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  1. Alternate Space History: C-5 Shuttle carrier

    The twin-Galaxy would be an awesome aircraft competing with the An-225 Mriya. An ordinary C-5 would be a far worse bargain for NASA than a 747. The C-5 is horribly expensive, unreliable and by the way, it's Lockheed. 747s are cheap and plentiful.
  2. WI: Aum Shinrikyo launched 9/11-style attacks?

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-giant-sucking-sound-a-president-perot-tl.208277/
  3. WI: Aum Shinrikyo launched 9/11-style attacks?

    They did launched a nuclear strike against Nagoya. See @MaskedPickle a giant sucking sound TL.
  4. Eagle of the Andes V2.0

    The F-1M53 was also known as F-1E, for export. Later -E was reused for Export, but without the M53.
  5. AHC: STOL A-10

    I had pictures, but Photobucket (curse in English and French) demanded a $400 ransom for them
  6. Across the high frontier: a Big Gemini space TL

    Thank you STS-200. Yes it is fun to write, too.
  7. Kenneth Arnold's plane crashes

    Interesting POD. Arnold sighting certainly kicked UFOs into high gear. In the weeks that followed, everybody and his dog saw UFOs, everywhere. I think the UFO craze might start later and weaker, but there are other events that would start it. This one, for example...
  8. Earlier Do-335: Mosquito repellent?

    The Fw-187 could have kicked Mosquito far earlier than any Do-335. And it could have butterflied a lot of Bf-110, plus the disaster that was Me-210, and the Me-410, slightly better, but massacred by P-51s.
  9. AHC: “Stomping the Eagle”, or, what is the fastest way to defeat Nazi Germany (1939 start)

    Have France and Great Britain support Staline, just a little more, so that no Molotov Ribentropp pact in August 1939. The invasion of Poland goes differently, although Germany prevail in the end, probably late October 1939. The Saar offensive goes a little better, boosting French morale. The...
  10. AHC: STOL A-10

    I did a 1/72 scale model a while back, with a T-56 turboprop borrowed from a C-130, and a nosewheel.
  11. Across the high frontier: a Big Gemini space TL

    Terrapower switched from the travelling wave reactor (sounds like a pop music name) to molten salt. The new holy grail for nuclear reactors is to get hotter than 850°C to split water hydrogen and kickstart an hydrogen economy. The devil, however, is in the detail. I think that's the logic behind...
  12. AHC: STOL A-10

    You could have the engine pods tilt a little (not complete 90 degree turn, just 15- 20 degree) and ad a lift-jet (think YAK-36 forger) on the forward fuselage, except there isn't much room because of the enormous GAU-8 gun. Smaller GAU guns exists, the ones for the Harrier and F-16. Lift-jet are...
  13. Was Anti-Morale Bombing Actually Effective?

    Coventry, Dresden, Hamburg - it did not worked. The British were united behind Churchill and the Queen. The nazi populace loved their Hitler. Same for firebombing of Tokyo in March 1945, with 110 000 dead, changed nothing. And it killed more people than the atomic bombings altogether. Hiroshima...
  14. Soviets Capture/ Acquire Western Equipment?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_Dossier
  15. WI: Elon Musk pushes Launch Loop?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop
  16. Across the high frontier: a Big Gemini space TL

    I browsed moltex and found diapers. Then i found the wikipedia page which is essentially a giant advert for them. Nice concept, more a waste burner
  17. Bob Dole does not run in 1996

    The Simpsons lose a lot of good jokes. Kang and Kodos have to kill someone else bar Bill clinton.
  18. Could anyone stop Blitzkrieg in earlier in the War?

    Or simply have listened Saint Exupéry fellow reconnaissance pilots, the survivors having watched the sickle cut happening right from May 11 in the evening. But their informations were buried.
  19. Eagle of the Andes V2.0

    Stick with the Centaurs, they are good. Compared to a Phantom a Mirage F1 has a couple of advantages, first it is smaller and lighter, and it was born as a STOL aircraft with a high wing and lots of flaps. It should be able to land on a Centaur pretty easily, even more if the Centaur is upgraded...
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