Does the first one mean that all states would essentially be like Maine and Nebraska?
Probably. Some states might choose their two "senatorial" electors in some other way, but most wd probably just elect them at large, as ME and NB do.
Does the first one mean that all states would essentially be like Maine and Nebraska?
Some that I like:
Post 1800 or so: Christianity, and religion in general, becoming unimportant in the USA.
South getting crushed socially as well as militarily, so Jim Crow is stillborn
Jim Crow getting thoroughly smashed post civil war
Elimination of the Electoral College
Perhaps throw in one more. Ex-President Polk survives his illness, lives to see the country on the verge of civil war in 1850/1, and decides he made a mistake in retiring. He wins the 1852 nomination, is elected, and has the sense to block the Kansas-Nebraska folly. He was Southern and a slaveowner, but had a good head on his shoulders and might have stopped the South going over the cliff.
Also, I find a what-might-have-been fascination with combat aircraft that came into service in the mid-1930's, up to the start of the war. Planes where their peak performance was past the top of the technology bell-curve; like the Martin Maryland, P-35, P-36, Fairey Battle, BP Defiant, etc. Some had enough performance "legs" to find useful careers at the onset of the fight, while others should have been relegated to training, secondary theaters, or even the scrap heap. I'm a sucker for tuning in on those discussions.
How do you like the Seversky P-43 Lancer? "You're better than the P-35 young plane but you're not a Thunderbolt yet."
From an appearance standpoint: the unblessed love-child of the P-35 and an F4F; but that's right in my wheel-house. I love those planes that were fringe players like the Lancer; CW-21, P-66, Hawker Henley. Some were under-performing mutts, while others had a short useful operational shelf-life that passed before the start of the fight. The TBD Devastator probably fits that last group.or even the Still others, like comparatively advanced Polish PZL.37 Łoś that came on line with insufficient numbers and support.
What engine would be fitted to that sleek looking Lancer?
Pratt & Whitney R-1830-49 in the style of P-47J.
So a little bit lighter and a bit more power for the razorback Lancer. I'm guessing. If they could've fixed the leaky fuel tanks that would have been the bee's knees.
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Just a bit of streamlining and it would have been the cat's pajamas.
Yes. Yes he can. You will please note the line of text beneath my nom-de-forumMooring mast on top of the Empire State Building being successful and serving as New York City’s main hub of air transport until the 1970s, when, let’s say, the World Trade Center gives it a run for its money.
Anything related to rigid frame airships and, however ASB it might seem, getting them to work as a viable means of long distance transportation through modern day.
A man can dream, right?