Read a news blurb that Israel is upping the number of F-35's they are going to buy. Israel has always been pretty savy with their weapons system purchases.............so I do not beleive they would be buying into a dead horse.
Found this today, great story and a truly historic "Gooney Bird".
Commemorative Air Force raising $75,000 to move ‘plane that led D-Day invasion’ to Dallas | | Dallas Morning News
Shattered Sword has him listed as engageing Midway VT, VT-3 and VSB-6. He then ditched at 1900 when there were no more flight decks and was picked up by a destroyer. Not certain if he landed on Hiryu at any time before that, but logic dictates this was so as the carriers were dive bombed and put...
I would like to know more about this P-40/R1830 test mule that could climb like that and hit 389 mph at 22,000 ft. Certainly it was stripped of armor and all uneccessary equipment. Why not use a P-36 airframe? It was designed for the 1830 from the start. Could they not fit the 2 stage SC onto...
Can anyone point me to a good web page, or book detailing how the IJN differed from the USN in how they ran their flight decks? I'm looking for info on takeoff/landing intervals. Did the IJN use LSO's or did they have lighting arrays to guide pilots in? I know from Shattered Sword that the IJN...