



38th Quiz - maximum points to earn were 6.
Yes, answers were very easy and as said Bill: "...You should have put a picture of an underwired bra... ...as that is also be a creation of Howard Hughes." May be next time.
Average mark of difficulty according to your valuation was 2,29 (maximum 5 - very difficult).
Lockheed L-049 Constellation - affectionately known as the “Connie”, was a four-engine propeller-driven airliner. In 1939 Trans World Airlines, with major stockholder Howard Hughes, requested a 40-passenger transcontinental airliner with 3,500 mile (5,630 km) range. These requirements led to the L-049 Constellation. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models between 1943 and 1958. The prototype completed its maiden flight in January 1943.
Hughes XF-11 - prototype of military reconnaissance aircraft. The XF-11 used two Pratt & Whitney R-4360-31 28-cylinder radial engines with twin four-bladed counter-rotating propellers. Only two prototypes were built.
Hughes XV-9A - experimental helicopter, where the engine exhaust was ducted through the rotor hub and the blades, and expelled from the rotor tips. The Hughes XV-9 was first flown in November 1964. Only 19 hours of flight test were realised. It was powered by two GE T64 turbojets.
Hughes H-1 Racer - Aicraft was designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer and built by Glenn Odekirk On September 13, 1935, Hughes was flying the H-1 to a new world speed record of 567 km/h. Hughes also broke the transcontinental U.S. speed record in the H-1 on January 19, 1937, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
Name |
Country |
Points |
| Emmanuel Capart | 6 | |
| Jean Pierre Schell | 6 | |
| Indrek Aavisto | 6 | |
| Peter Butt | 6 | |
| Bill Lines | 6 | |
| Emilio Lafuente | 6 | |
| Morten F. Mørch | 6 | |
| Markku Kanninen | 6 | |
| Juraj Andel | 6 | |
| Neil Evans | 6 | |
| Hans Høgh | 6 | |
| Benny Jørgensen | 6 | |
| Kari Koski | 6 | |
| Dean Alexander | 3 | |
| Pierre Vallet | 2 | |
| Iiro Hakala | 2 | |
| István Barta | 2 | |
| Vojtěch Bill | 0 |
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