The RN will get its hands on a heavy freighter with the ability to go anywhere in the world in hours without refueling over the dead bodies of every officer in the RAF over the rank of Flying Officer.And while I like the Eagle as a transporter, why piddle around?
"Thunderbird Duce on final approach for touch and go cargo drop"
Its okay with all this additional capability Britain can just expand the RN and Royal Marines and bin the 100 year RAF experiment and reduce the Army to a Part time Guards Brigade for state events in London.The RN will get its hands on a heavy freighter with the ability to go anywhere in the world in hours without refueling over the dead bodies of every officer in the RAF over the rank of Flying Officer.
Why? What did you think they used for fuel? Senior Service and all that is actually Senior Vampiric Undead Service after allThe RN will get its hands on a heavy freighter with the ability to go anywhere in the world in hours without refueling over the dead bodies of every officer in the RAF over the rank of Flying Officer.
Well they DO need someplace to 'store' the spare parts and odd-n-sods after allIts okay with all this additional capability Britain can just expand the RN and Royal Marines and bin the 100 year RAF experiment and reduce the Army to a Part time Guards Brigade for state events in London.
You got me thinking about a twin-engined version of the Wellesly I had seen some years ago:1938
RAF Coastal Command begins replacing its obsolete Avro Ansons with Vickers Nelson maritime patrol aircraft, a version of the Vickers Wellesley bomber. When the maritime patrol version of the Wellington is introduced and named the Nelson II the crews start calling the Mk I the Half Nelson and the Mk II and later versions the Full Nelson.
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For early British bombers that is a nice looking planeYou got me thinking about a twin-engined version of the Wellesly I had seen some years ago:
(from Beyondthesprues.com - a "Whiffy site")
That craft would have also been an interesting plane for long-range maritime work. Maybe modify the panniers for carrying depth charges?
You got me thinking about a twin-engined version of the Wellesly I had seen some years ago:
(from Beyondthesprues.com - a "Whiffy site")
That craft would have also been an interesting plane for long-range maritime work. Maybe modify the panniers for carrying depth charges?
You got me thinking about a twin-engined version of the Wellesly I had seen some years ago:
(from Beyondthesprues.com - a "Whiffy site")
That craft would have also been an interesting plane for long-range maritime work. Maybe modify the panniers for carrying depth charges?
Get rid of that DRAG, George. the eliminated dead weight and slipstream disruption removed =s 20 knots.That 2 engine Wellesley reminds me of something.
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With the Spanish Civil War raging next door Portugal decides its Aerial defences need upgrading to deter either side from using its airspace. As a result they place an order with Vickers for 48 Venom light fighters.
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1938 With a need to replace their obsolete Nimrod fighters and production for the Portuguese contract coming to end the FAA orders 100 Venoms.
From what I have read they were about on Par with each other. They were the two Best out of that competition.Honest question:. Was the Vickers a better design than the Gloster F5/34? I always liked the lines on the Gloster....
Honest question:. Was the Vickers a better design than the Gloster F5/34? I always liked the lines on the Gloster....
I don't know. The situation requires clarification and context. The designs were land-based and really no better than an A5M Claude which was a carrier based fighter. I would be most unhappy trying to justify "development" further.
The Gloster was very much based off the Gladiator. Also the A5M, I think, could outclimb and outturn the Gloster. As for the Claude being open cockpit? Quite true, but I noticed something.I think your comparison to the Claude is a little unfair. The Gloster was at least 40mph faster than the Claude with 8 machine guns instead of 2. The Claude even had a fixed undercarriage and open cockpit....
I checked. When I'm wrong, I'm wrong (^^^). Still think it is not a good candidate for development.The Gloster was an entirely fresh design, not a monoplane Gladiator. It had a modern stressed skin monocoque fuselage not the traditional cloth covered stringers over a warren girder frame.