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Interesting drawing of the 262 without the jet engines fitted
I wonder what sort of aerodynamic properties the airframe would have had in that configuration & how it would have handled flying on prop alone
Would the handling have been any better than a 109, or worse
Any guesses
I wonder what sort of aerodynamic properties the airframe would have had in that configuration & how it would have handled flying on prop alone
Would the handling have been any better than a 109, or worse
Any guesses
What did in the P51 was how susceptible it was to ground fire. Korean war and having to do ground attack and suffer horrendous loss rates killed it off the Air force plans for future use. Likely why it wanted fast jets for Vietnam ground support.
Ireland 1916, british troops improvised APC with a locomotive boiler shell put on a truck.
for more details and pics
https ://ansionnachfionn.com/2016/03/23/improvised-armour-from-the-british-army-1916-to-the-islamic-state-2016/
for more details and pics
https ://ansionnachfionn.com/2016/03/23/improvised-armour-from-the-british-army-1916-to-the-islamic-state-2016/
The first of nearly 34,000. BF 109 V1. D-IABI:
It does not look right with the exhaust stacks so high. The give-away it has RR engine.
RR shared their engine with the Germans and then their jet engine with Stalin. Slow learners...
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I guess that was the standard tripod for the Bren gun? No wonder it left the BAR in the dust.
Gabriella Ezra. She used her German language skills to save 37 lives in her village.
War hero Gabriella Ezra, 91, has been awarded the prestigious Star of Italy award 74 years after she saved her village from being killed by the Nazis
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Feel free to read up on how the USAAF/US Government repaid the Brits in the early days of the Lend-Lease agreement, in the post-Allison P-51 days.
That's right, the US sent the Brits a batch of Allison engined P-51s as thanks for giving Packard the rights to build Merlins. Nice move.
The first of nearly 34,000. BF 109 V1. D-IABI:
Poor thing had a bad case of Stuka Face.
Not surprising - the 109 V.1 and the JU87 A were both powered by the Junkers Jumo 210
I'm currently re-reading "Stuka Pilot" by Ernst Rudel from my Covid 19 KOBO library. I'm not as impressed as I was when I was teenager. Not only do his exploits sound more than fantastic, they border on the impossible.
I had also forgotten was a dyed-in-the-wool believer he was in the Nazi cause.
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Considering something like 1/3 of Bf-109 were lost in ground accidents I'd say any ting would have better?
The Swedish Saab 21 flew first as a propeller push fighter, later the engine was switched to a jet engine and became the Saab 21R.
https://plane-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/saab-21-21r/
https://plane-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/saab-21-21r/
Curtiss A-8 Shrike flew few years before Ju-87 yet you can see some resemblance.Both made for the similar role yet only Junkers was adopted.
USAAF opted for twin engine tactical bombers but it wasn't long before every single US made fighter had provisions for good bomb load.
USAAF opted for twin engine tactical bombers but it wasn't long before every single US made fighter had provisions for good bomb load.
Curtiss A-8 Shrike flew few years before Ju-87 yet you can see some resemblance.Both made for the similar role yet only Junkers was adopted.
USAAF opted for twin engine tactical bombers but it wasn't long before every single US made fighter had provisions for good bomb load.
Those are some wild wheel pants, even on the tail wheel
Amazing how long it took to develop retracting landing gear, the drag must have been phenomenal.
Grizz
Fixed landing gear was not altogether a bad thing on a Divebomber, along with dive brakes. A bit of a drag on airspeed, however .....
