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Hi I don't know if anyone will be able to help me, but I live in hope. For Specification F.29/27, the Westland COW Gun Fighter and the Vickers Type 161 are well documented in both text and pictorial form. However the third entrant to the specification, the Bristol Type 112 seems to be bereft of...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/25/spitfire-crashes-battle-of-britain-event/ RIP :(

IIUC the P1083 was a Hunter with a thinner 50 degrees swept wing and an afterburner, giving it mach 1.1 performance like the Super Mystere. When it was almost ready to fly in early 1953 the RAF decided it wanted it to have a radar and AAMs, these proved to be too hard to incorporate and the...

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Anybody know anything about this?

I'd like to inquire about the time span of the VHF AM radios usage on the RAF jets. The VHF AM radios became omnipresent on RAF fighters during the early years of WW II. They replaced the troublesome TR9 HF sets, which were plagued by failures and short range. There were numerous VHF AM sets...

Good evening people! Once again, I am flummoxed as to how secret our projects can or can't be !?! I have just became the proud owner of Aerocraft Models (I must add for the sake of conformity, that other Model Brands are available), Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75. Now...

P.1224-1 from May 1983 was the first variant of the unmanned fighter aircraft (UFA) studies conducted at BAe Kingston during the 1980s. More info can be found in the recent Hawker's Secret Projects book.

Now that TSR2 has been the subject of a conference of current experts on the subject, I am asking the BIG question. Could TSR2 have been made to work? By which I mean could it have been designed and developed in such a way as to let the RAF take delivery of say 50 machines by 1970? All...

'Mustard Plasters' are mentioned in my wartime notes of trials carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Helensburgh. More information appreciated.

Sad news as time marches on;- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-63899393 A privilege to have met the chap and listened to his first hand account of taking part in what was possibly the first ever precision air strike. Blue Skies Sir

Does anyone know the history of this particular captured V2, which I believe was at RAF Beaulieu (Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment) at the end of the war. My late father took the photograph as the AFEE photographer but that is all that I know.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/28/ww2-avro-lancaster-bomber-renovation/ https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/lots-to-see/aircraft/lancaster http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_lancaster_VII.html

From, Project Cancelled,by Derek Wood.

https://thespacereview.com/article/4479/1

Hi, what was this Model ?. https://www.pamono.it/aeroplano-regno-unito-anni-39-40

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...

I've seen a few references to a Supermarine early World War II project called the Type 312. From what I've read, it was a derivative of the Spitfire but with standard cannon armament and a ventral radiator instead of the Spitfire's underwing radiators. Does any photos or plans or other details...

Hi, for this contest,the tenders were; Gloster P.234,P.248 & P.250, Hawker P.1054 and Supermarine Type 508. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=2554

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...