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I'm researching the Kalinin K5 when it was used during the Winter War. I have yet to find any chronicle or photos of this. The other type is the Nieman Khai-1VV, a bomber variant of the Khai-1 airliner

This would have been a wild ride

Thank you

Are there any photos available of any PobJoy engines without the cowls?

Is there any information, other than the pages of Air Enthusiast in the mid-70s, of a project that Australia was looking into getting started, Project Skyways, which was to test the viability of using rotary wing gliders, the test subject being a Willys Jeep with fairings and the rotor off an...

A few years ago, I found a model of an aircraft I've wanted to build for a very long time, the DFS40 experimental flying wing designed by Alexander Lippisch. The kit is by Master X, is resin, and the surface finish excellent. The kit is beautiful. I had to do some moving since I got this, and...

I don't know if that would qualify as a berth, but that sure is a nice jig. They also make jigs for biplanes, and those are just as nice

That's because it was most likely a CASA 211, which was a license built He111. I think all restored 111s are Spanish in origin.

I thought the inspiration for Orión dates from fue Manhattan Project. One of the scientists there was playing with exploding dynamite under steel plates.

If you want to get an idea as to what life inside an Orion type ship, look for the novel Footfall, by Larry Liven and Jerry Pournelle. It is an old story, published sometime in the 80s, and is an alien invasion story. The invaders were small elephant type aliens. In order to defeat the Fithp...

That would be a fun and frustrating endeavor. Almost as much fun as trying to build a replica Do-26. No, I'm wondering if I could do that with a couple resin engines. I read that that's what Benz did, so I'm wondering if I could pull the same thing off. I'll have to fashion the v twelve block...

What I'd like to do is make a VI from a pair of resin 1/48 IVs

I would like to know if it is possible to build a BMW VI from a pair of BMW IVs. I know that the VI uses the cylinder banks of the IV. Is there an illustrated manual which would show the block of the VI?

Basically. However, I think it is more an apocryphal tale.