So I’ve been researching the Junkers Ju-86, specifically the Swedish B-3 variant, but I like all of them. I’ve been having trouble finding any technical documents on the aircraft. I’ve attached some of the illustrations I’ve found. I’d also appreciate any information on the planes. If you find...
a.v. roe and company / avro
austin motor company
cold war
france
great britain
lincolnshire aviation heritage centre
marine nationale
raf bomber command
royal air force
worldwarii
To start this thread off, a 2020 Top Gear story on the development of the Royal Enfield Model RE airborne forces motorcycle, better known as the Flying Flea:
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/british/small-motorbike-helped-win-ww2
(You will notice a few, mostly minor errors in the article.)
airborne forces
birmingham small arms company
british army
cold war
enfield of india
great britain
interwar period
parachute
paratroopers
the enfield cycle company limited
worldwar i
worldwarii
Any info or thoughts on the Aeorlite Spitfire, which was an attempt to build a Spitfire fuselage out of Aerolite, which was resin impregnated fiber that was a predecessor to carbon fiber/carbon fiber reinforced plastic. It wasn't mass produced, but was done to see if it could be done if there...
This list was found in
SUPPLEMENTAL HISTORY OF THE PRELIMINARY AIRPLANE DESIGN BRANCH ENGINEERING DIVISION BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, NAVY DEPARTMENT 3 FEBRUARY 1945
Design Request D-1. An investigation of changes necessary to convert to a convoy airplane the B-24D, B-25C, B-26-B or A-26-A to...
I got this idea from some discussions I've had elsewhere and something that was brought up in a thread about making a "Spitfire into a baby Tempest". I sort of don't think that the Spitfire IX as built would be 100% suitable for what was mentioned in that thread for a "multi-role" fighter...
It has always been a subject of some controversy as to why the British stuck with the rather paltry 0.303in calibre for aircraft machine guns. To address this Both BSA and ROLLS-ROYCE developed a 0.5in calibre AMG, the latter apparently quite successful (though strangely, never adopted) and the...
Hi. I got the itch to look back into World War II era aircraft again. I do have a question or two about the Supermarine Spiteful. I did look for a thread where I might have asked about this topic. However, the probable best fit is nearly a decade old, and I don't know if necroposting is...
STEALTH WARPLANES OF THE LUFTWAFFE
Prototypes and projects 1936-1946
War Secrets-Volume Four
Contents
The race for invisibility
Transparent wings
Zebra effect
Vorticist School
Lozenge-Tarnung
Akinetopsia
Yehudi
Infra-red
Turbinlite
Spanner Anlage I
Spanner Anlage II
Spanner...
I first saw this on navypedia, and I had a hard time finding more. I thought it might have been fake.
https://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_maru_se.htm
I found these images
http://www.ww2technik.de/Bilderchen/japmarine/armeeschiffe/jap%20maru-se%20type%20army%20sub%202.jpg...
1940s
allen west and co
ardeer foundry company
british army
great britain
imperial chemical industries
recoilless gun
royal engineers
the armoured archives
worldwarii
French Night Fighters
Between February 1918 and July 1922 the French Aéronautique Militaire used the Caudron R.XI heavy escort fighters from the Escadrille C 46, in joint operations with the Breguet XIV night bombers of the 3ême regiment de bombardement.
In 1924 a night fighter unit was...
Model posted by Bob Gibson in What if and alternate history Facebook Group it's a speculative model reconstruction of fictional hydro version of Mosquito.
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