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The Thunderbolts were fast at high altitudes because of their turbochargers. They were replaced with Mustangs partially because their...

If Arboria cannot get at metals, they cannot get at other exotic materials, like balsa wood. The British had problems with adhesives in...

Vickers Vireo, potentially the first monoplane carrier fighter. https://youtu.be/k9oaXCqrK0M Leading to the Vickers Jockey, but as a...

The Seafang was powered by a Griffon was it not? The six blade contra rotating prop usually means a Griffon 85 with 2350hp.

It sucked to be French in WWII.

Biplanes are a very clever solution to adequate structural strength and rigidity in a low-speed aircraft. As your cruising and...

They tested the Bell XFL Airabonita.

Does the P-36 offer better performance after being equipped with hooks, folding wings and catapult hooks? I am looking at Profile...

We missed an interesting aircraft, the Leo 45 from France. This did around 300mph with 900hp Gnome Rhone 14N engine with 920HP. They...

From late 1943 on, there was nothing wrong with the Napier Sabre other than availability. They did investigate Griffon engined...

The Manchester had a good airframe and a pair of crap engines. Did those other aircraft have crap engines or crap airframes?

The aircraft must be successful. The Fairey Battle is what they should have anticipated.

@tomo pauk suggested a new thread for this... It's 1935. Dive bombers and other light bombers are all the rage, but you are perceptive...

The British could stress the Fairey Battle for dive bombing. Would the resulting massacre be due to the liquid cooled Merlin engine, or...

Me262s were also held up by development problems with the jet engines. I don't think there was a path to clouds of Me262s on D-Day.