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Kurt Tank had more designs than just the fw.The TA152h happens to be my fav ac with a prop that is

did any of the other nations in ww2 experiment with cannard type aircraft?Hope I spelled that right!

I have some info on the douglass c-32 - c-41 it was a military version of a dc-2 the info I have is on a 39 was 14729lbs empty.For the o46a my info did not list a bomb load.The o47a also was listed with no bombload nor stated in the text.The only info I have on the b-17b is that only 39 were...

There was another aircraft the brits had that was similar to the a.s. but I can't recall what it was a bomber or a transporter.

I read in abook about the buzz bomb having a pilot.The plane was the Fi 103.So who came up with the kamikaze first the German or the Japs?

it would seem that the piston driven engines would have an advantage.such as the db 601 or a bmw 801.For a mid air restart.

how easy is turning and engine on or off in mid flight is this a practiced emergency manuver or an oops type thing?Not a joke but a real qestion.

I grew up near Weymouth N.A.S.in MA I served there when I was a cadet in the early eighties the old timers told me and I have read it was and airship bace from the thirties and had the largest hanger in the world at the time.I remember marching in a hanger.What happened to these 'aircraft'?

the E.G> over hiroshima

The E.G. over hiroshima

Fairey?barracuda ? I hope I got the name right.torpedo patrol it had radar areials on the wingtips strange.

yes this is the plane he had.I remember tighening the landing gear with a come-along.It was alot of work.With the fabric you had to walk along the ribs of the plane or your foot would fall thru.

My uncle has a military version of a piper cub? I don't know how old it nor have any pics of it to compare.I got a chance to work on it a time or two.I can remember it was made of fabric and still had cables for flaps and a very basic insterment panel.My uncle sereved in the AF.My family is all...

What was the nearest me262 unit nearest to normandy in june july 1944 could these ac have an impact over the landing.

Wern't the germans planning a raid on new york with he.177?