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  1. Dronescapes

    Aviation Oddities. Aircraft Innovation And Research Pioneers

    Aviation Oddities. Aircraft Innovation And Research Pioneers https://youtu.be/wjc_kH147u0
  2. Dronescapes

    Eric Winkle Brown's Lost Rare Interviews. Tape One

    Eric Winkle Brown's Lost Rare Interviews. Tape One https://youtu.be/L3UP9d2D9_Q
  3. rochie

    your local landmarks

    Inspired by Messy1 (Bryon), this thread is to put pictures of your local landmarks or places of interest. So to kick off here is the Transporter bridge over the river Tees, about 2 miles from my house. First from around 1945 and then a modern shot. he Tees Transporter Bridge has been a...
  4. S

    Using long range record aircraft for military duties.

    Ran across this study of the Lockheed 10 E Airliner for long range use (normal range was 600-800 miles), 4000 miles or more. http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Report_487/Report487.pdf Normal Gross weight was 10,500lbs. They made calculations for 16,500 lbs with...
  5. B

    If you could attend only one airshow which would it be?

    Hi everyone, I'm sitting here at work daydreaming of an airshow vacation. We have warbirds over monroe here locally in Charlotte but the variety is slim. So that got me wondering if I were going to travel where in the world would the best air show be? I was thinking maybe a trip to the UK...
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    What is a strategic bomber?

    We get into a lot of arguments as to what a "Strategic Bomber" is. Since few, if any, Air forces actually published a definition of a "Strategic Bomber" by listing characteristics we are left guessing what was thought to be a "Strategic Bomber" by looking at the various specifications for...
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