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If Braveheart took more liberties than the "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." that means that some of the main characters names aren't even right let alone battles, locations or any actions.
For our non-American members Paul Revere never made it to either Lexington or Concord. He was stopped at a British roadblock which his two co-riders broke through (one of which joined the ride on the spur of the moment coming back from his girlfriend's house) and after being detained for a number of hours, was allowed to walk back to Boston in his riding boots while his horse "joined" the British Army. Hardly the stuff of legend.
what is a "naval sailor"?Not aviation...
All naval sailors want to be marines...
Remember the movie "Airplane?"
I hooted when they showed a Boeing 707 jet airliner, but they played audio sounds consistent with a propeller aircraft. I thought that was a good joke.
It's like being an off-road motorcycle rider and seeing these old movies where they dub in the sound of a 2-stroke engine when they show a 4-stroke bike or vice versa. I always thought that was stupid ... or intentionally funny, I was never sure which. So, I chose to be entertained and laughed at it.
Hey Elmas,
What if you wanted to make the tank movie, but the only tansk you could get were the second one?
Would you choose to no make the movie or take poetic license and do it anyway?
lol I didn't notice I must've hit the auto type on my iPad I mean a sailorwhat is a "naval sailor"?
Anybody have a comment or want to suggest another movie with good aerial sequences?
P.S.: Apologies if this flick has been covered. If so, I missed it.
Hey Elmas!
Those are great clips from movies I didn't even know about. In the first one, I bet there would be a big crash if one of the lead planes had an engine problem on the takeoff roll! Cool routines!
According to Bodie "He climbed to 16,000 feet and then drifted up to 21,000 feet to pick up a cooperative tail wind. The recorded ground speed from Enid Oklahoma to St Louis Missouri was in excess of 400 mph, even with the engines throttled back to deliver 755 hp each." Obviously its not doing 400 mph at those hp ratings without assistanceI think the 400 mph top speed came from the calculated times during the legs on Kelsey's cross country flight.
Although you state accurate facts, the FACT that he did maintain a ground speed of 400 mph at one point or another was enough to satisfy the semantics of the XP-38 cross country recorded speed, bragging rights as well as the leadership within the USAAC. BTW the heavier YP-38 did achieve 390 mph on a test flight February 12, 1941According to Bodie "He climbed to 16,000 feet and then drifted up to 21,000 feet to pick up a cooperative tail wind. The recorded ground speed from Enid Oklahoma to St Louis Missouri was in excess of 400 mph, even with the engines throttled back to deliver 755 hp each." Obviously its not doing 400 mph at those hp ratings without assistance
Supposedly it reached 420 mph flying from Wright to Pittsburgh, but the entire trip was poorly documented with various discrepancies in data and no accounting for wind. In view of the fact that the following models didn't reach 400 mph until the P-38G it is doubtful that the XP-38 was a true 400 mph fighter. That being said it was probably the fastest fighter in the world at that time, however it took over three years to actually enter service. The first 400 mph allied fighter to actually see combat was the Spitfire Mk IX.
According to the book "The Rolls Royce Meteor" early Meteors used standard Merlin blocks with the reduction gear machined away (there is a picture on page 34). As much as possible was sourced from existing stock i.e. parts that were obsoleted by the latest mods, parts that were considered not in spec for an aero engine and parts salvaged from the repair programs.The tank engines were purpose built. Many people claim they used old aircraft engine blocks at times. This may or may not be a myth, Removing the supercharger and aircraft reduction gear is not as easy at sounds. The back of the prop reduction gear case was cast in one piece with the crankcase. The rear end of the engine may have had significant changes between the supercharger drive/and accessories and the tank accessory drive parts. Internal parts are much more interchangeable.
I believe you mean the Merlin 224 which was the Packard equivalent of the Merlin 24. The Merlin 28 was the Packard version of the Merlin XX except for the introduction of the 2 piece block (Equivalent to the V-1650-1). The Merlin 38 was the Packard equivalent of the Merlin 22. Engine and aircraft mark numbers were assigned by the Air Ministry and there seems to be some randomness to them.I believe the P-40F/L had a Merlin 28, not an XX.
It is still a 20-series with a 2-speed supercharger, so the "XX" isn't really that far off the mark.
Just as a point of interest, the Merlin we will install in our Hispano Ha.1112 is a Merlin 228 (Merlin 28 built by Packard). Definitely a signle stage and I'm not familiar with the gear shift, so I don't know where it changes speeds, but I will after Saturday. I'm sure Steve Hinton knows.
According to the book "The Rolls Royce Meteor" early Meteors used standard Merlin blocks with the reduction gear machined away (there is a picture on page 34). .......................................................
Interestingly the tank engine ran in the opposite direction to the aero-engine in order to match the existing transmission.