which aircraft type performed the first documented Air - sea rescue in NZ?
My guess is probably a Walsh Brothers flying boat from Kohimarama.
If not, the NZPAF Saro Cutty Sark?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 19, 2005 21:19:25 GMT 12
Duh... you guys are just too good - at this rate I'll have to create another quiz before Christmas!  Answers received within the first few hours are : 1. Correct Hiller UH-12E and Bell 47D - the first real SAR operation when helis were involved - on the basis of this, the RNZAF ordered its Helis not long afterward. 6. Correct - the 6 Mark 1s received for crew training for the NZ flight wore NZ serials NZ300 -305. The later batch of 24 Mark 1As became 75 Sqn before delivery. 7. Correct - Bishop Cleary was quite an aviator, visiting communities all over the north island by way of NZFS seaplanes - he eventually even got a pilots certificate himself. 8. Correct - the engines on S30s, Sunderlands and Sandrighams were set perpendicular to the wing leading edge, which at some stage became slightly swept back, giving the nacelles an outward angle. With lower power engines this wasnt an issue, but with the big Bristol Hercules and 4 blade props on the solents, Buffeting became a problem. 9. Correct - the T&S is normally either electric or vacuum operated, the others use static air and Pitot (pressure) air in the case of the ASI. 10. Correct - Out of RNZAF types (i.e not RAF NZ Sqns) there were No aircraft used as torpedo bombers, despite several being designed as such (Avenger, Vildebeeste, Baffin) 11. Correct - the only other Hastings operator was the RAF. NZ was the sole export customer, and the only user of the C Mk III version. 12. Maybe mis - phrased this but I was after the first type of engine fitted to the PL-12. There were several subsequent changes. You'll find that the IO-520 was also made by Continental not Lycoming - Try again - you are on the right track.... 13. Close.... 14. Close... 15. Correct - Bluebill and Mallard (both types of Duck) were the names given to NZFS "F" and "G" . Still to come then are no 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13 and 14 (I'll start creating another one for the Holidays soon too....) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 19, 2005 21:34:52 GMT 12
13: James Aviation (pure stupid guess but Cessnas were used for topdressing)
14: Was it an Avro 504 floatplane? Or the NZPAF DH60 Moth floatplane?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 19, 2005 21:36:52 GMT 12
Nope Nope  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 19, 2005 21:44:19 GMT 12
Doh!
Doh!
;D
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 20, 2005 12:01:19 GMT 12
Bruce, was No. 2 the guy in a Pitts Special in about 1980?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 20, 2005 12:14:22 GMT 12
Yup, what was his name?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 20, 2005 12:26:40 GMT 12
Kurt Maluschnig flew the 22 Km Strait inverted marking the Pitts Special pilot's 50th birthday
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Post by Bruce on Dec 20, 2005 12:47:33 GMT 12
Actually there was another guy who did it first....
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 20, 2005 22:11:44 GMT 12
No. 2 is Kurt Maluschnig, and he did it to celebrate his 50th Birthday!
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 20, 2005 22:14:52 GMT 12
Oops: I posted the above, BEFORE checking to see if anyone else had the answer!  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 20, 2005 22:17:17 GMT 12
It seems it is also the wrong answer - he was first to do it and return. Bruce reckons someone did it before him, must have been one way.
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