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    A few more future releases.

    He's got a helmet on. He'll be fine 🙄
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    What are the controls, dials, buttons, and instruments in a VTOL aircraft?

    Hi, If this image is anything to go by, for VTOL flight allyou need is an "on-off knob", an "up-down" knob.and a "slow-fast" knob.
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    Amelia Earhart's plane

    https://www.theonion.com/amelia-earhart-s-long-lost-plane-discovered-on-auxiliar-1851221366 ;)
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    Quotes and Jokes

    What if its just the ghost of Bob Marley (after having enjoyed a little too much "Holdiay Spirits") tangled up in my Christmas lights :oops:
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    Brewster Buffalo - what is the verdict?

    Out of curiosity, I am curious what specifically in this article you feel is based on "myths" and "far from reality". In giving the article a quick read over, it appears to make a couple claims, including; The Finns went looking for a modern aircraft from the US and were able to procure some...
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    1937 to the late 1941: fighter bombers instead of 1-engined bombers?

    Hi, I think a big issue here, as the OP kind of alluded to in his post, is that things will vary greatly over time. And to be honest in the time frame under discussion is that 6 months can seem like a lifetime. If you want a plane to be available in 1937 you may have to rely on technology...
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    Brewster Buccaneer Wreck (Pt Loma -- 280 fsw)

    Hi, Thanks for sharing. Pat
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    5 Favourite Planes

    Hmmm, In chronological order (I guess); SPAD XIII Albatross DIII/V Brewster B239/339 De Havilland Vampire F86D DC-9 family I know that's six (families of) planes, and the first five are probbly based solely on looks. For the sixth one I guess that maybe you weren't considering commercial...
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    Second best fighter of World War II

    Well in 1941 Joe Louis won a controversial decision of Max Baer's brother Buddy Baer due to some controversy over a punch landed after the bell to end one round, so I guess you could argue over who was best and who was second best that year. ( Boxing in the 1940s - Wikipedia ) Ooops, wait...
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    NASA Lunar Orbiting Deep Space Gateway in the planning stage

    Hi, I'll have to look through some old books I have, but I thought that I read once that you could potentially make do with a little less. Here is an excerpt from a file that I found on the internet titled "ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY RESEARCH TO ENABLEHUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION" by the International...
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    NASA Lunar Orbiting Deep Space Gateway in the planning stage

    Hi, I thi k I read once that 1G wasn'y necessarily needed to preserve muscle mass and such for a human body and that something like 0.8G (or something) might be acceptable. Pat
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    RAF post BoB

    Hi, If I am understanding correctly, the first batch of Hurricanes (39 total) weren't sent to the USSR around in early September 1941 with only 100 Hurricanes total arriving in the USSR by the end of the year (and as I understand it, I believe that most if not all of these were sent to Murmansk...
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    NASA Lunar Orbiting Deep Space Gateway in the planning stage

    Wouldn't the value of Germanium per pound drop dramatically if a massive source of it sudenly became available once you start mining the asteroid :hushed:
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    Best plan for Argentine Air Force and FAA for Falklands War?

    Hi, I think we should keep in mind the logistics that would likely be involved not only in doing something like "lengthening" an airstrip but also what would likely be entailed in supporting any additional aircraft, aircrew, support personnel, support equipment, and other general support issues...
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    Why were most early WW2 fighters designed with limited rear visibility?

    Hi, I believe that there were some additional early war aircraft out there that "at least seemed to have" made an attempt at good rearward visibility, such as the Seversky P-35, the Bell P-39, and the Brewster F2A. [Images via Wikipedia]
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