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[Armand]

As I found the ansver surprising is the title just a little quizz for Your own mind sake.
Give it a thought before surfing for confirment/solution ;-)
And as the ansver is equal possible to surf up for all of us, there is no need of posting it. You could however use the like-button if You (too) was caught off guard :-/

Edited by Armand, 06 February 2017 - 05:11 PM.

[Ricky]

I wasn't aware they were still in business! Number 4 was also a surprise, I expected number 5 to be higher.

[CORSNING]

     Truth is, I don't keep up much with civil aircraft. Although I have a soft spot for

twin-engine Beechcraft. Just to show you what I mean, my first gut reaction answer

was Douglas. Then I remembered that they went together with McDonnell. So I didn't

want to look totally stupid so I checked up on how McDonnell Douglas was getting along.

Guess what, they don't exist any more. I bet that pissed off the USAF when they found

out their F-15 advisers and spare parts manufacturer closed shop (actually bought out).

     Well, I want to guess Curtiss. That ain't gonna wash.  I think I'm just going to have

to think about it for awhile.

 

PS: No, I'm not going to cheat. I'm just going to do some more thinking.

Edited by CORSNING, 06 February 2017 - 07:31 PM.

[Armand]

Truth is, I don't keep up much with civil aircraft. Although I have a soft spot for
twin-engine Beechcraft. Just to show you what I mean, my first gut reaction answer
was Douglas. Then I remembered that they went together with McDonnell. So I didn't
want to look totally stupid so I checked up on how McDonnell Douglas was getting along.
Guess what, they don't exist any more. I bet that pissed off the USAF when they found
out their F-15 advisers and spare parts manufacturer closed shop (actually bought out).
     Well, I want to guess Curtiss. That ain't gonna wash.  I think I'm just going to have
to think about it for awhile.
 
PS: No, I'm not going to cheat. I'm just going to do some more thinking.

I certainly got Your mind exercised ;-)

[Rick65]

Chinese?

[Romantic Technofreak]

Without doing any research, I only want to state that in Europe (probably in North America too), many people fly Embraer, without caring the least bit about the origin of these aircraft from a country thought only being related with jungle, samba and soccer.

 

Regards, RT

[CORSNING]

Without doing any research, I only want to state that in Europe (probably in North America too), many people fly Embraer, without caring the least bit about the origin of these aircraft from a country thought only being related with jungle, samba and soccer.

 

Regards, RT

New York during the Ray Gay music years?

[flying kiwi]

Without doing any research, I only want to state that in Europe (probably in North America too), many people fly Embraer, without caring the least bit about the origin of these aircraft from a country thought only being related with jungle, samba and soccer.

 

Regards, RT

 

Brazil has been mad about aviation, going back to Santos Dumont, who they claim made the first powered flight. I remember reading a letter to some magazine, possibly Aeroplane, by an English guy upset that Rolls Royce had given a Spitfire to the TAM Museum in São Carlos. He was very scathing about how primitive Brazilians were, basically because he was clueless. TAM had chosen RR engines for a lot of their aircraft and Embraer manufacture aircraft of world standard. I believe they build nearly as many as Bombardier these days.

Edited by flying kiwi, 07 February 2017 - 12:12 PM.

[Kutscha]

Some trivia. There has been almost twice as many Cessna 172s produced as Spitfires.

https://en.wikipedia...oduced_aircraft

[CORSNING]

Cessna 172