A big thing that gets missed is vibration and noise. A two thousand horsepower engine rattled the fighter it was in. Literally into bits. It also had a massive effect on pilot alertness and perceptio… (View Post)

Where is his like today? And the likes of Warnock? Giants… (View Post)

You’ll need to spend to save. What about - “British jobs for British workers”? A plan to increase the number of medics trained, so that at point x (15 years from now??) we are training 100%+ of the p… (View Post)

a The Allison V-1710 was actually more powerful than the Merlin. Up to 15,000 feet Mustangs equipped with it were actually a bit faster. Above 15k, the issue was the supercharger. The design of the M… (View Post)

Putin was promised a 3 day war - easy conquest followed by rich pickings. Ironically, a lot of this was based on the apparent recruitment of large chunks of the Ukrainian elite. The trouble was that … (View Post)