Aviation History - July 2016

july 2016 AH 63

RAF MUSEUM, HENDON

MYSTERY SHIP

Can you identify this

elephantine carrier

biplane? See the

answer below.

A. Bristol Beaufighter

B. Messerschmitt Me-110G

C. De Havilland Mosquito

D. Douglas Havoc

E. Junkers Ju-88G

F. Nakajima J1N1-Ckai

G. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC

H. Focke Wulf Fw-190A

I. Northrop P-61B Black

Widow

J. Kawasaki Ki-45-kai

1. Gordon L. Raphael


2. Carrol C. Smith


3. Karel Kuttelwascher


4. Isamu Kashiide


5. Branse A. Burbridge


6. Heinrich zu Zayn
   Wittgenstein


7. John R.D. Braham


8. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer


9. Shigetoshi Kudo


10. Hajo Herrmann

KINGS

OF THE

NIGHT

Match the night-

fighter ace with

the airplane that

brought him the

most success.

The Blackburn Blackburn. Learn more about it at HistoryNet.com/aviation-history.MYSTERY SHIP: ANSWERS:

1.D, 2.B, 3.C, 4.A, 5.B BUILD YOUR OWN RACER: A.7, B.8, C.5, D.1, E.6, F.9, G.3, H.10, I.2, J.4 KINGS OF THE NIGHT:

FLIGHT TEST

Build your

own racer

1. What was the Bäumer
   B.II Sausewind’s claim
   to fame?
   A. Built by a World
   War I ace
   B. Germany’s first original
   production airplane
   since World War I
   C. Won the 1925 Rundflug
   race around Germany
   D. All the above


2. Which of Art Chester’s
   racing planes won the
   1939 National Air Races
   and went on to star in the
   Tailspin Tommy films?
   A. Jeep
   B. Goon
   C. Swee Pea
   D. Wimpy


3. The Lockheed-built
   Cosmic Wind Formula One
   racer was designed by
   which test pilot?
   A. Chuck Yeager
   B. Harry Crosby
   C. Tony LeVier
   D. Slick Goodlin


4. Who flew his own
   “Special” design to win
   the National Championship
   Midget Air Races in Fort
   Wayne, Ind., in 1958?
   A. Tom Cassutt
   B. Steve Wittman
   C. Jimmy Miller
   D. Ben Howard


5. Which Formula One
   racer has the National Air
   and Space Museum
   declared “the most
   successful aircraft in air
   racing history”?
   A. Laird Super Solution
   B. Sharp DR 90 Nemesis
   C. Miller Little Gem
   D. Howard DGA-3