Can modern air cooled inline engines compete with the water cooled engines of WWII?
Perhaps there are no modern engines of those ratings being produced, if that is the case, then could modern air cooled technology produce engines competitive with water cooled engines of WWII?
Just top of my heid here.....
With all the technology around today, does the achievement of becoming an 'ace' carry the same....I don't know, does the word carry with it, the same glory, as it did, or does, in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam?
1/48 Ilyushin IL-2 Stormovik - Winter War / Eastern Front WWII
Username: donivanp
First name: Don
Category: Intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Accurate Miniatures Kit 3409
Model Type: IL-2 Straight wing single seat with skis
Aftermarket addons: OOB no after market.
Dixon Man Builds B-17 Bomber Replica
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DIXON (WIFR) -- A Dixon man is recreating history... one sheet of metal at a time. And after nearly 15 years, his handmade WWII replica is starting to take shape.
"I've had a lot of fun. Kept me out of a lot of trouble,"...
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We found this photo while gutting our new house. Such an amazing piece of American history and we would love to find out anything more we can. A search of the tail number: 299193 did not turn anything up.
I recently became aware of some guys in Michigan who are looking to recover and restore a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crash-landed into a Sandbar near Fairbanks, Alaska in 1969.
It's a pretty interesting story, and they've started a Kickstarter campaign for funding, too. They are looking to...
Wiki quotes the B-26G as 287 mph top speed and 216 as average cruise. I call shenanigans, seeing as the Marauder was frequently referred to as one of the fastest medium bombers in the war (to the point where it was considered a hard target for interception by the IJAF/IJN) and 287 mph would put...
Anti-submarine warfare, rescue, recon, transport.... flying boats may have been slow and vulnerable, but they stayed relevant throughout WWII in almost every theater and over a decade afterward in a number of militaries.
Which one was the best? Place your vote here!
It seemed like a perfect weapon for AA applications.
Good rate of fire (Model 1917 from WWI was capable of 1600+ RPM from two barrels), mechanically reliable and had built in redundancy (if one side of the siamesed pair had a malfunction the other side would keep going). Also considering...
Something interesting I found about a superlong Qantas overwater flight from West Australia to Pakistan... have a newfound respect for the capabilities of the PBY and also for their crews' navigational skill and endurance. From Wiki:
In 1943, Royal Australian Air Force personnel were seconded...
The strategic bombers and fighters get more attention but overall considering all the important roles they were involved in I think medium bombers were my favorite aircraft class of WWII.
I'm going with the A-26 Invader. Sure it was introduced to the war late, but it was a great aircraft...
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I am new here. I was wondering if anyone out there can help me. I am in the middle of writing a film script that takes place in the European Theatre circa WWII and I hoping to find a plane (Allied) that flew night recon, that can be walked through. E.G. from cockpit to the tail...