Plane Spotting - The Quiz

[chiangmaikelly]

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:23 AM, BookMan said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:03 AM, chiangmaikelly said:

In Chiang Mai.

P40b Warhawk?

Yup. American plane, American pilot, mercenary flying for the Chinese Army shot down while bombing Chiang Mai airport. AVG (American Volunteer Group) they got $500 for every Japanese plane shot down. Walt Disney designed the Logo. Some may know them better as the Flying Tigers.

[DaveHKT]

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:47 AM, chiang mai said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:25 AM, krisb said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:20 AM, Tywais said:

An easy one.

Hillman Minx?

(bottom right)

I say it's a Renault.

Me thinks it's a Lada

[chiangmaikelly]

  On 12/28/2012 at 6:56 AM, DaveHKT said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:47 AM, chiang mai said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:25 AM, krisb said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 5:20 AM, Tywais said:

An easy one.

Hillman Minx?

(bottom right)

I say it's a Renault.

Me thinks it's a Lada

Looks like a Buff at U-Tapao

[Tywais]

  On 12/28/2012 at 7:12 AM, chiangmaikelly said:

Looks like a Buff at U-Tapao

Bingo.

[RabC]

  On 12/28/2012 at 2:12 AM, David48 said:

Again, a nice simple one.

Today's plane is ...

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Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

Also you might wish to try for the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.

Difficult to do but if you look at the photo's date stamp and correlate that with the Airport manifest then backtrack it ... for the enthusiast only ...

Good Luck.

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Bangkok Airways Airibus A319

[cdnvic]

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

[David48]

  On 12/28/2012 at 8:49 AM, cdnvic said:

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

Please return that Christmas Card I sent you ...

No problems ... onwards and upwards I say.

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[krisb]

  On 12/28/2012 at 8:49 AM, cdnvic said:

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

Cmon, farang pub wider audience for Davids quiz

[RabC]

  On 12/28/2012 at 10:39 AM, David48 said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 8:49 AM, cdnvic said:

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

Please return that Christmas Card I sent you ... No problems ... onwards and upwards I say..

No prize for my answer?

[David48]

  On 12/28/2012 at 11:13 AM, RabC said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 10:39 AM, David48 said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 8:49 AM, cdnvic said:

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

Please return that Christmas Card I sent you ... No problems ... onwards and upwards I say..

No prize for my answer?

A hearty congratulations are on their way to you as we speak ...

And apologies for not replying sooner but it was moon rise over the ponds,

then shower time before the mozzies are given clearance to land and I then promised to cook spag bowl tonight for the Farm Family ... if only I could get the Farm Parents to try it ... the kids devour it ...

So to RabC ... correct on both accounts ...

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[David48]

Bangkok Airways flight BKP104, Koh Saumi - Bangkok

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• Airline: Bangkok Airways
  
• Flight: PG104
  
• From: Koh Samui, Koh Samui (USM)
  
• To: Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
  
• Aircraft: Airbus A319-132 (A319)
  
• Reg: HS-PGY
  
• Altitude: 2300 ft (701 m)
  
• V/S: -1024 fpm
  
• Speed: 171 kt (317 km/h, 197 mph)
  
• Track: 14°
  
• Hex: 8840F9
  
• Squawk: 4551
  
• Pos:
  
• Radar: T-VTBD1
  

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[RabC]

  On 12/28/2012 at 12:58 PM, David48 said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 11:13 AM, RabC said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 10:39 AM, David48 said:

  On 12/28/2012 at 8:49 AM, cdnvic said:

I love this stuff , but it fits in the travel forum better.

Please return that Christmas Card I sent you ... No problems ... onwards and upwards I say..

No prize for my answer?

A hearty congratulations are on their way to you as we speak ...

And apologies for not replying sooner but it was moon rise over the ponds,

then shower time before the mozzies are given clearance to land and I then promised to cook spag bowl tonight for the Farm Family ... if only I could get the Farm Parents to try it ... the kids devour it ...

So to RabC ... correct on both accounts ...

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Why Thank Yee Good Sir.

What a busy life you lead whilst on holiday, hope the aircraft don't keep you awake at night.

[David48]

#004

Today/Tonight's plane is ... well, it's a bit more difficult, and honestly, I've not heard of this mob before.

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[David48]

  On 12/28/2012 at 1:20 PM, RabC said:

Why Thank Yee Good Sir.

What a busy life you lead whilst on holiday, hope the aircraft don't keep you awake at night.

At night they are less frequent.

But there is an occasional flight that comes through about 4.30am and it sounds so low you feel you could literally shake hands with the pilot.

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[ripstanley]

  On 12/28/2012 at 1:31 PM, David48 said:

#004

Today/Tonight's plane is ... well, it's a bit more difficult, and honestly, I've not heard of this mob before.

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China Southern Air

Guangzhou

[David48]

^^ Nice try ... but not correct.

But the company/plane you suggest will be featured later ...

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[krisb]

  On 12/28/2012 at 1:31 PM, David48 said:

#004

Today/Tonight's plane is ... well, it's a bit more difficult, and honestly, I've not heard of this mob before.

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Its not KLM is it?..thats to easy. Perhaps Jet Blue? Obviously Boeing.

[tw25rw]

Have we had the answer to the first one that looked like an early 737?

[David48]

  On 12/28/2012 at 11:35 PM, tw25rw said:

Have we had the answer to the first one that looked like an early 737?

The first answer was spread over 3 posts, starting with this post.

Thai Airlines, Boeing 747-4D7, Chiang Mai - Bangkok

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[David48]

Unknown 002

About this one I have absolutely no idea.

Maybe a hire/private jet?

Came in like a scalded cat early this morning 7.23 time stamp on the photo.

Make and Model??

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[Tywais]

  On 12/29/2012 at 4:51 AM, David48 said:

Unknown 002

About this one I have absolutely no idea.

Maybe a hire/private jet?

Came in like a scalded cat early this morning 7.23 time stamp on the photo.

Make and Model??

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Maybe a Gulfstream G200 or Gulfstream G150. Was looking up the G550 last year just out of curiosity on the price tag in case I win the lottery - $49M USD

G200

G150

[cdnvic]

Lets go back to a model from the early days of jet transport:

[Tywais]

^^Boeing 707

[cdnvic]

Nope

Hint: The over-wing tanks were unique and Swissair was a major customer.

[Tywais]

  On 12/29/2012 at 10:05 AM, cdnvic said:

Nope

Hint: The over-wing tanks were unique and Swissair was a major customer.

Missed that. Should have known you wouldn't make it that easy.

[Tywais]

Convair 990A Coronado.

[cdnvic]

Yep

Elvis used it's smaller cousin as his personal jet.

The original 880 was named after it's maximum speed in feet per second.

[Tywais]

Hope there is no penalty in researching for an answer as opposed to memory recall as that one I've never seen nor heard of and I'm fairly familiar with a lot of aircraft. Good exercise though. Though now that I think of it, Convair does ring a bell but that is going back a long way.

[David48]

Right you two walking encyclopedias of aviation ... please focus the grey cells on the one below ...

  On 12/28/2012 at 1:31 PM, David48 said:

#004

Today/Tonight's plane is ... well, it's a bit more difficult, and honestly, I've not heard of this mob before.

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[RabC]

How about this one for just aircraft model? Sorry if you just read the URL you will get the model but I am a novice at posting images.