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Jumo was probably the 1st among the 'mainstream' German aero engines' companies to introduce a 'proper', pressure oil feed via the...

To expand on that. time to "take out" a manufacturer is before the shooting starts. Once the shooting starts (or at least by 1941) it...

I don't want to take out any manufacturer.

It certainly looks out of line unless some moron simply used the dimensions of the alloy spar/s and copied them in steel. And added some...

Saturday/Sunday both Grandkids sleepover first time for both...:)

back to infusion in a couple hours. got too much to do but .......

We (myself included) confuse hand fitting and hand assembled and hand finished at times or we use the term/s as short hand. What truly...

Matilda's didn't go fast enough to make things fall off ;)

Grumman was working on paper with a couple of designs that used R-2600 engines in modified F4F airframes but they quickly concluded that...

You are correct, they did, in 1943. Which is a little late for being the engine of choice for the P-40 in 1939 or 1941. We have...

May the Coconuts be with you.

I’ll have to one up you Karl. Today is our 43 anniversary after 5 years of dating. I could also put this in the “What Annoyed Me Today”...

Yes, no, maybe. The overlap was short. There were two R-2600 engines at this time, the A (1600hp) and the BA (1700hp) and there were two...

30 years ago today, i asked the new girl at work out on a date. Married her 2 years later, still going strong after all this time.

He knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. Radiator duct design is another level of hell.