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  1. New PBY wreck discovered

    Researchers have been able to find an additional PBY in about 30 feet of water at Kāne‛ohe Bay, where a U.S. Naval air station once was. The large compliment of PBY Catalinas were mostly destroyed both in the bay and ashore, as the Imperial Japanese attack waves headed for Pearl Harbor. Due to...
  2. YAK-3 Hobbby Boss 1:72

    Hello everyone As part of group-Bild campaign with one of my frends modeller, i finally managed to finish first - Yak3 from Hobby Boss, Normandie-Niemen" squadron, pilot Marcel Albert. The is well-known (easy) model for a long time on the market, with all its faults but also some good...
  3. Testing the Bell P-39 Airacobra over the San Francisco Bay Area

    Testing the Bell P-39 Airacobra over the San Francisco Bay Area and a pilot’s harrowing account of how he escaped death over Rio Vista “I decided to give Uncle Sam the first 10,000 feet, but the next 5,000 belongs to me.” Story attached. I welcome your comments.
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    Ju388 any good?

    What's the assessment of the Ju388? It was a high altitude multi-role aircraft with a wooden pannier to expand the bomb bay. Would it have been any good as a high altitude bomber?
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    Max Offensive Stores for He 277 Bomb Bay?

    Hello, I was looking at the wikipedia article on the He 277 and it said: As someone not too knowledgeable about German bombs and bomb bays in general, could someone please do some quick caculations on what the heaviest bombload the bomb bay could handle? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  6. Wellington Bomb Bay Cookie Mods

    Can anyone provide pictures or drawings of the Vickers Wellington bomb bay showing how it was able to carry the 4000lb "Cookie"?
  7. Looking for 1/48th Lancaster bomb bay doors

    Hi All, I bought a used Tamiya Dambuster/Grand slam kit (which included the Flightpath detail set) Though I'd like to build a regular bomber BI/BIII from this kit. My first impression is that the only real differences between the older kits (Dambuster/Regular Lancaster) is the absence of...
  8. Long swim

    Fromhttp://http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/specials/special_cornelis_de_wolf.htm