buffnut453
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British-produced Merlins were hand-crafted until the US auto industry showed the Brits how to set up a production line. Oh...and Packard-built Merlins were better than RR-built Merlins.
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RR Merlins sound better though FACT.British-produced Merlins were hand-crafted until the US auto industry showed the Brits how to set up a production line. Oh...and Packard-built Merlins were better than RR-built Merlins.
That's another new one for me.British-produced Merlins were hand-crafted until the US auto industry showed the Brits how to set up a production line. Oh...and Packard-built Merlins were better than RR-built Merlins.
Ya know, I should have known that was a myth.The Flying Tigers were flying operations before the war started, and even provided information regarding A6M performance before Pearl Harbor
I think these are "The Big Three"....that the Allies' aircraft were universally inferior and just produced in such vast quantities that they won merely by attrition
...that USAAF day bombers were significantly more accurate and precise than RAF night bombers
...that Hitler cost Germany the war and they would have won had he just gave the generals their head
On a related note, was Whistling Death for the Corsair a "Caidinism" as well?Not sure if it is the greatest myth busted but one of my favorites...
The Germans called the P-38 the Fork Tailed Devil.
We can't make any conclusions on reliability after so many decades, but when Canada's Avro Lancaster flew in the UK it suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The RAF Memorial Flight loaned the Canadians a spare RR Merlin while the Brits rebuilt the Packard engine - that's the difference between a private museum and a well funded MoD. I wonder how often a Lancaster (or any aircraft) flew with a mix of RR and Packard engines.British-produced Merlins were hand-crafted until the US auto industry showed the Brits how to set up a production line. Oh...and Packard-built Merlins were better than RR-built Merlins.
Whistling Death was used by Americans/Allies.On a related note, was Whistling Death for the Corsair a "Caidinism" as well?
Would be calling a Supermarine MKXXI Potato a Spitfire the same thing?Whistling Death was used by Americans/Allies.
The Japanese were not prone to glorifying anything of their enemies.
Same goes for the Beaufighter and it's nickname of "Whispering death".
Typically, if an enemy named something belonging to their adversary, it was in-flattering, like the name "Nacht Hexxen" the Germans gave to the Soviet Women who flew nigh harassment missions over German lines. Back then, calling a woman a witch was the equivellent of using the "C" word in today's world.
It did a shake down flight and flew over my mothers house as we set off to her brothers funeral, he was ex RAF Bomber command, a very, very strange experience.We can't make any conclusions on reliability after so many decades, but when Canada's Avro Lancaster flew in the UK it suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The RAF Memorial Flight loaned the Canadians a spare RR Merlin while the Brits rebuilt the Packard engine - that's the difference between a private museum and a well funded MoD. I wonder how often a Lancaster (or any aircraft) flew with a mix of RR and Packard engines.
Canadian Lancaster warplane — one of only two remaining — effectively stranded in U.K. after engine failure | National Post
Quite likely. I would suspect enemy nicknames given to aircraft are most often short and at least somewhat insulting.On a related note, was Whistling Death for the Corsair a "Caidinism" as well?
The Hurricanes are on top of the Fw 190s which conceal the gold and Picassos.Thanks guys, I learned a few things. I was kind of hoping for Amelia Earhart to show up standing next to crates of unpacked Hurricanes in Nepal or maybe FlyboyJ would admit to us the world really is flat.
Well I'll just have to prove it! Oh, wait...Thanks guys, I learned a few things. I was kind of hoping for Amelia Earhart to show up standing next to crates of unpacked Hurricanes in Nepal or maybe FlyboyJ would admit to us the world really is flat.
Actually, the World is flattened round the poles an bulged round the centre so sea level is 200-300 feet higher round the Equator.Looks flat to me.