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gastec
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Posted: Monday, February 10, 2020 - 11:06 AM UTC
Any takers or is it time for a clue?
squid56
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Posted: Monday, February 10, 2020 - 12:50 PM UTC
wasit by anychance a jaguar shot down by a raf phantom?
gastec
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Posted: Monday, February 10, 2020 - 01:28 PM UTC
Yes it was - https://fighterjetsworld.com/weekly-article/when-raf-phantom-shot-down-a-raf-jaguar/2540/

The floor is yours.....
squid56
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 - 02:31 AM UTC
ok, here goes- what aircraft was used in the movie AIRFORCE TO PORTRAY THE JAPANESE zero?
gastec
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 - 08:32 AM UTC
North American AT-6 Texans
squid56
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 04:36 AM UTC
they were used,but not as zeros in the movie.
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 05:16 AM UTC
Not the T-6? Sacrilege!

In that case, the P-43 Lancer?
squid56
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 09:14 AM UTC
BINGO!!! OVER TO YOU
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Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2020 - 08:24 AM UTC
Time for one of pigsty's quick questions, then.

What aircraft had the second-largest wing ever fitted to a fighter?
2002hummer
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Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2020 - 08:32 AM UTC

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Time for one of pigsty's quick questions, then.

What aircraft had the second-largest wing ever fitted to a fighter?


Question, Did the aircraft have to have entered service, if not my guess is the Avro Canada F105 Arrow The aircraft did fly under it own power.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 07:31 AM UTC
Whoops, sorry - yes, it does have to be a service model, not just a prototype.
squid56
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 01:41 PM UTC
How about the heinkel 219, or maybe the p-61 black widow?
gastec
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 03:13 PM UTC
Glocester Javelin?
pigsty
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 07:35 AM UTC

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Glocester Javelin?



That's the one we're looking for. You have control, over.
gastec
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 10:38 AM UTC
I have to admit that was a very wild guess!
gastec
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 11:31 AM UTC
What was a first for US Army Air Corps P-40s in 1940 and why were they doing it?
For a bonus point, which Group were they from?
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 - 07:22 AM UTC
I'll give it a shot: the first combat engagement of Americans in WW2 was that of the Flying Tigers in China flying P-40s against the Japanese.
gastec
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Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 - 10:04 AM UTC
Sorry, not what I'm looking for. While the Flying Tigers had pilots from the air corps, they weren't officially part of the army as they were a volunteer force.
gastec
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Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 08:17 AM UTC
Time for a clue?
gastec
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Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 05:38 AM UTC
This 'first' was done in conjunction with North American O-47A reconnaissance aircraft.
gastec
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Posted: Friday, February 28, 2020 - 06:24 PM UTC
Another clue.

NOB Norfolk.
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 10:16 AM UTC
The first time Army planes flew off from an aircraft carrier (USS Wasp)?

gastec
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Posted: Saturday, February 29, 2020 - 11:30 AM UTC
Bullseye.
2002hummer
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Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 02:10 PM UTC
Bumpity bump bump bump