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cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Photo of a Ki-44 with experimental counter rotating propeller installed.
source Hamilton Standard Super-Hydromatic 01
source Hamilton Standard Super-Hydromatic 01
Viking1066
Brigadier General
One kit I do not have.
cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
I have never seen these pictures of the Xf4U-1 with counter rotating blades before
source https://www.enginehistory.org/Propellers/HamStdSH/022B.jpg
source https://www.enginehistory.org/Propellers/HamStdSH/022B.jpg
Viking1066
Brigadier General
A mixed formation of Corsair I and IIs flying over the New England countryside the net
Viking1066
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The location of the tail surfaces was also problematic as they would have been subjected to buffeting in the air and spray when on the water which would have made the XSG-1 difficult to handle the net
Viking1066
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Armstrong Whitworth AW-38 Whitley Mk5 media day at the parachute Training School at Ringway 1941 the net
Viking1066
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The Moonbat program came to an end on 06SEP44 when 42-11677 suffered an engine fire the net
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
RAF officers inspect the wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 lying in the waters of the Suez Canal after
being shot down by an RAF night fighter near Kantara on the night of 9-10 September 1941.
being shot down by an RAF night fighter near Kantara on the night of 9-10 September 1941.
Viking1066
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The Moonbat had a tendency to Dutch roll and bucked so much at low speeds that test pilots never did explore its stall characteristics 1944 the net
Viking1066
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The North American Aviation A-27 the net
Viking1066
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The U.S. fleet at anchor at Lahaina Roads, Hawaii, April 1937, after a fleet-problem exercise in the Pacific the net
Thorlifter
Captain
That looks like they just stuck lego parts together and thought..."Meh, lets give this a try!"
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
The Handley Page Halifax, one of the new four-engine bombers of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command in flight, September 11, 1941.
Warspite63
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Great pic .... some 'Big 5' BB's, definitely a few New Orleans class CA's in there. Am guessing a couple of Northamptons, too. And Lahaina was a modest place back then
Halifax Mk I with Merlin X engines and no dorsal turret.
Is that in the Philippines, just pre-war? I seem to remember a picture like this in one of Bartsch's books.
Viking1066
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Two North American A-27s of the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, Philippines, in 1941Is that in the Philippines, just pre-war? I seem to remember a picture like this in one of Bartsch's books.
Viking1066
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Canadian No 404 Sqn was based at RAF Dallachy in February 1945 the net
