Recent content by wuzak

Wouldn't it better to have the wheels positioned better? Actually, for such an aircraft, we probably don't need wheels to land. Just use a skid.

The pilot has to lean right after landing.

It's a bicylcle landing gear, but with only one outrigger!

Wow, so not AI slop!

The condtions that allowed the P-47 to use that fat drop tank and fly slow to achieve long range didn't exist in Europe.

The airspace on the routes over Europe weren't unopposed - flak and fighters were present over occupied Europe, radar enabled the Luftwaffe to track raids from their bases in England and plot intercepts. Luftwaffe fighter strength in the western front was increasing through 1943. Pretty sure...

So, not capable of carrying bombs either? Typo? - P47D-28?

Withold? Freudian slip? What priority did Sir Wilfred Freeman give for the steel that was denied for the tanks?

Is the "crazy job" to connect with ships whose "front fell off"?

Never mind. 21/44 = 0.477:1.

Teeth numbers for 0.479:1 and 0.477:1?

It makes sense that the opposite rotation version had a different ratio, as there was an idler gear between the crank gear and the propeller gear. I can't see how they could get 0.477 and 0.479 without an idler gear.

So, ego? There was no need for him to fly. Probably not for the group commanders, either. I can see that Eaker's level would not have needed access to ULTRA directly - his superiors could do that better, and decide what information is worth acting upon.

I don't understand. As the Commander of the Eighth Air Force, why would Eaker by involved in combat operations. Why would there be a choice?