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  1. Blackburn Skua III

    Probably. Politics kill good men all the time, and some countries (very much including the U.S.) can't stand to buy "off the shelf" for a foreign manufacturer. The irony, of course is that the FAA wound up using mostly U.S. designs by the end of the war (and was the bunch who figured out how...
  2. AHC: Three major airliner manufacturers instead of two

    The DC 10 had a remarkably bad bit of design that cause it problems for years. Unlike most aircraft the DC-10 cargo door is hinged so it opens out. The allows for better use of the cargo space since you don't need to leave room for the door to open, meaning more potential income per flight. It...
  3. Blackburn Skua III

    Take all the money wasted on the Suka, put it in a dollar denominated account. Call Douglas aircraft. Order as many BT-2* as you can get. Problem solved. For those not familiar with the USN nomenclature system: B(omber) T(Northrop) -2 (2nd version) received a name change when Northrop left...
  4. AHC: Three major airliner manufacturers instead of two

    As of September 2013, the order of the airline models with the five lowest crash rates (for models with at least two million flights) has changed to the following: 0.0 - Airbus A340 0.07 - Boeing 747-400 0.08 - Airbus A320 (includes A318, A319, A321) 0.09 - Boeing 737 current generation...
  5. Earlier or Later WWII: Better or Worse?

    Best advantage. The war doesn't start until late 1940 and the RAF has Halifax bombers from day one, and Lancasters shortly thereafter. There are also correspondingly more Spitfires in the inventory the later the war beginsThe British Army has Valentine to replace the much less useful...
  6. Thought exercise: Axis get loaded dice early 1943 - How long till they lose?

    Jets simply don't matter that much, even beyond the obvious impossibility of mass production due to lack of materials. They were impressive, but they were also very vulnerable. Limited number of airbases could handle them. Kill the bases, kill the jets. The other reality is that the reason the...
  7. WI: A Well planned German offensive in 1918

    I would say February of 1918. The French were bled out, the British were not much better off and the U.S. did not have enough troops in the field to alter the equation at that point. That, of course, would have required an offensive in the dead of winter, something that is difficult even today...
  8. AHC: Three major airliner manufacturers instead of two

    Any aircraft can have issues, especially an older airframe, but Tupelov aircraft are fairly notorious for QC and construction issues. Yep. There is a reason that McDonald Douglas is no longer in business, and it isn't the F-15 or F/A-18. The funny thing is that once Boeing took over MD...
  9. AHC: Three major airliner manufacturers instead of two

    Would you EVER, if any other option existed, get onto a Tupolev airliner? There are reasons that there are a limited number of players in the market. Airlines have an aversion to aircraft that have engines fall off.
  10. WI: Oliver Cromwell chose to become King?

    You hate Cromwell. Understood. Stop trying to derail this thread.
  11. AHC: Pet Girls

    What the... Have you utterly lost your mind? I going to kick you for now, mainly because I don't entirely trust my judgement at the moment because I find this so reprehensible that it defies ready description. Good God!
  12. The Falcon Cannot Hear: The Second American Civil War 1937-1944

    Wow. You do understand that there is a difference between citing a source, even using part of an actual text under fair use doctrine, and theft? If it isn't clear, this thread is theft, at least based on what has been posted. If you had done this at any University in the world, you...
  13. Question: Modern Heavy Cruisers?

    The DDG-1000, which carries two of the 155mm/62 and 80 VLS cells comes in at 15,000 tons. Two guns is insufficient for fire support of any significance, especially from a 6" gun. 80 VLS cells is also pretty weak. Adding more topside weight would require a larger design. The DDG-1000s also...
  14. American Civil War: Trent Affair

    Don't be a jerk. If someone is going over the top, report it. Don't take it as license to insult people.
  15. American Civil War: Trent Affair

    Well the clip was correct, I'll give you that. There is a troll about. Kicked for insult/trolling via link in response to a remarkably well reasoned calm response to your increasingly shrill arguments. See ya' in Seven.
  16. The Falcon Cannot Hear: The Second American Civil War 1937-1944

    How much of this is a straight lift from the cited sources? Reports are being made on this for possible plagiarism. You SO don't want to plagiarize hereabouts.
  17. Sanguine Singapore

    Warning Next time you go into a crypt and pull out a rotting corpse expect to spend a week with it on the beach. DO NOT Necro threads that have been dead since the start of the 2nd Bush Administration. In fact don't Necro at all.
  18. Question: Modern Heavy Cruisers?

    Both the DDG-1000 and the proposed strike cruise are in the right ballpark, but what would be idea is a ship around 25,000 tons. 192 VLS cells, 4-6 of the 155mm/62 automatic guns, four 30mm Advanced Gun systems for anti-boat work and four CIWS point defense. Nuclear propulsion isn't likely...
  19. WI: President Bush Jr. was allowed to run for a third term in 2008 vs. Barack Obama

    Chat subject. Polls are not permitted in Chat. Thread locked since it could not be moved.
  20. Terence Zuber- delay of WWI past 1914 helps *Germany* more

    I just find very little is ever written about "the Armenian Affair" - in contrast there is volumes about the Jameson Raid in the same year, which in itself was a relatively minor matter, similarly the Dreyfus Affair and the opening of the Kiel Canal... Maybe but the people writing about are...
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