Recent content by Maury Markowitz

Well done, precisely that object.

So this would be a temporary thing, removed when done?

I was looking over images on the Canadian Archives site and came across this one of a Canso used for radar testing: https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=3583274 I'm curious about the dark coloured object under the wing, above the radar...

No this is the later model. The one in “Notes” is the earlier model. I think it’s called a GV219.

I came across "Notes on Enemy Bombsights" from 1942, a useful reference. But one thing struck me: none of the sights are named in this reference. Just what was the sight in the He 111 named? Does anyone have additional sources they might recommend for these sights? UK and US sights are well...

The rule is to use the originally provided measurement and then put conversions in parens. This avoids a loss of accuracy if you "convert the wrong way". They have introduced a new gizmo to allow you to reverse the order so you can give metric first even if the original was imperial, but this...

No need to speculate, the Heinkel He 178 was based around the HeS 3, and ended up being basically identical to the Gloster E.28/39. The Germans stopped developing the centrifugal designs as their frontal area created more drag which was working against the entire concept of a high-speed...

Are you sure you're not thinking of the campaign over Japan? They removed everything they could from the B-29s, including the guns, to carry more incindiaries.

Armour plating of RAF bombers is used as a canonical example in statistics and operational research. During the ramping up of the 1942 campaign, the Center for Naval Analysis in New York was studying how to armour their bombers based on RAF statistics, work that they passed to the Statistical...

Indeed this was it. On the upside, I did learn of a number of individual battles I had not heard of, so it definitely had its uses.

My point is that someone, especially Tizard, should have realized the importance of putting this into the hands of someone who was going to drive development rapidly. Griffith simply wasn't, and no one else was selected to do so. In contrast, Whittle ran himself off his feet and into a hospital...

Considering the development of axial and centrifugal for the Germans raises the question of why the RAE left jet development in the hands of Griffith so long. He seems to have demonstrated a remarkable capability of making pretty models but not actually producing a working engine. For those who...

Actually, were they aware of corner reflectors by the end of the war? I guess they must have been because I recall they used them to produce radar reflectors to confuse the H2S images over Berlin... In this case the lights could be intended for use with corner reflectors along the runways. The...

Was it his book about the B-17 where Zeros shoot one up and it flies home and the crew give up counting at 1000 holes? It was the book that ended with the author flying across the Atlantic in one as part of a meeting in the 1970s or 80s. I can no longer recall the exact math, but I was in uni...

My fav: A while back there was a series about air combat that used computer footage to re-enact various famous battles, along with interviews with the people involved. Likely Discovery or History. In one episode they were talking to a Korea vet who explained how all of their aircraft were...