New Aircraft Quiz

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For the FS9/X flyers among us a friend of mine and his team did a very nice model of the FK-58
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/s ... hp?t=59332

Your turn.

 

Which aircraft was named " the flying suitcase" by their crews?
Which countries also used it?

As this nick is i belive unique i won't name the country where it was produced and the type ( fihter, bomber, scout, Recce plane...) of the plane.

 

The one and only (fortunately ) Handley Page Hampden
For obvious reasons:

 

That was the easy part.
Which countries also used it?

 

Oops -- sorry, should have read the question!
RAF + all Dominions in RAF service
Did some get to the Soviets or did they take one look and say "Nyet" ?

 

Basily RAF bomber and coastal commands (with all it's variously originated squadrons) and SSSR recived some which were used by VVS VMF (naval aviation) as torpedo bombers in 24.MTAP( mine and torpedo aviation regiment). Sweden also got one for evaluation purposes.

 

What was the most distinctive feature of the Supermarine Nighthawk?
(several possible answers here)

 

it had a 2pdr davis gun on it?

 

A bunch of interesting things from Wiki:

It had six-bay swept quadriplane wings, the fuselage filled the gap between the second and third wings, and a biplane tailplane with twin fins and rudders. The cockpit was enclosed and heated.

tom

 

Go with either answer!
I was looking for 4 wings, but the 2lbr was the first (IIRC) "large" gun ever fitted to an aircraft.

Since Wiki is not really "cricket", I think BMG has it!