I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...
cessna aircraft company
coin aircraft
cold war
great britain
republicofvietnamrepublicofvietnam air force (rvnaf)
short brothers plc
short skyvan
south vietam
stol
transport aircraft
united states
united states army
vietnam war
One of Harold Wilson's achievements as Prime Minister was to resist President Johnson's pressure for Britain to make some visible military contribution to the Vietnam War.
Wilson had only narrowly beaten a Conservative Government in 1964. The Conservatives may well have resisted Johnson too on...
alternate history
british army
cold war
democratic republicofvietnam
eastern bloc
fleet air arm
great britain
north vietnamese army
republicofvietnam
royal air force
royal marines
royal navy
united states
vietnam war
In this scenario
the Vietnam War follows the same path as the Korean war, and after years of intense fighting
the two sides agree to a long term cease fire (but no peace deal, like the Koreas). splitting the two countries along the 17th parallel
How would this change
- the aircraft composition...
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