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Old July 20th, 2008, 09:13 PM
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Aircraft in the CSA?

Would it be possible for the CSA to build aircraft, say of around WW1-level vintage, and deploy them?

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Old July 20th, 2008, 09:50 PM
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No, the major baseline technology, the carnot cycle engine, isn't invented yet.
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Old July 20th, 2008, 10:56 PM
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Would it be possible for the CSA to build aircraft, say of around WW1-level vintage, and deploy them?

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I'm sure I read an AH article, somewhere, which looked rather convincing...
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No, but if you are interested in seeing Gettysburg with dogfighting, you can search for Chris Oakley's Story at Changing the Times...Slipping the surly bonds of...
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Old July 21st, 2008, 12:37 AM
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No, but if you are interested in seeing Gettysburg with dogfighting, you can search for Chris Oakley's Story at Changing the Times...Slipping the surly bonds of...

Exactly the article I was thinking of
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