The Mystery Aeroplane Quiz With No Pictures

[Saab Dastard]

Flight of the Phoenix?

[Silas Blattner]

Exactly. I was the Tallmantz/Timm Phoenix. (Variously composed) of Fairchild C-82/ Beech 18/ North American T-6/ North American Navion - parts. My stand in after the crash was the pre war North American 0-47.

A remake was being touted - with what equipment I don't know. But the humans were to be at least Dennis Quaid, Hugh Laurie and a ........... woman. Filming started near Walvis Bay, this time to impersonate Mongolia.

http://stripe.colorado.edu/~steinerd/Phoenix.html

You deserve your go now.

[LowNSlow]

Phew, well done Saab and Silas I think they are using a C-119 for the remake. There was a feature on it in Aeroplane / Flypast a while ago.

C'mon Saab start us off again.

[Saab Dastard]

Here's a quickie:

I'm a very willing appendage.

[LowNSlow]

Tell me you're not the Bell XP-55 Ascender Saab

[Saab Dastard]

No, LowandSlow I'm not.

[Saab Dastard]

I'm not going to be able to pprune until later today (about 17.00 UTC), so again, feel free to leapfrog this one.

Cheers,

SD

[Peter Barron]

Here is a quick one while SD is away.

What Cooper gave Ali.

[spekesoftly]

Peter,

Are you the MIL Mi-6 Hook helicopter ?

[Peter Barron]

spekesoftly.

Nice try, but no I am not MIL Mi-6.

I think when someone gets the answer there will be a group groan at this

Peter.

[LowNSlow]

Ok, let's do the usual in an attempt to elicit info!

Are you fixed wing / piston powered?

[Peter Barron]

LowNSlow.

No to both.

Peter.

[Saab Dastard]

Is it a Chinook?

[LowNSlow]

Oh my Gawd Saab it has to be!!!

[Peter Barron]

Saab Dastard.

Well done, its a Chinook.

Henry got Ali on the chin with his left hook .

Ok, group groan, 1, 2, 3, go.

Over to you SD .

Peter.

[Saab Dastard]

Consider yourself thoroughly groaned, sir!

I'm out again today, so nominate a deputy, if you would.

But I shall be back this evening and fully intend to exercise my right to make you all suffer

Cheers
SD

[treadigraph]

Grooaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnn!

I'll pop in a quickie...

I am either one of two commonly seen and heard over British summer meadows...

[spekesoftly]

Firefly and/or Mosquito (if only!) ?

[treadigraph]

Wishful thinking indeed Speke... Perhaps one day...

No and no... I am either one of two entirely different "light" aviation types which happen to have the same name... which is also a particular type of fauna...

[BEagle]

Supermarine ****ehawk......

Or perhaps either the Slingsby Skylark sailplane or the Cessna 175 Skylark light aircraft?