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A quick technical question, if everything on this rocket is expendable, how many more times can they put it through a pressure up cycle ?

Sad day indeed.

Aarrr! and I thought I had come up with something original too ---- Airbus A410 (A310 with A400 wings) in 1/72 scale

Somewhat related to the subject, for some reason I thought props turned at around 2000 rpm, I think I read something along those lines in the book 'The Big Show' where the author had written somethin about setting the Tempest's Napier and 14'-0" prop up for fast flying. But I've come across...

In Mike Pryce's P.1216 book, he covers the PCB problem quite well. The weird aircraft shapes that were designed to get around it are quite interesting (P.1214 & P.1216) He also explains why it would never have gone on an operational Harrier.

I was thinking about something like that. The kit has Meteor style u/c too, but I've read that the CXP.1001 derived from the Gloster E1/44 which had straight u/c legs. Does anyone know what was actually proposed for it ?

My Dad had a couple of each of those sets in the cellar, I used to play with them as a kid.

Hmm! I've got a Sharkit CXP.1001 in the stash ---

Looks like a menage a trois between an F-22, an F-23 and an EE Lightning (albeit with a very refined wing)

Thanks Hood

I realize this might be splitting hairs, but I've read the Valiant B.2 was to be a 'target marker'. The 'marker' being a nuclear weapon --

Until all the ammos gone <<wink>> But after seeing the videos of what is happening to the Russian tanks, does it really make a difference ?

If an article I've read in Air-Britain's AeroMilitaria some years ago about chin radiators (called beard radiators at the time) and how RAE tested them comparing them to leading edge radiators, it was found that there's wasn't a lot of difference in lost performance by using them.

One thing about these videos that just doesn't make sense, landing and taking off right next to your habitat like it's showing. Plus, how would all the infrastructure get built before hand anyway ?

Keep in mind that the 3500hp Eagle engined Wyvern had two 4-blade contra-props so not all Brit designs were around 1000 to 2000hp. The turbine engines were to be even more powerful, 4000hp and up. In the above I didn't see the Boeing XF8B mentioned (maybe I missed it)

Looks like Hood has covered it, but I did say there was a 'little' bit about it. I thought the images were interesting but I didn't notice that one was the same already posted. The image of the V/STOL is a 3/4 top view showing the above fuselage intakes, and there's an image of the F-15 proposal...

That's interesting Greg, the F-15E has nearly the same Max TOW as an Avro Lincoln ----

Sorry, I can't, I'm an Air-Britain member and I don't want to jeopardize that ---

The article was divided into 8 segments (printed over 8 issues), starting with Seversky. This was the last segment and it was all written by Graham Salt. In this last segment, there's a little bit about the swing-wing V/STOL too. Quite a bit about the A-10 and the T-46 (plus a bit about the 62%...

There's a little bit about the Fairchild (Republic) XF-15 proposal in the latest Air-Britain Aviation World (Summer 2022). It's talked about in the last segment of the Republic story.