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A friend of mine was a crew chief on C-46's over the Hump. He said the great thing about that theater of ops was that if you wanted to do something you just went ahead and did it.

This is something of an adventure story that almost reaches "Raiders of the Lost Ark" proportions. It describes the challenge of of ferrying those first few P-40E sent to reinforce the AVG in China, something we have all heard mentioned in various publications; this is "the rest of the story."

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Note that the test reports of captured Zeros also said that the elevator forces became excessive as well.

I have read of the Typhoon being fitted with dust filters after they were deployed to rough airstrips in France after Operation Overlord. But I just read of the USAAF B-26 being fitted with dust filters when they were deployed to their first airstrips in France. They are described a "power...

The RAF was not interested in high altitude daylight strategic bombing, and trying to do night bombing from the higher altitudes would have yielded even worse results. The B-24 was most probably of interest due to its big boxy fuselage and exceptional range. The RAF even secured a non-turboed...

I have often wondered if the purpose of fighter aircraft acquired by 3rd world nations is to really defend the country or just to look good. I recall doing a report to our AFROTC class in 1972 about how 3rd world countries were getting restless over being stuck so far behind. As the head of...

It looks like there is a scenario that fits the circumstances quite well. When the pilot of the 787 applied full power his seat unlocked and slid about 12 inches aft. In his attempt to pull himself back into position he pulled back on the throttles, causing them to go to idle thrust. Seems...

The ones that only cost the customers $1.00, like the P-47's and P-51's supplied by the USA.

That was a friend of mine's unit. They modified many of their older B-25's with no belly turret and a tailgunner position that looked a lot like the factory one on B-25H/J.

I guess that a limitation for an aircraft to jam drones is that with enough powerful RF, it might jam its own links. So manned aircraft may be the answer. From Avweb: Ukraine has reportedly added a drone-fighting LSA to its fleet of warplanes. In a report from the Paris Air Show, YouTuber Ate...