Wild_Bill_Kelso
Senior Master Sergeant
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- Mar 18, 2022
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A lot of Norwegians weren't popular in Norway at that time either, at least the ones that collaborated during the occupation. The name Quisling became something of a slur, leveled at anyone suspected of helping the Germans
"Give us our bikes back" is still a traditional Dutch football chant in international games.I had an Eagle bud who went through Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) at Sheppard AFB in the late 80s. It's home of the Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (loaded with Europeans). Two guys in his class got into an argument with the Dane telling the German to "give me back my bike". The Germans stole them during the war as they didn't have transportation...
Maybe not so odd?The regional dialects even seem to be re-emerging in Germany now which is really odd.
Maybe not so odd?
My own theory is that radio and then TV went a way to reducing regional dialects or accents. But with fewer national networks and more compartmentalized video exposure perhaps they people you talk to an a regular basis exert more influence than radio and TV used to ???
Not talking about Germany in particular, more the world in general.
Was is because of drag?The pink tassels were an utter failure.
Some Martlets were acquired by the BPC prior to LL, and so were UK property. However most were probably scrapped or disposed of post war.Does anyone know of the fate of the Royal Navy Martlets post war? I have never heard of them in UK scrapyards and I presume they were all tossed overboard as soon as the war ended to avoid paying for them. I can't imagine the US Navy wanted them back. Presumably they were replaced by Seafires or Fireflies.
OT but I do have a recollection of an ex FAA pilot telling me that the best deck landing aeroplanes he ever flew were the Sea Hurricane and Barracuda.
It was a matter of degree. The FM-2 wasn't a lot lighter and most of it came down to two changes. Swapping the Cyclone 9 (single stage supercharger) for the Twin Wasp 14 (two stage supercharger) saved about 400-500lbs. although the new prop took about 80lbs of that back. The FM-2 had about 60lbs more armor/protection. The 2nd major change was going back to 4 guns although a number of the FM-1s were built with 4 guns. Also the story of the extra weight of the 6 gun versions tends to blur what was really going on. The four gun versions, if the ammo bins were FULL, were carrying about 80lbs more ammo than the 6 gun planes which cancels out one of the extra two guns. If the 4 gun planes left 130 rpg on the truck they could save another 150lbs.AKA, the FM2, which was a specially lightened version of the Wildcat with a more powerful engine.
Does anyone know of the fate of the Royal Navy Martlets post war? I have never heard of them in UK scrapyards and I presume they were all tossed overboard as soon as the war ended to avoid paying for them. I can't imagine the US Navy wanted them back. Presumably they were replaced by Seafires or Fireflies.
OT but I do have a recollection of an ex FAA pilot telling me that the best deck landing aeroplanes he ever flew were the Sea Hurricane and Barracuda.
The Wildcat at Duxford has been repainted in a RN Desert scheme. I think it looks great!
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Photo credit George Land. Source New Wildcat restoration flies at Duxford
All went for a swim or were scrapped within the Lend Lease stipulated 'VJ Day + 12 weeks',
Wow, I had assumed the FM2 had a comfortable performance advantage over the Sea Hurricane. Apparently not
Do any data sheets exist for the Sea Hurricane IIC?
I found this, from Classicwarbirds.co.uk, but it doesn't really mean very much without context.
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The SH1B data card gives 315mph at 7500ft (16kb boost) and 308mph at ~18k ft. Range is 555 miles at 20K ft at 212mph on ~76IG fuel (21IG fuel allowance for warmup, TO and climb to 20K ft)Do any data sheets exist for the Sea Hurricane IIC?
I found this, from Classicwarbirds.co.uk, but it doesn't really mean very much without context.
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RR tested the Hurricane IIC vs the Mustang when both were fitted with Merlin XX engines:Which should be close, though Huricane IIC was a bit slower than IIA, due to the cannnons. Sea Hurricane has the arrestor hook and IIRC some other drag and weight inducing elements. So maybe not quite as fast as a land based IIC.
There is also the issue of the dreaded vokes filter, which had a major impact on the performance of land based Hurricanes (maybe a loss of 20-30 mph speed). I have read contradictory things as to whether they were used on SH. If not that might make the SH faster in practice.