I should have posted this yesterday (the birthday was actually the day before but I only saw it on Thursday). Group Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC:
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0717/1460456-raf-hemingway-birthday/...
air efficiency award
airministry
battle of britain
battle of france
distinguished flying cross (great britain)
éire
no. 1452 flight raf
no. 253 squadron raf
no. 43 squadron raf
no. 85 squadron raf
north atlantic treaty organisation
operation avalanche
operation baytown
operation david
operation dynamo
operation overlord
raf fighter command
royal air force
the few
world war ii
1935
1940s
airministry
civil aviation
great britain
interwar period
k site
late 1930s
london underground
lullingstone airfield
post-world war ii
pre-world war ii
q site
royal air force
the southern railway
world war ii
Thirty-plus years in the making, this is a must-have for anyone researching postwar British aircraft. It's from Air-Britain, so you know it will be good. Pricey, even for members, but this time next year you'll wish you'd bagged one...
What happens if the Bristol T.188 research aircraft doesn't underperform?
What happens if it flies upto Mach 2.8 and reaches the thermal limit of the windscreen?
We now know that it's underperformance is related to lack of interest and investment in the Gyron Junior engines after the...
1960s
airministry
alternate history
avro 730
bristol aero engines
bristol aeroplane company
bristol aircraft
cold war
de havilland engine company
early 1960s
experimental
great britain
late 1950s
ministry of supply
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
supersonic
'Mustard Plasters' are mentioned in my wartime notes of trials carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Helensburgh. More information appreciated.
airministry
early 1940s
great britain
marine aircraft experimental establishment
ministry of aircraft production
raf coastal command
royal air force
world war ii
Does anyone know the history of this particular captured V2, which I believe was at RAF Beaulieu (Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment) at the end of the war. My late father took the photograph as the AFEE photographer but that is all that I know.
airministryairborne forces experimental establishment
great britain
operation backfire
post-world war ii
project backfire
raf no. 43 group
royal air force
world war ii
I've seen a few references to a Supermarine early World War II project called the Type 312. From what I've read, it was a derivative of the Spitfire but with standard cannon armament and a ventral radiator instead of the Spitfire's underwing radiators. Does any photos or plans or other details...
In the 1960s, the RAF started to examine options for land-based AEW aircraft. NASR.6166 was a joint RAF/RN requirement issued in 1962, for a carrier-borne AEW aircraft that would also be used from land bases. This requirement specified an FMICW radar.
That didn't stop companies from offering...
I'm on the scrounge.
Does anyone have a copy , or just the key text, of specification R.2/33 that they would be willing to share? Failing that does anyone know whether the text of the specification has been included in any article or book, most likely one about the Sunderland.
Thanks
Hi,
the Brabazon Type-3 or Specification 6/45,the known tenders were;
Airspeed,Armstrong-Whitworth and Avro-692 & Avro-693,but can I ask if those
companies involved or not;
Blackburn,Bristol ,De Havilland,Fairey,Folland,Handley Page,Miles,Percival,Scottish Aviation,
Shorts,Vickers and Westland ?.
Hi!
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://alternathistory.com/raboty-po-sovershenstvovaniyu-istrebitelej-nazemnogo-bazirovaniya-v-period-s-1946-po-seredinu-1950-h-godov-chast-1-dnevnye-istrebiteli-dlya-korolevskih-vvs-chast-9/&sandbox=1
source: Anthony Leonard Butller...
The thread about the V Force has shown how brilliant some of the researchers here are at providing us with material unique to this site. So as we are still a bit limited in where and what we can do this Summer, I am adding the subject which has cropped up in many other threads: RAF Fighter...
Hi! Handley Page HP88.
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/handley-page_hp88_3v.jpg
https://alchetron.com/Handley-Page-HP.88
"The single HP.88 aircraft was designed to Air Ministry Specification E.6/48 as an aerodynamic testbed for the proposed Handley Page Victor V-bomber."
Hi! Bristol F18/37 fighter with 'Centaurus’ engine.(Except the last drawing)
http://alternathistory.com/nerealizovannye-odnomotornye-istrebiteli-spetsifikatsii-f-18-37-velikobritaniya/
(Original source : TONY BUTTLER BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS FIGHTERS & BOMBERS 1935-1950)
Miles M.43 technical data
Power plant: one Rolls-Royce Griffon Mk.VI, 12 cylinder ‘V’, liquid cooled engine, rated at 1,850 hp, driving one de Havilland six-bladed counter-rotating airscrew, front wingspan: 23.6 ft (7.2 m), rear wingspan: 37 ft (11.3 m), length: 26.2 ft (8 m), wing surface: 300...
Despite being favoured over Bristol's design, AWA was not able to spare the staff to realise the ER.134T research aircraft requirement, and so Bristol was awarded the contract.
As we know Bristol's 188 took a long time and was hampered by the Gyron Junior engines.
But what if AWA had staff...
1960s
airministry
alternate history
armstrong whitworth aircraft
avro 730
bristol aeroplane company
cold war
experimental
great britain
late 1950s
ministry of supply
operational requirement er.134t
royal air force
royal aircraft establishment
supersonic
The British Air Ministry created a designation system for the installations of radio equipment in the late 1930s, each number reflected the standardised installation of a particular radio transmitter or receiver and all the various elements including power units, aerial connections, and control...
During the process of evaluation of the proposals to F.155T, De Havilland wanted to make a alternative last minute submission, and Saro was strictly prohibited from this.
Yet what if the board had instead allowed all the firms submitting, the chance of a last minute submission?
We know Saro...
Hi!
F.7/30 Fighter capable of at least 250 mph and armed with four machine guns
Blackburn F.3, Bristol Type 123, Bristol Type 133, Gloster Gladiator, Gloster SS.19, Hawker P.V.3, Supermarine Type 224, Westland F.7/30
Specification F.7/30...
Hi!
https://www.warbirdsforum.com/topic/366-additional-raf-might-have-beens/
"The B1.39 spec was to carry 9,000lb over 2,500miles cruising at least 280mph. Maximum bomb load was to be 10,000lb and some could be carried externally if necessary. Provision was made to stow 20 x 250lb or 500lb...
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