Quiz Time!

[Stamford]

I was going to go for flags!

[Chris]

You guys have thye answer, they used little hand flags.

[MerlinJones]

keep it going, eh?
Okay...

Who, or what, was Ronnie's racer?

Regards,
Bruce

[Falcon]

Is it a balsa wood plane powered by co2 capsules?

[IrishAir]

Wasn't he a drag racer? I'm sure he died lately.

Cheers,
Paul

[Karaya]

Ronnie Sox did pass away lately Paul but I can't find any reference to him owning a vehicle referred to Ronnie's Racer. The closest I got was a ceramic money box shaped like a toy car called Ronnie's Racer

[MerlinJones]

No-one close yet.

Regards,
Bruce

[Karaya]

Found it! I think?

http://oasis.fortunecity.com/southend/248/ron.html;

[Karaya]

Or a USAF L-19 Bird Dog? Specifically Cessna TL-19D-CE Bird Dog

2976 (c/n 24054) nose art "RONNIE'S RACER", assigned to the 21st TASS, based at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. Photographed at
Phu Cat AB, Vietnam on 11 Dec 1970 Transferred to Royal Thai AF as 0-72976. Used by Air America as Raven aircraft

[MerlinJones]

It was indeed the Cessna Bird Dog. This is one of the options of the Airfix kit.

Over to you, Karaya.

Regards,
Bruce

[Karaya]

Thank you Bruce, will have to think of something sufficiently stimulating. Stay tuned.

[Karaya]

Not too easy, not too hard if you know where to look.

Can you tell which aircraft that belonged to a branch of the United States military bore the serial number 164562

[Motley]

would it be the US Marines? and the plane is an AV-8B?

[Karaya]

Well done Motley, over to you sir.

http://4gwar.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/harrier.jpg

[Motley]

Sort of a simple one, so where did the first flight of the Short Sunderland prototype take place and the date of the flight?