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Earlier this week my cousin sent me my Uncle Clare's flight log which I will cover at some point in the future. Also included were some photos taken by my Uncle Keith from his time stationed at various places around Canada and Europe while with 437 Squadron. Although they may not be the best...

Which Republic aircraft is this and what time period was it from? Could it really fly with all those bombs?

Hey guys, long time no see! I got my dad the Italeri 1/32 F-104, and he'd like to do it as 441 aircraft. That being said, he'd like to do it in NMF, as opposed to the later camo finishes. I've been unable to nail down any specific aircraft as part of 441 during the time period where they were...

Me and my mate Mick managed to get to the RAF Museum, Cosford yesterday, to take advantage of the open days of the Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Center, open (free, to Museum Members, and to the general public for a £5 donation), for three hours per day, for one week only. Last year, we were...

an other episode, oh yes we are near to end :) requirements fire in combat in WW2 1 hour max time to ready 20 km range 40 kg shell challengers (near all need check for time to ready, i suppose that 8 inch and larger need more time) model/weight in fire/ range/ shell weight/...

Similar to the RAF thread: what steps need to be undertaken by the LW in order to best it's opponents in the up coming years? The time frame is the same, starts in Autumn of '40, ends before '44 starts.

The Hawker Hurricane introduced a, for the time, a powerful armament, that consisted of eight .303 machine guns. Fast firing and tightly packed (in the Hurry), they were able to harm even the heaviest bombers of the time, let alone a fighter-type A/C. The other benefit was a light weight of the...

Hello all and long time no see. Here are my two recent builds. Both Tamiya 1/48 and finished with tamiya piants . I have five planes built from the 352nd FG and plenty more in the works :) Cheers Brian

We will start this thread off with what I am told was a static Battle of Britain movie participant. This airframe is currently in the annex building, which in typical Canadian fashion requires a separate admission fee from the Museum admission fee which is on top of paying to park. The museum...

Isn't that a beautiful plane? I like the German winter camouflage schemes, there's something very pretty about them. This particular plane was used by famous Luftwaffe ace Erich Hartmann, the highest scoring fighter ace of all time (352 confirmed kills), on the Eastern Front. It's a skin made...

A discussion about what the RAF should have pursued after th BoB. Eg. what at is the best way to hit Axis, how to prepare best for very possible LW atacks in next year, what about N. Africa and Malta, what to do once Japan takes the French Indochina? Once Germany turns East, how to capitalize on...

If any of you have followed the posts on dogs you may recall that I had an 3yo Irish Wolfhound named Breena This is very hard for me to write but my beautiful girl Breena died yesterday. After missing her aug heat and having one dobe die of breast cancer in the past I thought it best to have...

During my last trip back to the states, my wife and I took some time for a few days on the beach in Galveston and since I hadn't been to the Lone Star flight museum in a number of years, I took advantage of our time there to drop by. They have done some very nice work since hurricane Ike...

Received a message from Bill, his MIL passed away last night, I believe she had not been well for a while and was in hospitalised at the time. Consequently Bill will be off line for a while. Our thoughts go out to the both of you Bill, let me know if there is anything we can do.

I would look up climb rates on Wiki but we know how inaccurate Wiki can be. So it's a race to 40,000 feet. The only rule is the plane has to be war time production (no jets), it takes off, hits the throttle and climbs, full power.

A former member of this site PM'd me with some comments about the La-7 thread. He was of the opinion that some of the Hawker products were better low down performers than the La-7, though I pointed out that they had 500hp+ more power. Anyway, We got around to comparing the low down...

Hi, Second research question: how long does it take a group of warbirds to get into a strike formation? If a carrier launches a group of Avengers or Kates, how long does it take that group of planes to form up and head out on a strike? How does this time vary depending on the number of...