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Hello, Recently me and @Jason Dykstra (Wyvern) have come across a few interesting pictures regarding Missile packs for the Hawker Hunter that could be fitted in place of the ADEN armament, I was wondering if anyone had any more info than what we have, so far we have found images for; A...

Hi people, Recently I was reading David K Brown's work on British naval design ( Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Design and Development 1923-45), and here this description about what he referred to as "B bomb" caught my attention. Unfortunately I could not find much information about it...

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I found this article, concerning the Vickers PV bomber, and would be interested to know more about it. https://www.keymilitary.com/article/british-behemoth

https://euro-sd.com/2024/10/major-news/41022/laser-self-protection-system/

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

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.

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...

Hi everyone, I tend to be quite interested in discussing the details of a scenario where the Entente holds the front near the Franco-Belgian border in 1940 (mostly in other forums). I was now wondering what the impacts would be for the RAF. Obviously we may see fewer American aircrafts in...

Ho, for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524 and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.

Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF. View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa

The voice of Parker has passed on. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj463gx8gyo

Many years ago I found drawings in a book about unbuilt airliners of the HS140. At the time I had a small model of the plane made in the same RAF colours as the Beagle Basset.. I will try and find it. I was wondering whether anyone knows more about the HS140 and whether it was ever looked at by...

Due to the jet age, various super props never go to production despite their high performance. Among those, it can be said that XP-72 and Spiteful F.16 were the most high capable design. So let say if these prototype got to production stage, which would be the ultimate piston fighter? XP-72...

Morning all. A video interview with a founding member of the RAF Display team "the Red Arrows" discussing how back in the day low level really was low. Here's a picture to illustrate: View: https://youtu.be/ylK-1P2R2ew

The USN acquired 142 Lockheed EC121s in the early 50s to mount long-range early warning barrier patrols in the Atlantic and Pacific. The main strength was 5 sqns for each ocean with various cats and dogs supporting units. The barrier patrol lasted until 1965 and afterwards the USN transferred 30...

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...

The RAF Historical Society is holding a seminar on Air Power and Normandy/Overlord at RAF Museum Midlands (Cosford to you and me) on 18th September 2024. Tickers and details are available here: https://royalairforcemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/58576?branches.branchID=2048 Chris

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