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- Dec 20, 2003
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pasoleati said:Well, with the introduction of jets the costs started skyrocketing. This means that the chances of small nations in combat have diminished hugely as e.g. nation´s citizens soldierly qualities are less important. I.e. Finland survived 105 days against overwhelming odds during the Winter War. In jet era that would be impossible.
pasoleati said:What is more, jets personify bottomless greed. As jets are best suited for high speeds, they favour current social atmosphere in which everything must be done faster, faster and faster. Jets also favor higher altitude flying, thus the harmful emissions are released where they hurt the atmosphere far more seriously. Jets have also reduced foreign travel to quick boozing hops for the ignorant masses resulting in holidays after which the people complain "what a busy holiday, huh." Next time you hear how another company closes off and moves to China to make a few bucks more, understand that this is what jets personify. As for the efficiency of jets, which one is more efficient: a jet flying at Mach 0.9 at 33,000 ft or or a steam ship doing 12 knots at sea? I.e. which consumes more resources per passenger/cargo ton per kilometre? Jets are "efficient" only at high speeds but those very high speeds itself are wholly inefficient. I wish all civilian aircraft cruising at over 300 kts are banned as Molochians stealing the ever diminishing resources.
However, in 1940, Goebbels publicised the He 100 to the extent that British intelligence reported the He 100 in large scale service as the He 113.
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/he100.html
DerAdlerIstGelandet said:You know what is funny about that He-100 there. I have an actuall picture of it from the Heinkel factory and it is labeled by them as a He-113. Here it is.
Concorde247 said:DerAdlerIstGelandet said:You know what is funny about that He-100 there. I have an actuall picture of it from the Heinkel factory and it is labeled by them as a He-113. Here it is.
I've seen that pic description before too only it was said that it was changed to 113 fo propaganda / secrecy reasons.