Do you know your history? (Part XXII)

[ctab5060X]

Who is he?

What were his contributions?

 

[trafficinsight]

This one is driving me nuts because I know that face and can't place the name.

 

[OhioStatePilot]

Same here!

 

[ctab5060X]

Hmmmm...

What hint can I give that won't give it away...

 

[ctab5060X]

This will work!

 

[OhioStatePilot]

That's a Corsair!

... That ain't Chance Vought... :argue:

 

[OhioStatePilot]

Thomas F. Hamilton!

 

[t-cart]

Pappy Boyington?

 

[ctab5060X]

Got to look at the small details of the picture...

 

[OhioStatePilot]

... Well the Corsair has a Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 3-blade on the snout... but the above isn't Thomas Hamilton?

 

[ctab5060X]

Let's see how well you can link two different threads together...

What ship is this and what type of ship?

 

[ctab5060X]

... Well the Corsair has a Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 3-blade on the snout... but the above isn't Thomas Hamilton?

You are also giving yourself a big hint here too...

 

[OhioStatePilot]

Uh.... So the ship is the Langley, a converted Collier... CV-1... And then there's my hint...

 

[OhioStatePilot]

Charles H. Day??

 

[ctab5060X]

Charles H. Day??

Nope...

Lets examine what you have so far... you are getting close..

... Well the Corsair has a Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 3-blade on the snout... but the above isn't Thomas Hamilton?

It's not Thomas Hamilton, but it has to do with Thomas Hamilton and a company that was formed when United Aircraft & Transport Corporatoin consolidated with the company Thomas founded in 1920...

Uh.... So the ship is the Langley, a converted Collier... CV-1... And then there's my hint...

You have one important name in there. You even capitalized it. Its something coveted and very prestigious in the aviation world...

 

[darrenf]

Nope...

Lets examine what you have so far... you are getting close..




It's not Thomas Hamilton, but it has to do with Thomas Hamilton and a company that was formed when United Aircraft & Transport Corporatoin consolidated with the company Thomas founded in 1920...



You have one important name in there. You even capitalized it. Its something coveted and very prestigious in the aviation world...

Robert Joseph Collier

 

[OhioStatePilot]

Can't be... R.J. Collier died in 1918... That image looks to be 1950's.

 

[ctab5060X]

Its something coveted and very prestigious in the aviation world...

Robert Joseph Collier

Put those two together and tell me what you get...

 

[darrenf]

Put those two together and tell me what you get...

Uhhh, the Collier Trophy?

 

[OhioStatePilot]

It is... none other than....Frank W. Caldwell - designer of the variable pitch propeller!