GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) Here is another tip:Only 48 aircraft were built and it was not possible to push the throttle. Saluti Giampiero Edited February 24 by GiampieroSilvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Here is another tip:It has to do with a five. Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Another tip:It did not shoot arrows. Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Hello, Giampiero Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario perhaps? The name would explain astronomical (actually astrological part), she was of course one of the "5" series fighters, which was built in very small number. The rest, of course, is totally new to me. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Reggiane Re2005 is correct.It was planned to build it completely out of wood.The region is very famous for its culinaric specialties like Parmesan cheese.On Italian aircraft the pilots have to pull the throttle to accelerate. Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Hello Which early airliner had cockpit and engine installed side-by-side so pilot could make slight adjustments during flight? Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Cockpit was so small that instruments (all six of them) were placed in a wing cut-out left and right of pilot's head. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Due to her modest size commercially she fared better than the competition of converted WW I bombers, deemed to large by the airlines. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 The aircraft was developed from Fokker F.II. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Fokker Grulich FII? Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hello, so close, Giampiero, but all F.II versions had engine installed on plane's longitudinal axis. Try again! Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Maybe the Fokker universal? Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hello, Giampiero No, Universal came later and she was produced by Fokker America. The aircraft in question was initially built in Holland, but later also in Schwerin. Comparing to the F.II she had wider fuselage so all five passengers sat in a cabin. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 21 minutes ago, Jure Miljevic said: Hello, Giampiero No, Universal came later and she was produced by Fokker America. The aircraft in question was initially built in Holland, but later also in Schwerin. Comparing to the F.II she had wider fuselage so all five passengers sat in a cabin. Cheers Jure Fokker V45? Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karearea Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I’m going with an educated guess here. F.III? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Hello, Karearea Correct! Fokker F.III first flew in 1921 and was a development of F.II, but with unusual off-centreline engine installation. The only version without this arrangement was the one powered with Gnome radial engine. While German Junkers F.13 was clearly superior passenger aircraft, she was hampered by insuficient engine power due to Versailles treaty limitations. In Holland Fokker F.III was quite popular. Cheers Jure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karearea Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Ok, here goes. What's the connection between a certain large geographical feature that was granted personhood, and the RAF Pathfinder Force? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Pure guess. River Rhine; I seem to remember some rivers now have a legal status as ‘non-human persons’ and I’m sure the pathfinders would have used it for all sorts of navigation purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karearea Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Good guess. However combat operations would not have taken place over this feature during WWII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Whanganui (or Vanganui), perhaps? One of the methods of marking a target by path-finders and also a river in New Zealand, legally granted personhood? Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karearea Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 That’s the one! Wanganui (the region is now spelt Whanganui to better reflect the Māori pronounciation) was the code name for the markers used when dense cloud or smoke obscured the target. Little blurb here. The Whanganui River was granted personhood in 2017, as described here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Hello, Karearea Thank you for the links. I read about Don Bennet's version of how the names had been chosen, but I never heard about this one. Which would have been another "best trimotor in the world", had the planned, but never built, second prototype been developed into production airliner? Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Karearea said: That’s the one! Wanganui (the region is now spelt Whanganui to better reflect the Māori pronounciation) was the code name for the markers used when dense cloud or smoke obscured the target. Little blurb here. The Whanganui River was granted personhood in 2017, as described here. Interesting- did not know that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Bloch MB300? Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 No, with "best trimotor in the world" I was referring to airliners like DC-7C and Starliner. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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