Recent content by AnynameIwish

I was using Paris from 'timeanddate.com' as a proxy for the specific airbase locations. Thanks for the rest of your response, I've been trying to find local copies of those books, it fills in a lot of the gaps. That'd be great except this was in France, not the U.K & as I'd mentioned Radar...

I'm reading some histories of the air campaign in France & the following is detailed; - The Luftwaffe attempts to establish air superiority on Day 1 of the campaign by striking allied airfields. - Dutch, French & Belgian Airfields are hit hard. British airfields in France nearly completely...

I've been reading Stanley Hooker's "Not much of an Engineer" & he describes tests with a Lancaster converted to run with two turbojets in place of two of the Merlins. Calculations showed a 4 jet version would have a speed in excess of 400mph at 30,000ft with a full bombload making it...

I've been reading through the development of reciprocating aero-engines in the 1930's & 1940's & been left wondering why a particular development path wasn't pursued. To preface this I'll freely acknowledge that I'm not an engineer, so I realize there must be *some* good reason why it wasn't ...