Aircraft Recognition?

[SelectZoneFive]

Well, looks like getting off the couch and doing some flying has shook the old circuits loose.

24/24 on really hard.

Finally.

 

[ShawnC]

You need more challenge, how about a Flightinfo.com spot landing contest. No flaps though (unless the aircraft requires it, but then use the minimum setting required to safely land the aircraft on the runway).

Anyone up for this? Any idea where and when to hold it?

 

[LearLove]

24/24 3 times _ the multiple choice makes it too easy. If you don't know what the a/c is you can look and the nationality marking in the pic and match up the name. Thats what I did w/ the whop fighters. I knew the Macchi was italian but not the exact number model but when the rest of the choises are german,american and jap you can always pick the correct answer. I also got a pic of the Spartan C-27 on my second test, it had "Spartan C-27" painted on the tail, kind of hard to get that one wrong. A harder test and one the shows knowledge and experience might be to:

1. combine civ and mil aircraft questions:
show 2 cessna 150's tell them one a 70 and the other is a 71. The question is how do you tell the 70 from the 71.

2. how do you tell a pratt powered f-16 from a GE powered.

3. how do you tell a dash-8-100 from a 200?

4. or question like this: show a pic of a drab green a-7 corsair pulling off target after say a gun pass. The question is what conflict is this?

IMHO I think this is a better measure of aero knowledge than say wrote memory pic identification. hust don't make it a spelling contest or id be way at the back.

 

[LearLove]

Also ditto to the guys who said looking at all the a/c mags/book finally paid off.

My dad tought me to read with AVWST magazine. Also makes up for reading the old cessna pvt pilot manuals in HS when the teacher was yacking about some shakespear play or something. For all the times I had my nose in flying mag in junior high while the teacher was conjugating some verb. Small victory to us, we know who we were.

 

[flywithastick]

Also ditto to the guys who said looking at all the a/c mags/book finally paid off.

My dad tought me to read with AVWST magazine.

I had a neighbor who's dad was in the Navy. he gave me dozens of copies of that magazine. I had pictures cut out and pasted *all over* my room. Got to take several trips to the NAS with them. This guy worked in the GCA unit, right next to the runway as I recall. Those F-4's were LOUD! Nice memories.

 

[Crucianpilot]

24/24 as well. Great website with lots of nice pictures. Guess all that reading as a kid pays off.

 

[Rich Man]

IMMADORK

19/24 Hard
19/24 Very Hard- First try, However found the Very Hard section a lot easier that the VH.... will try again later and see, most my mistakes were by going against gut feeling.....

Ohh well.

My eggo wouldn't take that, so last attempt
24/24

If you can keep the atention long enough it is pretty easy....


Rich Man!

 

[SelectZoneFive]

What doeas AVWST stand for?

Also, is it possible to get a subscription?

Thank's,


SZF

 

[Skyliner]

Whew, 24/24 Very Hard...

There's that NIFA experience coming in use....way, way, waay too much time there. Try coaching for a few years too...

But hey, we do it for the kids, right?