Match the pilot quotes to the aircraft, and for a bonus point name the pilot. Please add your answers in the comments section.Â
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1. “Always brought to my mind the adjective ‘sinister.’
A. Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
B. Messerschmitt Bf 109
C. Edgley Optica
D. Hawker Sea Hurricane
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2. “It was a nasty little brute. Looked beautiful but didn’t fly beautifully.”Â
A. Edgley Optica
B. Dewoitine D.520
C. Supermarine SpitefulÂ
D. Â Folland Gnat
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3. “It was a true anomaly of an aeroplane with delightful manoeuvrability but poor fighter performance”
A. Brewster F2A Buffalo
B. Sukhoi Su-11
C. Supermarine Scimitar
D. Edgley Optica
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4. “I soon worked out that the only way to land it without exploding was to run out of fuel first”
A. English Electric LightningÂ
B. Grumman F4F Wildcat
C. Edgley Optica
D. Messerschmitt Me 163Â
5. “A mixture of the good, the mediocre and the bad.”
A. Vought F4U Corsair
B. Mitsubishi Ki-83
C. Edgley Optica
D. McDonnell F3H Demon
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6. “like flying a Ferrari in the sky.”
A. Edgley Optica
B.  de Havilland DH.103 Hornet
C. Kawasaki Ki-96
D. Kawasaki Ki-45
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OK, I’ll play…how about 1.A, 2.C, 3.C, 4.D, 5.D, 6.B?
Oooh-interesting….answers coming soon
@Hush_Kit rough guesses:
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. A.
my guesses: 1.B, 2.C, 3.A, 4.D, 5.D, 6.B)
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. A
1. A,
2. C,
3. C,
4. D,
5. C,
6. B
Please ignore this one as I got my letters mixed up…
1. B,
2. C,
3. A,
4. D,
5. C,
6. B
1B
2C
3A
4D
5A
6B
Winkle
1-B, BF109
2-B, D.520
3-A, F2A
4-D, Me 163
5-A, F4U
6-B, DH.103
Eric Brown
1a, 2c, 3a, 4d, 5d, 6b
That would be Eric Winkle Brown, then