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Post by buckwill on Aug 21, 2004 9:45:57 GMT -7
hi,,, i beliesve, the b-29 was the highest flying piston engine "american" airplannne. bohannonn with his hissghly modidfied rv4 sponsooreddd by exxon jsut may havee recently broke tha6t record. the capronii record set by lt col mario pezzi, set in , 0ct 22,38,,,,raf museum as 8may38,,,,and others,, but prettty generally at 56,046 in a ca161bis withh an earlier record also in an earlier modell caproni at 51000,, one italian site hass that recorddd at 65000 feet but maay be simple tarnsspostiton,,,,,buck
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Post by jetmex on Aug 21, 2004 10:34:02 GMT -7
Buck, you're right, the Ca-161 does hold the piston engine altitude record at 56, 046 ft. And that was in 1938! The B-29 holds that distinction for the US.
#2--Dave, I didn't mention a US general, there is a gent who was a bit younger than that.
You did get the rest of them, though. The bonus and #2 are still up for grabs.
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Post by buckwill on Aug 21, 2004 13:46:30 GMT -7
##2 Lt Gen, Gordon Bennnnet, austraialsin commonwelath forces,,,,, 29 years old,
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Post by jetmex on Aug 21, 2004 14:55:09 GMT -7
That's not the gent I was thinking of, Buck. This man was an aviator, and he was probably the only general officer to ever command a squadron while holding that rank.
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Post by buckwill on Aug 21, 2004 16:23:54 GMT -7
its me aagain marthaa,,!! i found two, maybe notthed ones u want butt,, here goess, adolf gallandd, at 29,, and american , brig gen, richard sanders, commanderr general of 99th bombaardment wing, germany, at age ??30 or maybe twenty nine dependidng on birthday,and of coarseee maj gen curtissss lemay, 37, maj general,, co 305th bomb grp, 8th aaf
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Post by Britbrat on Aug 27, 2004 5:03:53 GMT -7
Guys -- wrt #6, the question was: Name the LARGEST (not the heaviest) aircraft that was flown from an aircraft carrier that was designed to do that -- As I said, it is the P2V Neptune -- which happens to be noticeably larger than the two jet powered pretenders to the throne, & at ~75,000 lbs it is no featherweight either.
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Post by jetmex on Aug 27, 2004 7:22:53 GMT -7
Patrick, I do have to disagree with you on that one--the P2V was designed as a land based patrol aircraft to replace the PV-1/PV-2 series. Here's some good info: p2vneptune.org/v135.shtmlI think there's a bonus question left, any takers??
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Post by Britbrat on Aug 27, 2004 10:22:34 GMT -7
OK, I surrender -- the P2V was, however, flown off a carrier, rather like a C-130 was.
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Post by Galvin on Sept 6, 2004 18:06:39 GMT -7
I was going through this old thread and noticed that no one had officially gotten the bonus question although I tink someone may have gotten it with the mention of the 707. The FAA modified a 707 to be flown by remote control from a ground based operator using a tv screen. There was a whole documentary about it on the tube several years ago. The program was designed to test the effectiveness of a new non-misting kerosene intended to minimize post-crash fire in accidents. Everything went well until the operator got into a PIO when trying to line up the 707 with the prepositioned steel obstructions on the ground that were designed to open the airliners fuel tanks on impact. The loss of precise control caused the no.3 engine to hit one of the can openers head on and the resultant explosion was more than enough to set off the cloud of fuel from the ruptured tanks, non-misting or not.
There were also a total of 14 QB-47E drones modified during the late fifties and early sixties. They were flown sans crew by operators in DT-33A drone controller aircraft and were used as targets in the development of the BoMarc missle. They were considered too big and expensive to shoot down, even though they were flown unmanned and the missile was programmed to miss the drone. Despite this, one QB-47 was downed by a direct hit from a BoMarc. But the 707 is definitely the larger aircraft and probably the answer being sought.
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Post by Wayne on Sept 6, 2004 18:44:56 GMT -7
you sure it wasn't a 720 ?
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Post by Galvin on Sept 6, 2004 21:44:03 GMT -7
707, 720, all the same to me. I think it was.
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Post by jetmex on Sept 7, 2004 6:41:17 GMT -7
I guess the bonus answer is going to depend on your definition of large. The 707 Galvin mentioned is certainly one of the answers, but while doing a little digging, I discovered that the NASA Helios research aircraft would win the prize if large means wingspan. The Helios has a wingspan of 247 feet (longer than a 747) and is flown by radio control . It currently holds an unofficial altitude record for propeller driven airplanes at over 90,000 feet and has an endurance that is measured in days. Power is provided by 14 brushless electric motors powered by solar panels that make up most of the upper wing surface.
A strange machine, to say the least.
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