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Johnnytheboy said:
I love B36s!
As someone said, the last of a line; designed to bomb Germany from the USA in the (think about it) absence of a friendly base in Europe.
Thankfully never needed to fulfil its brief.
Interesting to ponder that Germany had designs to do the reverse! (before they went phut and Russia took over).As someone said, the last of a line; designed to bomb Germany from the USA in the (think about it) absence of a friendly base in Europe.
Thankfully never needed to fulfil its brief.
I have an old National Geographic Magazine from the 1950s with an article 'Flying in the Blowtorch Era'.
Isn't Google wonderful! www.buymovieclassics.com/Aeronautics-Flying-In-The...
badgers_back said:
4 burning 2 turning 2 smoking and 2 joking
The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
The carb was prone to icing up due to the engines not being designed for pusher use and when mounted backwards, as in the B36, the carb got a nice supply of freezing cold air rather than air that has been warmed by flowing past the cylinders first if I remember rightly. The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
Whereas the US, in the 1950's, would carry out any idea, no matter how frog barkingly insane, like a nuclear powered aircraft:
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/convair_nb-36.php
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/convair_nb-36.php
Simpo Two said:
It's interesting to ponder the fate of the major German arms companies. I think many if not most of them are still going in one form or another, but making things for the home market instead of - uh - overseas.
Are there any equivalent British businesses still trading from WW2?
Of course the famous one is when Herbert Austin was asked if he'd like to have the VW factory. He said 'no thanks'. Industrious people, Germans.
Ahem, er possibly they may be. 20mm cannon makers here Are there any equivalent British businesses still trading from WW2?
Of course the famous one is when Herbert Austin was asked if he'd like to have the VW factory. He said 'no thanks'. Industrious people, Germans.
Id never heard of my mob in their current format, but their name 70yrs ago? Oh yes!BigS said:
badgers_back said:
4 burning 2 turning 2 smoking and 2 joking
The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
The carb was prone to icing up due to the engines not being designed for pusher use and when mounted backwards, as in the B36, the carb got a nice supply of freezing cold air rather than air that has been warmed by flowing past the cylinders first if I remember rightly. The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
B36 they reversed it and surprise surprise it was s
tPom-poms weren't Oerlikons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gu...
But having read the article and no doubt inspired by visions of Kenneth More, I am inspired to put on a greatcoat, open my front window and shout 'Open Fire!'
But having read the article and no doubt inspired by visions of Kenneth More, I am inspired to put on a greatcoat, open my front window and shout 'Open Fire!'
Simpo Two said:
Pom-poms weren't Oerlikons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gu...
I just wanted to post "pom-pom". I've never had chance before.
badgers_back said:
BigS said:
badgers_back said:
4 burning 2 turning 2 smoking and 2 joking
The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
The carb was prone to icing up due to the engines not being designed for pusher use and when mounted backwards, as in the B36, the carb got a nice supply of freezing cold air rather than air that has been warmed by flowing past the cylinders first if I remember rightly. The piston engines were just a tad unreliable
B36 they reversed it and surprise surprise it was s
tA few air-to-air pics of the B-36
Not my pics, found on pprune: http://www.pprune.org/spectators-balcony-spotters-...
Not my pics, found on pprune: http://www.pprune.org/spectators-balcony-spotters-...
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