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All forms of reality television have been traced back to that event. It may eventually end civilisation.Venomstick121 , you might want to pay attention to pben's post. This is an important aeronautical detail that other sites frequently miss.
The Trinity test? Don't believe it. Someone tested balkenkreuzes on a Groundhog. It was too much for time space continuum to contain, resulting in a mighty cataclysm.
Corrected the minor historical detail.
That is a photo shop job. The B Siebzehn fliegenschlossbetrieb flew too high and fast for any camera of the day to capture it on film. This is why it was used to escort V2 rockets, Not a lot of people know that, but you just read it on the net, so it is a FACT.
That is a photo shop job. The B Siebzehn fliegenschlossbetrieb flew too high and fast for any camera of the day to capture it on film. This is why it was used to escort V2 rockets, Not a lot of people know that, but you just read it on the net, so it is a FACT.
I read the reports from the war. Many of them (too many!) pointed out that due to the poor manufacturing quality of the Yaks in mass production, their flight performance was deteriorating. For example, the maximum speed of mass-produced fighters ranged between 615-620 km/h, while polished airplanes on state tests got 650 km/h. This is not my fantasy. These are the REPORTS of the control tests.
Right, and by late 1942 the Russians, Australians, British, and US were all already using higher boost ratings of 56" or 60' for the V-1710-73.
US Specific Engine Flight Charts for 18 Dec 1942 has the V-1710-39 (P-40D, E, E1) rated at 56" and the V-1710-73 (P-40K) at 60". At least officially.
However, there's a 12 Dec 1942 memorandum from Allison's chief engineer to the Army Air Forces confirming reports that Australian pilots report operating at around 70" for "prolonged periods", while Allison representatives in the Middle East were "resetting boost controls" for the -F3R (the -39) and -F4R (the -73) engines to "66.
Allison was sort of gratified that it's engines were standing up to this, and sort of horrified as new engines with different supercharger blower ratios (9.6:1 vs 8.8:1) were more likely to fail at these sorts of pressures.
I am Brian and so is my wife.I'm Spartacus!
Going from memory, the majority of US supplies to the Soviet Union went via the Pacific route. This was made possible due to Japan/USSR were not at war until 1945. There were some limitations, but I'm not where I can look them up.In relation to the timing of the first US Lend Lease aid to the USSR, the timescale looked like this:-
Late July 1941 Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's "Special Assistant" on Lend Lease dispatched to Moscow to find out what the Soviets wanted. He returned via London and discussions with Churchill on the Prince of Wales en route to the conference with Roosevelt at Placentia Bay in Aug.
Outcome of that conference was that Averell Harriman (US Lend Lease representative in London) and Lord Beaverbrook (British Minister of Supply) were sent to Moscow to negotiate a long term agreement for the future. Sailed from Britain 22nd Sept and arrived via Archangel on 28th.
The 1st Lend Lease protocol came out of those meetings and covered the Anglo-American supply commitments from Oct 1941 to June 1942. The first US supplies were delivered as part of convoy PQ6 which arrived at Murmansk on 20 Dec 1941.
British aid was able to delivered sooner as a Soviet liaison mission arrived in autumn 1941. The first convoy, Dervish, sailed on 21 Aug and arrived at Archangel on 31st Aug.
The route via the Persian Gulf had to await the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran which took place 25-31 Aug 1941. But a Tripartite Alliance was not signed until Jan 1942. The main delivery route was the single rail line from the head of the Persian Gulf to Russia. By 1943 some 30,000 US personnel were in Iran supporting the delivery of Lend Lease supplies.
Going from memory, the majority of US supplies to the Soviet Union went via the Pacific route. This was made possible due to Japan/USSR were not at war until 1945. There were some limitations, but I'm not where I can look them up.
The Allison usually had an rpm override switch. Flip it up and the rpm went up by 200 for each switch movement. That switch is on every P-40 instrument panel.I was talking about over-boosting.
An over-boosted V-1710 or the Merlin will still be running at 3000 rpm; an over-boosted BMW 801 or R-2800-21 or -8W will still be running at 2700 rpm.
Russian flagged ships. Russia and Japan were not at war.It's incredible they shipped so much directly by Japan...? How does that work?