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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 22, 2006 22:25:48 GMT 12
Hi all, time for another Christmas Quiz already...
There's a twist to this one. When all five questions are solved, the person who solves the last one correctly must then add five NZ aviation questions themselves to carry the quiz on. Good idea?
1) Which significant aircraft was erected as a monument in NZ in March 1964?
2) Which well known Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot became one of the RAF's first instructors on BAe Hawks in Wales?
3) What was the particular nickname given to the Flying Flea ZM-AAA, now in Motat?
4) Which aircraft served in an RNZAF fighter squadron, is preserved in New Zealand, but never flew in this country?
5) What was the nickname of NZ's wartime Chief of Air Staff, Hugh Saunders?
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 23, 2006 16:43:02 GMT 12
2. Ray Hannah?
4. Spitfire?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 23, 2006 16:54:51 GMT 12
Sorry Craig, no and no.
The Spitfires preserved here never actually flew with 485 Sqn
Did you mean Ray Hanna? Still no...
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 23, 2006 16:57:11 GMT 12
I always have trouble with Ray's surname!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 23, 2006 17:04:16 GMT 12
:-)
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Post by Bruce on Dec 23, 2006 17:23:41 GMT 12
1. The Auckland war memorial museum Spitfire 3. The aircraft has "Pou Du Ceil" on the tail - I beleive this means "Flying Flea"! 4. The Motat Vampire FB-9
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 23, 2006 17:49:16 GMT 12
Bruce - 4 is correct
1 - close but no cigar 3 - on the right track, but's it's a variation of a well known English name
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2006 13:15:02 GMT 12
Has the thinking gone cold on this quiz? You guys got just one from five right so far, and have come close to another - the type required has been mentioned twice already, but not in correct context. Any more takers to answer the rest?
1) Which significant aircraft was erected as a monument in NZ in March 1964?
2) Which well known Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot became one of the RAF's first instructors on BAe Hawks in Wales?
3) What was the particular nickname given to the Flying Flea ZM-AAA, now in Motat?
5) What was the nickname of NZ's wartime Chief of Air Staff, Hugh Saunders?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 29, 2006 14:39:58 GMT 12
Based on the clue: 1. Spitfire 2. Spitfire, 3. Spitfire 5. Spitfire Did I get ONE right?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2006 16:06:59 GMT 12
You're getting there but you need to be more specific.
Surely it's not that difficult is it? How many Spitfires are there in NZ???
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Post by beagle on Dec 29, 2006 16:15:34 GMT 12
1, the brevet club spitfire at chch airport
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Post by beagle on Dec 29, 2006 16:16:09 GMT 12
5, flossy
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2006 16:22:43 GMT 12
Beagle
Q1 - correct Q5 - not even close :-)
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Post by beagle on Dec 29, 2006 16:25:20 GMT 12
bugger, thought I had no# 5 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no I have not been drinking.... just did another 12 hour day. Huggy
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Post by amitch on Dec 29, 2006 16:32:23 GMT 12
5) Albatross (with wafers of course)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2006 16:46:34 GMT 12
not Huggy or Albatross :-)
A clue, I would suspect he got his nickname by doing something unplanned with an aircraft.
Another clue for Q2 on the Hawk pilot, he lead both of New Zealand's most popular RNZAF display teams
And a clue for Q3 - the plane was nicknamed after an adaptaion of a popular British character in children's books and radio, popularised by Disney for TV and film...
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Post by Bruce on Dec 29, 2006 22:38:40 GMT 12
#3 isnt Jiminy Cricket is it?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 29, 2006 22:43:34 GMT 12
#5 " Dingbat" (go Google!)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 30, 2006 9:23:26 GMT 12
3 - not Jiminy Cricket. I think he was Italian.
5 - I had never seen the name as Dingbat, only Ding. Many books refer to him as Ding Saunders. But I'll give you that one. Dingbat may well have been an extension of the commonly used nickname.
As I am off on holiday today I will give the final answers:
1) Spitfire TE288 was mounted on a pole at Harewood in March 1964
2) The RNZAF pilot who became one of the RAF's first pilots on Hawks was Frank Sharp. When he returned from the exchange in 1981 he became CO of CFS and was leader of the first Airtrainer 'Red Checkers' team. He later lead Kiwi Red too.
3) The Flying Flea apparently gained the nickname of 'Winnie the Pou'
4) The Vampire FB.9 in Motat (served with 14 Sqn in Singapore, then came to NZ to serve only as an instructional airframe at Hobsonville)
5) Hugh 'Ding' Saunders
Well done everyone. A few curly ones there. As he got the most right, I nominate Bruce to compile the next five quiz questions...
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Post by beagle on Dec 30, 2006 18:09:28 GMT 12
I was about to say Frank Sharp too
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