cold war

Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.

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Hi everybody, I often read that Curtiss-Wright Aviation did not do enough research work during the Second World War to be able to survive its aeronautical branch and face the new markets after the Second World War. It is considered that its production and improvement work on the P-40 (we can...

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Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces. The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...

The British aviation historian Michael J F Bowyer died recently, aged 95. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/30/michael-bowyer-obituary

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I have an original brochure from this company which contants sketches+ technical details form ships they built or could built. I can make photographs if someone is interested

What if Saddam never invaded Kuwait and never being throw up??? What would be the state of Ba'ath Iraqi armed forces?

One of my hobbies is collecting waterline ship models in 1/1250 or 1/1200 scales covering the Cold War era. I have been trying to find the composition of USN units on the Yankee and Dixie Stations off Vietnam and Gonzo station in the Arabian Sea. Does anyone know a source?

Somehow missed yet another great departing us last week: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/arts/john-amos-dead.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/entertainment/john-amos-dead/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/entertainment/john-amos-death-daughter/index.html...

Just published. The first volume is dedicated to European operators. An interesting page dealing with the potential C-130 production by Sud-Aviation in France in the sixties. The author, Xavier Capy, is well known for his previous books on Noratlas and Transall. More details on www.c-130.eu.

I've always wondered about how the Perm D-30F6 turbofan is able to power the MiG-31 to Mach 2.83, when it appeared to be a relatively conventional adaptation of the D-30 commercial turbofan family. Source is ENGINES OF RUSSIAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT by Kotelnikov V. R., Khrobystova O. V., Zrelov V...

Yet again, another great actor passed away a few days ago, somehow I missed it at the time: https://apnews.com/article/john-ashton-taggart-beverly-hills-cop-obit-7cf9cabad9d315a303fa01a0eecb2a94...

The "Thingy", a flying sub-tank from "The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)". Just funny.- (https://clip.cafe/the-three-stooges-in-orbit-1962/oh-no-not-disneyland/)

The UK/US base will remain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o

Trying to figure out which countries could actually handle the cost of light fleet carriers in 1946-60, so do we have any actual data at what prices the Colossus and Majestic class ships were sold by Britain in 1946-60? And for that matter how much their modernization with angled fight decks and...

I've been looking for some trialled weapons on the bo-105 helicopter and I just can't seem to find any images of the stinger pods mounted on the chopper. Any help would be appreciated.

Starting thread at the end... https://www.twz.com/air/final-kc-10-extender-tanker-sent-into-retirement

Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...