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  1. Grey Havoc

    Ansett Australia

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqcc2ActCCU
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 20th century air new zealand ansett airlines of australia ansett airways ansett transport industries ansett-ana british commonwealth british empire civil aviation cold war commonwealth of australia early 21st century interwar period late 1930s new zealand pacific ocean theater post-cold war sir reginald myles ansett kbe united states army air forces world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Flyaway

    UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

    The UK/US base will remain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
    • Flyaway
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    • 2024 20th century british colony of mauritius british empire british indian ocean territory cold war cold war ii early 21st century great britain indian ocean naval support facility diego garcia people's republic of china post-cold war republic of mauritius soviet union united kingdom united states united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. P

    Spitfire alternative history: what happens if everything "goes to plan"?

    As any deeply invested Spitfire fan knows, the intended major developments never eventuated and the history of the Spitfire was one of interim variants that did very well. The dead ends are as follows: SPITFIRE III: Merlin 20 development with four cannon and major airframe revisions; abandoned...
    • pathology_doc
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    • air ministry allies alternate history british commonwealth british empire fleet air arm great britain improved spitfire raf fighter command royal air force royal navy supermarine aviation ltd vickers-armstrongs limited what-if world war ii
    • Replies: 68
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. VictorXL188

    Short Long Range Empire flying boat

    I'm posting this in the post war section, but it is possible, given it's title that it may be a interwar project. I came across this proposal from Short Bros for an eight-engined long range flying boat. I have checked throughout the site but without any luck. Wonder if anyone can fill in the...
  5. Pirate Pete

    Different thought process for Post WW2 British Navy

    I an sure I will call down a whole host of ‘trouble’ on my head for raising this, but, Here we go… We all know that the Royal Navy post WW2 was in an invidious position regards available finance and the shifting sands of changing priorities. One thing I think was the (in retrospect at least)...
    • Pirate Pete
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    • 1950s british commonwealth british empire cold war fleet air arm great britain late 1940s north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii royal navy world war iii
    • Replies: 136
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  6. Schneiderman

    Library and Archives Canada

    If anyone is seeking copies of Air Ministry Specifications from the inter-war years and finds it tricky to find them in the National Archives and costly to order, then I thoroughly recommend looking to the Library and Archives Canada...
  7. E

    Scottish Aviation Pioneer (Both) Armaments

    Recently I've gone down the rabbit hole of the few Scottish built Military aircraft, and recently the Scottish Aviation Pioneer has caught my eye, despite initially being designed as a STOL transport aircraft they appear to have seen a fair amount of Field modifications in Malaya and Aden that...
    • Ewan T
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    • armaments british empire coin cold war federation of south arabia great britain malayan auxiliary air force (raf) malaysia pioneer post-world war ii royal air force royal colony of aden royal federation of malaya air force scottish aviation south arabian air force state of aden stol straits settlements twin pioneer
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Military
  8. Grey Havoc

    The Met Office in WW1

    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/library-and-archive/archive-hidden-treasures/first-military-forecast
    • Grey Havoc
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    • allies armée de terre british army british commonwealth british empire france french third republic great britain meteorological field service meteorological office meteorological survey the great war triple entente united kingdom weather reconnaissance western front world war i world war one ww1 wwi
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  9. S

    British hybrid battleships: projects and proposals

    the richelieu hybrid: https://www.laroyale-modelisme.net/t20387-jean-bart-hybride-1-400 (in french)
    • sgeorges4
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    • aircraft carrier allies battlecarrier battleship british commonwealth british empire fleet air arm great britain interwar period royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. uk 75

    Royal Space Force

    Apart from on the pages of Eagle comic there is no such thing as the Royal Space Force. 1957 ;saw not just the infamous Sandys White Paper but also the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union. PM Macmillan and Defence Secretary Sandys realise how vulnerable this makes the West and Britain in...
  11. Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)

    Italian Bombs, Bombers and Bombing Tactics over Malta (1940-1943)

    Hi all, The purpose of this thread is to compile and present sources regarding Italian bomb types, fuzes and tactics used in the Central Mediterranean from their entry into the War in 1940 to the Armistice of Cassibile in 1943. This is meant to complement my other thread about German equipment...
    • Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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    • axis powers british empire early 1940s great britain kingdom of italy light bomber malta mediterranean mediterranean theater (wwii) medium bomber regia aeronautica strategic bomber world war ii
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Military
  12. Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)

    German Bombs, Bombers and Bombing Tactics over Malta (1941-1943)

    Hi all, The purpose of this thread is to collect and present source material for German bomb types, fuzes and tactics used over the Mediterranean (with particular reference to Malta). I am looking for both British and German sources, both primary and secondary, however, I would especially like...
    • Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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    • axis powers british empire great britain light bomber luftwaffe malta mediterranean mediterranean theater (wwii) medium bomber nazi germany strategic bomber third reich
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Military
  13. Gentleman’s Astronautics

    Man in space

    Hey fellas, I'm (planning) on making a video game, set in the late 1950s, where Britain, the USSR and the USA each have their own space programmes, the US having Von Brauns ferry rocket and space lift ops, and the Brits having the BIS', now formed as the British Interplanetary Commission...
  14. J

    CA-12 Boomerang Evolution

    In July 1940 the hounded British government warns the Australians of an imminent embargo of any aviation materials. On 10 December 1941 the capital ships of the Royal Navy H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse are sunk by Japanese airplanes. On 21 December of the same month, the firm...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • british commonwealth british empire commonwealth aircraft corporation commonwealth of australia curtiss-wright corporation general electric pacific ocean theater post-world war ii pratt & whitney rolls-royce royal australian air force world war ii wright aeronautical corporation
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  15. uk 75

    Lists of Unbuilt Royal Navy and British Export Ships

    One of my continuing interests and a strength of this site is information about Royal Navy ships that never left the drawing board. Recently.not so much has been published about these designs so I thought I would start this thread. Many projects have there own threads and are well known to...
    • uk 75
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    • aircraft carrier battleships british commonwealth british empire british shipbuilders cammell laird cold war cruiser destroyer frigates great britain interwar period pre-world war i swan hunter vickers-armstrongs vsel world war i world war ii yarrow shipbuilders limited
    • Replies: 113
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  16. Grey Havoc

    British Broadcasting Company

    A day late, but better late than never. Via Slashdot: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63583081
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 14th november 1922 20th century british broadcasting corporation british commonwealth british empire great britain interwar period radio broadcasting wireless
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  17. Grey Havoc

    Morris Commercial-Roadless Half-Tracks in the British Army

    https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/united-kingdom---morris-commercial-roadless-half-track-experimental-tractor.html View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/yafh9h/early_mechanisation_of_the_royal_artillery_an/ According to the Imperial War Museum, via Wikimedia Commons, the image...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army british empire great britain half-tracks interwar period royal artillery
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  18. hesham

    British DC-3/Rapide Replacement Competition of 1953-55

    From Air Pictorial 1955, - For this contest,many companies entered in it,and essentially these proposals were involved; Avro-723,English Electric P.7,Hawker P.1098 and Percival P.87. - I suggest those projects; Armstrong AW.170,Blackburn B.105 & B.106,Bristol-187,Handley-Page Reading...
  19. LoveFromRussia

    BIS H. E. Ross and R. A. Smith Space Station

    Hello from Russia. A rare diagram of the space station of the British Interplanetary Society from the book 1959 Project Satellite. Kenneth W. Gatland This is the first futuristic scheme in Dr. Gatland's books. All information about this umbrella https://www.bis-space.com/technical-projects/...
  20. GTX

    Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-09/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-buckingham-palace-charles-king/100235860
    • GTX
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    • 2022 20th century 21st century british commonwealth british empire british royal family cold war cold war ii great britain modern elizabethan era post-cold war second elizabethan age united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 153
    • Forum: The Bar
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