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https://youtu.be/3uL4ux1LJJI?si=nYgS7qBArbvqTqEI From across the Pond: It's lovely to see this charming couple paying their respects to British and American Warbirds and the men that flew them.

Could RR Supercharger technology have been licensed to the US?

The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine without an export-sensitive turbosupercharger or a multi-stage supercharger, resulting in limited high-altitude performance. From wiki. Surely with the similarities in size and possibly superior strength Allison could have come up with...

Lee Mallory cancelled the long range Spitfire project

Overall conclusion was B29 computed gunnery was remarkably effective There's a YouTube somewhere that goes into this

The Lancaster's infamous main spar appeared as two giant girders running across the floor of the aircraft which crew had to clamber over. Now this makes Sense as the Lancaster was a low-wing bomber. But what about high wing planes such as the b-24 liberator? Presumably the girders still...

I believe about 1,500 of 7,300 Lancs had twin .5 rear turrets introduced late 1944. The turrets were liked for the harder hitting power and useful features which meant that the parachute could be stowed on board and also there was no rear glass to obscure the vision. There were some turrets...

In my opinion, in the most case, I was the greatest aircraft of world war II. Given how long it's from 1941 to 45 and given its versatility, maybe the p61 was ultimately a better night fighter but it arrived too late

My guess the p-47 thunderbolt was one of the safest planes in the world given the massive radial engine and all the armor But what they did at the end of the war when they were called upon to be mobile aircraft. Artillery must have been one of the dangerous jobs in the world akin to being in a...

Probably untrue. But possible For some reason I can't play my yellow submarine video

Remember my Dad buying Pan Ballantyne book "Zero" by Caidin and saying it was unstoppable until 1944 and even the Spitfire was massacred by it!

Has anyone tried to retrieve a Corsair from the dump or dived down there?

There was only aircraft lost over the dams but the suppression fire was 2 303 guns in the front turret. A couple of Mossies with 4 cannons would have cleared the AA in 2 passes. The Lanc would not have been lost and more importantly the attacking Lancs would have got to more accuracy. Country...

Sorry did not mean to say reaction was funny to above post but I agree Bus went round corner and I can't find a way to undo!

Seriously did not know this. It's amazing accuracy the RAF are getting by now considering the 4 or so hits they got on the Tirpitz too... Presumably best hit for Tallboy would be on the dam edge adjacent to the water filled side? Possibly more effective than USAAF mass drop but far more risky...