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I'm sort of tired of hearing about the XP-39. In reality, it didn't perform badly and climbed VERY well, mainly as a result of being...

I grew up in the late 50's, early 60's, me and local friends would meet and trade comic books, though we called then funny books at...

A B-52 taking off during a alert, well, 12 of them plus 12 tankers all getting airborn in whatever was the specified time was pretty...

The first B-52

These components look like fuze adapters or adapter booster components. These parts allowed smaller diameter fuzes to be installed in...

I think it might be a cover to increase range when they're doing long range flights, when no combat is anticipated Covering that big...

We had stencil machines that would cut the letters in cardboard . Some shipping companies probably still use them. We used black spray...

That looks to me more like a dummy (inert) artillery shell fuse, something big like a155mm That would be behind the nose cap to set the...

Your pictures show a 3 piece set. One shows the biggest part with threads on it's outside perimeter. The others show it as smooth on...

With nothing in the picture to scale it's size by, it's hard to say for sure. But the big ring could represent the fuse well in the nose...

I think we tend to give way too much credit, good or bad, to the aircraft, and ignore the human element, the pilot.

It seems to give a honest assessment of the Oscar II until you read the last sentence. Perhaps outweighing these technical advantages is...

When the Me-262 was used as a "level " bomber it failed miserably. And taking the fastest aircraft in the sky and expecting it to dive...

On the last page of text in the book, page 88, it states the 24th Sentai on 13 nov. 44 was replaced by the 13th Sentai with 27 brand new...