Can You Identify These Aircraft from Limited Clues?

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Bystander said:
Little Boy
Wow! That was the first time I saw it - never even saw a picture of it before.

Bystander - 3 more.
 
sikorski s-55

Edit: Ugly, like fred.
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
sikorski s-55
Very close. It's actually the UH-19, but S-55 is good enough for 3 points.

Time to make it a little tough again...
 
Your clue leaves me clueless. Please elaborate on what you mean by "the race" there were many races in avaiations history.
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
Your clue leaves me clueless. Please elaborate on what you mean by "the race" there were many races in avaiations history.
Many races in aviation history; two big Races in modern World history.
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
F-86 sabre
Correct, for 3 points.
 
Q18: Cheated --- that's so obscure as to be ridiculous. See if Fred gets it on "1."
 
Re: Q18... I've never seen anything like that, so I've got to go for a (semi)educated guess. Since it's gold-plated, it's obviously intended for space applications; that opinion is also based upon the 'space race' that was going on when I was a mere child. My guess, although it doesn't look like one, is that it's the rear view of an early prototype space helmet.
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
sikorski s-55

Edit: Ugly, like fred.
Amatueur. It's a Chickasaw. Geeze. The differences are glaring.
 
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Q18: save the second clue --- I'll take my 2 pts. for "Corona film cannister," or "Corona film recovery cannister."
 
Bystander said:
Q18: save the second clue --- I'll take my 2 pts. for "Corona film cannister," or "Corona film recovery cannister."
That's good for 2 points. The thing in the object is a Discoverer satellite, one of the early successes of the Corona Project. Also, being Discoverer XIV, it is the first satellite to be ejected by an orbiting spave vehicle and recovered in mid-air. Upon re-entry, it deployed a parachute which was successfully snagged by a C-119.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/294/img2141oi8.jpg

I thought the obscurity of this one would be at least somewhat alleviated by its being in the news last year, when the Corona Engineers were awarded the NAE's Draper Prize.
 
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(update, till Q20)

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[u]SCORES[/u] :

Bystander      16
Cyrus          27
Fred           10
Kurdt          3

Note: There were question numbers that were messed up. They've now been fixed. I believe these scores are correct.
 
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FredGarvin said:
That's a Pratt & Whitney afterburner. Since it's next to the Raptor I'll also say that it's the vectored thrust assembly.
Silly me - should have clipped the picture more.

That pic is the back view of the entire F119. Here's another view:

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/571/img2314lu7.jpg

And the hazy mammoth is the Stratofortress - 6 points.
 
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