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Hi All, As we're hopefully in the final stages of production and to avoid further hijack of other threads.... The vast delta wing form of Avro’s Vulcan has become an iconic symbol of cold war Britain. From starring alongside James Bond in Thunderball to striking improbably distant targets...

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One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...

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I tried to locate any data or graphical representations of how the Mk2 Sea Dart (the one that was planned for Type 43 destroyer) could look, but apparently without success. Are there any? What where the differences with the original missile and how should it have looked, especially if adopted...

Part 1 of the Air Historical Branch's history of Typhoon https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/post-coldwar-studies/eurofightertyphoonpart1coldwarorigins1983-1990/

First, my apologies: Recent eye-surgery has temporarily hobbled my Google_Fu... ( APHont and Ctrl-Scroll zoom for the win...) IIRC, US sent but one (1) B-29 to UK to astonish and, yes, boost morale... If deployed in numbers, such as for Silver-plate / Saddletree delivery, some spares might...

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Hi, The Hawker-Siddeley HS.1201 was a lightweight air superior fighter project,1967, https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=2303

There are two photos in the ship design section of the introduction of Brown's "Rebuilding the Royal Navy": Is it possible to identify which projects they relate to? The plan on the screen is described as a frigate, and it appears as something between a frigate armed Type 42 and Type 22...

I came across this fascinating drawing from the Evolution of the Eurofighter thread. My interest in this aircraft is a little unusual. I am in the process of building a micro (1:48 scale) flying model of a swept wing aircraft. Originally based on the SU-27, due to weight considerations I...

In the past, most people considered Sea Slug Mk1 a subsonic missile. but I noticed that the speed of it has been modified (about Mach 1.3) on the littilewars webpage. Could anyone provide me a more detailed explanation? For example, how do those fire reports describe it's speed?

Jane's Avionics 1987-1988

In reading "Diary of A Wartime Naval Constructor", DNC Sir Stanley Goodall's wartime diary, I can identify most of the ships referred to, but there are repeated references to a 20Kt Fast Oiler, probably for the 1945 Programme, where I'm coming up blank. 1942 P136. 11 November: … Bateson...

GREAT ESCAPEE Sqd Ldr Brian Paddon was in touch with M19 during his time in Colditz and captivity and after his escape. This was undercover work while serving with the RAF as a test pilot. M19 was part of the British Secret Service during WW2. I would like to know more about its activities ...

(this ships is from the same AU as Lepanto-class missile battleships) The full description is on my Live Journal, on Russian. The Suez crisis of 1956 became a moment of truth for the Royal Navy. It was impossible to deny anymore, that Great Britain is lagging dangerously behind both United...

Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain the...

Both of these airliners were shrunk at the request of their initial customer, the Trident from 111(130?) seat Medway sized to 97 seat Spey sized and the Super 200 from a 212 seat 28' fuselage stretch to a 174 seat 13' stretch for the Super VC10. The Super VC10 was then embroiled in a public...

A Marx toy TSR2 lookalike on sale on Ebay UK...

As many may be aware in the mid 60s the British were in a joint project with the Dutch to develop an advanced radar known as the Type 988 Broomstick, which was to be fitted to the Type 82 DLG and CVA01 carrier. When CVA01 was cancelled so too was British participation in the Type 988 project...