B--l s--t ? I think not ! My, my, what a spendidly perspicacious chap you are, ME 262, since it IS a movie script (well screenplay, anyway !, or...
Yep, there was a twin tailed design, but I don't think it went into production. The position of the cockpit will, I think, have been distorted...
With those engine cowlings and leading edge radiator intakes it could hardly be anything else. Moreover, I have info on this version fitted with...
Tiffie v -190 Even as I typed my last reply, the seeds of doubt on this point were sewing themselves in my mind. Marlin
Typhoon for -190 I seem to recall that the appearance of the -190 engendered a bit of a panic response in Allied aircrew, since it outclassed...
Since this Forum is read by a lot of "smart-arses" ( please take this as a compliment ),let me run this scenario by you for your responses. At...
Thanks for the beautiful pic. When I was no bigger than a gnat's knacker and long before I became interested in aircraft, I saw a pic of a...
Blue on blue Great air to air shot of a Tiffie. I've never seen that one before. Was there a second pic of a Jug ? If so it didn't reproduce on...
Anyone wanna talk about the Westland Whirlwind ? A sexy looking plane, huh ? I remember once talking to my step father ( in the days when the...
Tail wheels I doubt VERY much that a pilot could ever specify whether or not his aircraft had a fixed wheel or retractable wheel option; after...
I'm done. Marlin
Blue on blue I dunno ? Was the Battle of Barking Creek about a flight of Blenheims ? I couldn't even say as to why Typhoons were often...
Japanese Beans. Nice of you to be so complimentary about my range of experience, but I am probably twice your age and have no doubts whatsoever...
Japanese Beans My choice is that I ask only that you understand my point;your choice is, of course, as to whether or not you elect to agree with...
John Paul Jones ; a quote In the words (slightly paraphrased ! ) of the great John Paul Jones, I can only state " Tall tales ? I have not yet...
Japanese Beans Hang on in there, Stix, it shouldn't take a shedload of emails to enable you to grasp my point, orotund though it may be ! The...
My tipple ! As a well bred Englishman, the only beer that'll pass my lips is a good strong pint of real English bitter at at least 4-5% abv. It...
Well, zap me with a zeugma !! As a man given to resorting to cliches, aphorisms, litotes, zeugmas and metaphors at the drop of a hat, I am well...
Japanese humour Having lived in Japan, I can tell you that most Japanese humour tends to revolve around a bunch of blokes stripped bollock naked,...
Explosion near London Yeah, you could do worse than check out the thread "What a fireworks display ! " although, be warned, since when the depot...
