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This is a long read, and one you have to read if you're interested in World War II aircraft - seriously fascinating stuff. Spitfire, Mustang and the ‘Meredith Effect’
How a Soviet Spy Helped Change the Course of the War: hushkit.substack.com/p/spitf…
Whenever you hear all this macho warrior bullshit, remember that a modest, charitable Kiwi and a vegetarian spiritualist who believed in fairies were instrumental in winning the Battle of Britain.
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As of today the entire Irish Aer Corp is currently .. broken
Competition time! Weirdest aviation fact? Copy of The Hush-Kit Book of Warplanes for the three best ones. (Share your fact below then share this post to enter)
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The Royal Air Force will equip its Chinook helicopters and A400M Atlas transport aircraft to fight fires, giving Britain an aerial firefighting capability permanently based in the United Kingdom for the first time. Click image for more.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/raf-…
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The Soviets received 23 Hampden bombers in September 1942, following a dangerous flight from Britain to northern Russia. They were used as torpedo bombers in the Arctic until late 1943. They achieved some successes, but at a high cost. 12 of the Hampdens were lost in combat.
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For anyone interested, I made a Meredith-effect calculator based on the original 1935 paper. You can change the input conditions and see how much drag (or thrust!) the design will make, both at the design point and off-condition. meredith-effect.netlify.app/
Great post, and a terrific book by Peter Spring!
This is a long read, and one you have to read if you're interested in World War II aircraft - seriously fascinating stuff. Spitfire, Mustang and the ‘Meredith Effect’
How a Soviet Spy Helped Change the Course of the War: hushkit.substack.com/p/spitf…
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‘Le TSR.2’? ‘Le Vigilante’? The proposed French Mirage VI of 1963 would have been gorgeous!
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When the last Javelin retired, God cast out the T-tail from the kingdom of fighter heaven and condemned it to eternal damnation on tactical and regional transports
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In a general knowledge quiz, pilots of which service would win?
62%RAF
17%USAF
4%USMC
17%US Navy
559 votes • Final resultsWhen the last Javelin retired, God cast out the T-tail from the kingdom of fighter heaven and condemned it to eternal damnation on tactical and regional transports
The Soviets received 23 Hampden bombers in September 1942, following a dangerous flight from Britain to northern Russia. They were used as torpedo bombers in the Arctic until late 1943. They achieved some successes, but at a high cost. 12 of the Hampdens were lost in combat.
🇬🇧 In 1936, the RAF had just 8,000 tonnes of aviation fuel in reserve — around 10 days of wartime supply, or just 1 day at peak consumption.
(Source: researchgate.net/publication…) Photo: airwolfhound
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