Air and Space Photos from Alternate Worlds.
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You have got to be kidding me...
Awesome factoid, right there !
I'm not sure they were ever seriously considered, mainly because it would be a huge logistic pain in the arse to ship them, and once Barbarossa and the Continuation War start, it would be a political pain too. And that's all assuming that Japan would be ok with shipping them across the USSR (I have no idea either way, although they had decent relations at this time IIRC) and that the Soviets won't try to nab them. Shipping them by sea would be even more of a pain, of course.
Plus, would the Swedish command, political leaders, and pilots be as forgiving of the Zero's drawbacks as the Japanese were? The Zero was extremely maneuverable and long-ranged, but only at the complete expense of survivability. Good as an offensive weapon for strategic power projection, but does Sweden need that kind of long-range capability? Are they willing to tolerate the lack of protection like the IJN did?
Cool flying-wings. That Axehead with the 12 forward firing 20mm cannons would have been devastating against anything foolish enough to attempt a head on attack.
Probably would have been good for anti-shipping duty too.
A bit of an experiment for me, here's an animated GIF of the construction sequence for Space Station Freedom (built between 1988 and 1991) from Eyes Turned Skywards.
More Eyes Turned Skywards updates this week, including the first test flight of China's manned spacecraft... in 1994!
To help keep track, here's a little comparison sheet:
To help keep track, here's a little comparison sheet:
In 1940, Dr. Greenblatt's development of the harmonis balancer, along with Feinstein's work with bearing metallurgy, allows the Jumo 222 engine to develop unprecedented power, thrusting Gen. Wever's pet project, the FW-191, into hurried development and flight testing. The outlook seems very promising.
Looking good !
The TKS got built, EXCELLENT ! *Bill & Ted air guitar* BTW, despite the STS never coming into existence, will spaceplanes be eventually created in this timeline ? I've seen that ESA spaceplane attempt, but will it prove succesful ?
That would be tellling.Looking good !
BTW, despite the STS never coming into existence, will spaceplanes be eventually created in this timeline ? I've seen that ESA spaceplane attempt, but will it prove succesful ?
Indeed, and it's still going strong into the late '90s, as seen in the below image from the most recent Eyes Turned Skywards post. Russia's Mir (larger and more capable than OTL's version) has been joined by a Chinese funded lab module. Crews are now sent up by both Russian TKS and Chinese Longxing spacecraft.
More images from the timeline can be found here and you can follow the discussion here.
The Eyes Turned Skywards timeline is moving towards a human return to the Moon in the late 1990s. In preparation, the most recent post described the hardware test program, on Earth and in space, including this crewed mission to evaluate the Moon lander in Earth orbit.
More images here.
More images here.
German astronaut Helmfried Lafrentz plants the Imperial Flag on Sea of Tranquility. January 26, 1976 from my TL.
The Turtledove Nominated timeline Eyes Turned Skywards is preparing for a human return to the Moon in the late 1990s, with the impressive Saturn Multibody H03 heavy-lift launcher a vital component of the mission.
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In this week's Eyes Turned Skywards post, the human return to the Moon has begun with the unmanned flight of a cargo/habitat lander to the Oceanus Procellarum. With their supply dump in place, the crew of Artemis 4 will soon follow...
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Here is CF-184D Supercat 08184-1005 when it was retired from service from VFH 855 "Wolfpack" Squadron of the Canadian Fleet Air Arm in "Rise of the North/In Defence of Humanity" It is painted with the kill tally of former Squadron CO (then-Captain(N)) M. H. Li VC CV OMM MVO OBC.
VFH 855 was formed in 1994 following the donation of the retired carrier USS Forrestal to Canada to be rebuilt as HMCS Warrior (CV-24). The Canadian Forces decided to prepare to use its fleet of CF-184B (equivalent to F-14D) Super Tomcats aboard the new carrier. In a quiet deal with the United States Navy, volunteers from the recently disbanded VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron are transferred to the Canadian Fleet Air Arm on long term exchange, becoming part of VFH 855, the first CF-184 Squadron of the Canadian FAA. In honour of their former squadron, VFH 855 was named the Wolfpack and received special permission to use a modified version of the red wolf depicted on VF-1's crest.
Notable kill marks:
5x MiG-23 "Floggers" of the Angolan People's Air Force, September 25, 2017. During an incident off the coast of Angola, then-Lt(N) M. Li and WSO Lt(JG) A. Mousa aboard CF-184C Supercat "Wolfpack Zero-Nine" along with "Wolfpack One-Zero" were fired upon by Angolan MiGs. Zero-Nine destroyed two MiGs with AIM-120D AMRAAMs, two with AIM-9X Sidewinders, and one with the integral M61A3 Vulcan cannon.
4x other MiGs, Angolan Air Force
1x IRIAF F-4E Phantom II, March 29, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
1x IRIAF Boeing 707-320 tanker, March 29, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
2x IRIAF Grumman F-14A Tomcat, April 16, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missiles
1x IRIAF MiG-29 "Fulcrum",April 16, 2021. destroyed with AIM-120D AMRAAM
1x DF-21 MRBM (possible nuclear armed) launched by PLA Second Artillery Corps at Hong Kong, 2025. Destroyed by AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
VFH 855 was formed in 1994 following the donation of the retired carrier USS Forrestal to Canada to be rebuilt as HMCS Warrior (CV-24). The Canadian Forces decided to prepare to use its fleet of CF-184B (equivalent to F-14D) Super Tomcats aboard the new carrier. In a quiet deal with the United States Navy, volunteers from the recently disbanded VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron are transferred to the Canadian Fleet Air Arm on long term exchange, becoming part of VFH 855, the first CF-184 Squadron of the Canadian FAA. In honour of their former squadron, VFH 855 was named the Wolfpack and received special permission to use a modified version of the red wolf depicted on VF-1's crest.
Notable kill marks:
5x MiG-23 "Floggers" of the Angolan People's Air Force, September 25, 2017. During an incident off the coast of Angola, then-Lt(N) M. Li and WSO Lt(JG) A. Mousa aboard CF-184C Supercat "Wolfpack Zero-Nine" along with "Wolfpack One-Zero" were fired upon by Angolan MiGs. Zero-Nine destroyed two MiGs with AIM-120D AMRAAMs, two with AIM-9X Sidewinders, and one with the integral M61A3 Vulcan cannon.
4x other MiGs, Angolan Air Force
1x IRIAF F-4E Phantom II, March 29, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
1x IRIAF Boeing 707-320 tanker, March 29, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
2x IRIAF Grumman F-14A Tomcat, April 16, 2021. destroyed with AIM-54E Phoenix Missiles
1x IRIAF MiG-29 "Fulcrum",April 16, 2021. destroyed with AIM-120D AMRAAM
1x DF-21 MRBM (possible nuclear armed) launched by PLA Second Artillery Corps at Hong Kong, 2025. Destroyed by AIM-54E Phoenix Missile
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