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I found out some information on the Reno racer Rare Bear and thought the members might like to see it. A stock F8F-2 has a wing span of 35.5 ft and a wing area of 244 sq ft. Rare Bear’s specs are as follows: Span = 30.5 ft Area = 221.6 sq ft Effective Aspect Ratio = 4.20 Root Airfoil...

A few weeks ago went and visited the U-505. It is a Type IX U-Boot and is located at the Museum of Science and Transportation in Chicago. Name: U-505 Ordered: 25 September 1939 Builder: Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg Laid down: 12 June 1940 Launched: 24 May 1941 Commissioned: 26 August 1941...

I was looking for performance test information on the experimental models of the P-47, specifically the XP-47F with laminar-flow wings, and the XP-47H with the Chrysler IV-2220 engine. I found nothing on either plane in America's Hundred Thousand. I found no performance information online at...

For the naval recon role it seems that there was a better choice than the Fw200, the He116; it had comparable range using much weaker engines; with the same engines the He116 could have performed even better. Was there a reason it wasn't tried? Heinkel He 116 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...