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This is a really intriguing question, although I think it is kind of a pity that the way it is framed is so focused on an Anglo-German Rivalry. How does this impact international finance, which was and is so important to The City? Does the gold standard maintain it's position/for how long...

Very difficult. The UK was already in bad shape pre-war. Never mind the huge debts to its colonies that it ran up during the war. Debts that they wanted to convert into a currency that they could use to buy stuff, so USDs. Just having a more dynamic aircraft industry isn't going to cut it...

That sounds rather plausible. From what I have read Teddy envisioned America's role as something like Britain's in the past, acting to keep any one power from dominating, but on a global stage.

How early could it be then? 1890s? Ooo, apparently the first artificially made ice dated to 1755, but it was only a lab setup, so says wikipedia. Germ theory of disease, the fact that it took until the 19th century for this to be a big thing was a little depressing to learn. So 1890s...

This guy is made of crazy, or at the very least has absolutely no idea how industry works. That being said, it may or may not have the amazing thermal properties, but nothing in this article gives details about mechanical properties. 'force of 75 Hiroshimas'? What does that mean? Heat...

http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Aviation This seems kind of close. The trick would be to get flying clubs popular, a lot more popular then they are now, if you want this to happen. Most people who are pilots don't own planes, but pay a monthly fee to a club so they occasionally can...

Hmmm, Berlin huh? Interesting. I was thinking in a more indirect manner, that they wouldn't dare use gas on Allied troops when the Russians can hit their cities with gas. But I'm speaking with 100 years of hindsight, and since bombers are a new thing they won't be packing that much punch and...

I'm surprised that the German's used chemical weapons on the eastern front first. After all, don't the Russian's have a fleet of bombers that can hit konigsberg? What if they were armed with gas bombs? What happen to Sikorsky's planes anyway? Are they still targeting rail yards and the like? Or...

Yeah this is hard with a post 1900 POD. Pre-1900 maybe you could have some kind of revolt against the Qing that sees a lot of china fall out of their control, maybe even all of it, forcing them back into their manchurian homelands. All before there are lots of han immigrants. Suddenly you...

When the wreckage was recovered it was found that the supplemental oxygen, which I referred to as an 'oxygen bar,' had been switched on, suggesting they were both alive and conscious initially, although probably not when they hit the water. If they were wearing full pressure suits, which they...

Yeah as others have said this is easier said than done. But if you can get post challenger escape method implemented*beforehand somehow, you can probably get at least some of the crew to survive. *They would launch in full pressure suites, pre-challenger it was polos with an oxygen bar...

Define 'major air power.' Does OTL Brazil count, with Embraer? Since that is probably pretty doable even with all the challenges listed here. Also it should be fairly possible to get them to be a major supplier of aerospace parts after a while, maybe even get them in on an airbus style...

This is off topic but our shuttle could do this too, just for some reason we never did. That being said, the US shuttle was a ok choice for military hardware, not as good as expendables typically. The buran though, there is no reason to use it. The Energia stack could, and did it ever, have...

Well, first off, why don't they? That could be a big deal. Could end up like Lockheed after they scrapped by/were bailed out, abandoning the civilian side and focusing on the military. That aside, production of profitable lines will not stop, at least for long. Scavengers will come along...

I never really got into the protect and survive series for reasons. And then I see one with a name that clearly references my alma mater in the title. I don't know how I feel about that. Right in the feels I suppose. Although on the plus side I am happy to see that Assembly Hall is Assembly...

No U-2 overflights at all, or just not that last one? At all means that we don't know how limited the Soviets ability to strike really are really are, which probably means higher defense budgets in the west. It also means we have less of an idea More bombers, more guns. Might see the...

Pressurized aircraft become the mainstay sooner. The jet stream becomes better understood sooner. DC-3s are not as common, not with the huge number of them built for the war. Don't see airships really lasting, too slow and in many ways too fragile. Flying boats will last longer than...

No kinetic impactor would act like Tunguska. That, and the meteor over russia, exploded at altitude, much like an air burst. A kinetic impactor would drive its self into the ground. Sure there would be some ripples and some heat and it would kick dirt up, but there would be much less damage than...

Chrysler used to have a defense division, was sold to General Dynamics back in 82: http://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/20/business/general-dynamics-buys-chrysler-tank-division.html

The video makes it seems like the trigger is sufficiently high concentrations of certain isotopes in the air around the ship, rather than being patched into the defense net, so this scenario is thankfully unlikely. Your first point seems about right though, with this in place the soviets...