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I have happy childhood memories of the silent comfort of the Paris Metro rubber tyred trains running on wooden rails, especially after...

Actually, I find it quite attractive.

Hi I am not sure how 'real' the name for the Westland Lysander P.12 as quoted 'Wendover' actually is. The Wiki page mentions it...

Just to mention but the Hawker Hector did dive bombing in the BoF. Digressing, all of the variants of the Hawker Hart series could and...

The Swordfish also could, and did, carry 1 x 500lb and 1 x 250lb bombs under each wing. The Albacore could carry 2 x 500lb bombs under...

As an aside, Boulton Paul proposed a turret armed with 50 cal MGs to the Air Ministry in 1940, but the firm was told by MAP that...

Now those were some interesting guns. Somewhat lighter than the US version and faster firing too, with HE and incendiary rounds ready...

That was the same round as used by Belgium for their own build Hawker Hurricanes mounting x4 13.2mm FN Brownings.

The book by Claude d'Abzac-Epezy, "L'armée de l'air des années noires. Vichy 1940-44" (not translated, Economica, 1998) is especially...

Of course if we employed hindsight then Britain would only be making Merlin’s and Cheetahs so the production resources that went into...

Imperial dear boy.Imperial.

An electronic warfare Fortress III of 214 Squadron with nose-mounted H2S radome.

True, but just like the Spitfires when they went from 2-blade to 3-bade to 4-blade props - or when the Corsair went from 3-blade to...

re "- Do not forget either that the main problem of the Whirlwind was its small size which made it unable to receive large diameter...

Of course Air Mistry document AVIA 15-37 It is unclear how much was tested, how much estimated, certainly Morris radiators were...