The English Electric Canberra became the UK's light strike bomber in both nuclear and conventional roles. It served long after it was obsolete in the face of Russian fighters and air defences.
The RAF realised this and embarked on a programme to replace Canberra in the early 1960s. As we all...
Bristol Britannia BEWARE:
as pictured in Chris Gibson's books 'The Air Staff and AEW' and 'Battle Flight'. I followed the drawing, with one exception: after Chris mentioned the limitations of Britannia's electrical system, I added a large APU under the left wing root.
Hawker Siddeley...
G'day folks, consider this. The TSR2 goes into service and later requires a SLEP, what engines are avaulable and could a big wing be fitted/would it be an improvement?
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...
Hi folks,
Couldn't find a thread appropriate so here goes:
Blue Steel MkII full-scale mock up fitted with wing-tip-mounted Bristol Siddeley ramjets:
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Blue Steel Viper variant full-scale mock up:
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Found this on Amazon.co.uk ;
On Atlas' Shoulders: RAF Transport Aircraft Projects Since 1945
by Chris Gibson (Author)
Hardcover – 31 Oct 2016
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Hikoki Publications (31 Oct. 2016)
ISBN-10: 1902109511
ISBN-13: 978-1902109510
air ministry
cold war
post-cold war
raf air command / headquarters air commandraf air support commandrafstrikecommandraf transport command
royal air force
united kingdom
The V-bomber fleet spent most of its life with relatively primitive avionics for the age, as far as I can tell only two major(ish) changes were ever made, the first was the addition of the ARI 5959 (General Dynamics AN/APN-170) J-band terrain following radar, however this came with restrictions-...
After my post someone pointed this out to me - any ideas/comments ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcans-Hammer-V-force-Aircraft-Projects/dp/1902109171/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289860167&sr=1-1
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Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform?
Would this have been feasible?
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