I used to tout myself as knowing my shit about aircraft, but I was humbled with a score of 22 out of 24 on the “hard” test. I guess I don’t know my transports very well
Only 22 out of 24 on the “hard” test. I mistook an EC-135 for an E-8, and then en E-8 for an RC-135. (I almost got that one right, but I didn’t think they’d have two "E-8"s in the same test. Had I not missed the first, I would have gotten the second.) But then, I know jack about surveillance aircraft.
Took it three times, once each at the medium, hard and very hard level. My scores were 22, 22 and 19. I found that those that were stomping me were the modern Russian/Soviet planes and the acrobatic teams. I did like the picture of the Arrow though.
14 out of 28 on the easy. I got most of the American ones right, I actually messed up on the Harrier (thought it is British, so that’s understandable.)
12/24 on medium. I nailed the U.S. stuff. Got smoked on the foreign helicopters.
(I was hoping this test would be planes as seen from the ground. I live near JFK and LGA, and on the runway course for ISP. And today, I was sitting in my mother’s backyard ID’ing planes.)
Apart from the interior shot of a cockpit, those were just plain easy. I mean, it’s not like an F-16, an F-104 or a Buccaneer are distinctive designs, is it?