The Royal Marines appear to have become early adopters of the Daedalus flight pack.
View: https://mobile.twitter.com/AdmTonyRadakin/status/1388551547076894723
Hi Blackburn B-54 and B-88 shipborne, anti-submarine aircraft, Fairey Gannet competitor.
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/blackburn-b-54-and-b-88
"The first design in this series was the Blackburn B54 or YA5. This type was designed around the proposed Napier Double-Naiad turbo-prop...
the Falklands war occurred in 82
Ark Royal (or another ship of the same class?) was decommissioned in 79
What if they had opted to delay the decommissioning by a few years
but then the Falkland war occurred anyways
Would the Ark Royal have been sent?
would it have contributed differently than...
aircraft carrier
alternate history
argentine republic
cold war
early 1980s
falklands conflict
falklands war
fleet air arm
great britain
late 1970s
royal navy
unitedkingdom
v/stol
vtol
breakthrough tank
british army
heavy tank
s.v.d.c.
special vehicle development committee
super-heavy tanks
superheavy tank
the old gang
unitedkingdom
world war ii
From Putnam and "From Spitfire to Eurofighter" books,
here is a two Blackburn trainer aircraft Projects,the B-92 and P-147,
the B-80 we spoke before about it here;
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/british-t16-48-spec.2812/
2021
british royal family
captain general royal marines
danish royal family
greek royal family
mountbatten-windsor
royal consort
royal navy
unitedkingdom
world war ii
Original Source:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/975455/20210303-MAvn-MEPG_Slides-FINAL-O.pdf
PWAS = presistent warning and control system (?)...
Quick question: Does anyone know the official designation that the British Army and War Office used for the BAOR's Beetle saloons (initially referred to simply as the 'Volkswagen Saloon')? There seems to be some indication that other British Army commands and detachments in Western Europe may...
1950s
british army of the rhine
british occupation zone
cold war
great britain
late 1940s
occupied germany
staff car
unitedkingdom
west germany
wolfsburg motor works
Re: Australia and the WNT - please see link below;
https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/loss-more-symbolic-material
According to the Author, the government of Australia (if it chose) could likely have won excemption and retained HMAS Australia as an “Armoured Cruiser”. As others...
1920s
british commonwealth
british empire
commonwealth of australia
interwar period
royal australian navy
royal navy
unitedkingdom
washington naval treaty
If the Vickers Valiants had been transfered from strike to tankers earlier could the fatigue problems have been avoided.
Their strike role could have been taken on by Vulcan or Victor B1s.
With the Valiants serving into the 1970s the Victors could have continued in the recce and conventional...
1980s
british petroleum
cargo submarine
cold war
great britain
nuclear powered vessels
nuclear-powered tanker
post-cold war
the british petroleum company p.l.c.
unitedkingdom
vsel
From last October:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/10/07/mystery-deepens-around-unmanned-spy-boat-washed-up-in-scotland/?sh=c25f756541f3
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/unmanned-spy-vessel-washes-up-in-scotland/
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc
Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.
Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy:
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
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