Recent content by SplitRz

Sorry to disinter a comment from a few days back, but I found that perception interesting. From a European perspective, its seems those most in opposition to or making deliberate obstruction to the sending aid to Ukraine within the West have been right wing and populist administrations and...

Royal navy disaster? The whole Norway campaign was a failure (though it was something of a sideshow strategically at that time)... but was it a disaster for the RN? It essentially crippled the Kreigsmarine destroyer force for the rest of the war and was to have huge implications for them...

Sorry to disinter a comment from a few days back, but I found that perception interesting. (Now I've lost the link to the full article! Dang.) From a European perspective, its seems those most in opposition to or making deliberate obstruction to the sending aid to Ukraine within the West have...

Off to Olde Hamsterjam! Watch out for the clog wearing mice and those strange cigarettes! Have a blast and tell all when you get back. :)

Its interesting to see how foreign policy in the US appears to have changed within the last ten years. In the previous 40, the USA was seen as stable, relatively predictable and (for better or worse) consistent in that respect. The American civil and diplomatic services were seen by their...

With a view to the ongoing situation, as a European (well, recently politically self-annexed part, at least), I am very concerned at the moment is the reluctance of many European nations to 'buckle up' in regards to Ukraine and the clear threat and intention that Putin's vision implies. One...

And I never said anyone here had or did. What I was talking about to was the apparent separation that appeared to be made between continuing to supply Ukraine in order to 'bleed out Putin' - from - supporting Ukraine in order to 'preserve freedom'. I'm assuming that as eleven regular...

Actually, in respect to Mr Thumpalump, and in humble honesty, I need glasses too. On Biffs post, I misread 'Thump' as 'someone else in the field of representative national management', the nature of which we cannot discuss, who's moniker is a single very similar shaped smaller second letter...

Tell you what, if Thumps ever offers me a lift in his car, I'll walk :D

Stevie Wonder can see from my quote that I'm replying to Biff ;) Now would you like to politely re-think that bit about misreading?!

Theres a lot to unpack here. First line: 'it should be about freedom more than bleeding out Putin' To a European, this statement defies logic. In terms of annexing parts of sovereign democratic states (however flawed they may be) to re-create a Russian Empire, as is pretty much Putin's stated...

Thats the joyful redundancy of the 'no politics' ban. Everyone with a brain knows what you're talking about. Those without a brain won't understand and so won't be offended or react negatively. :D Huzzah!

Well its an often repeated opinion by long standing spit jocks like Johnnie Johnson, but the ix was widely considered the peak of the Spitfire mark in terms of the balance of handling and performance. Later marks were felt to steadily lose the wonderful control harmonisation and 'feel' as the...

Well, What mods are you talking about?? They wont be carrying the weight of armour or guns for starters. They will only rarely be flying with anything like a full tank. The rear view mirror is probably quite useful to *any* pilot. The ejector stubs add performance. The few other extraneous lumps...

I think there's some mutual incomprehension in this thread! I think (?) the OP was about constructing a Spitfire in its 'original' pre-operational service form; sans rear view mirror, presumably armour, bullet proof screen etc along the lines of this modified version designed for a crack at the...