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yummy. Link?Snorton74 said:Some people still pay attention to detail you just have to pay for it.
yummy. Link?Snorton74 said:Some people still pay attention to detail you just have to pay for it.
Snorton74 said:Some people still pay attention to detail you just have to pay for it.
acotrel said:
peter james owen said:Concerning the discusion on jet engines,you will find that it was Frank Whittle who worked out the theory of the jet engine,there is a system in Great Britain where if you design something you have to put it in record at the patents office,this he did to protect his rights in the future,the Airforce did not want to know.but he persisted quietly on his own,but a German spy was known to have trawled through peoples patents and gathered the info with a lot of other stuff but the germans did not really understand the theory then the penny dropped and thought Britain were ahead of them in the jet engine game and three German engine manufacturers worked flat out to catch up.
A little unknown fact that the Russians were shocked at the Jet engine that they pleaded with Winston Churchill to Know more about them and he had Rolls Royce send them their early Nene jet engine,that they copied every detail,that their first Mig 15 was powered by one of these.to an extent that during the Korean War the Mig15 was a lot better plane compared to the americans first effort and even better than the brit Gloster Meteor,that had two engines.
72Combat said:I love WW2 fighters.
Time Warp said:72Combat said:I love WW2 fighters.
My Father served with the RAAF in WW2, my step Father with the RNZAF, still a keen pilot to late in live.
I spent a good part of 1982 to 1985 working at the Bougainville Copper Mine plus regular stop overs in the Solomans (Honiara)
The general area was very active in that war period, any chance I got I went bush covering Bougainville top to bottom by 4WD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island
http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=4&page=1
http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=3&page=2
I was staying at a village one time and was asked if I wanted to see an old motorcycle, it turned out to be a WW2 Japanese Harley Davidson with side car.
HD had sold the drawings or some such thing, oddly I had read an article on the brand history not long before going up there from home.
The one time I should have had my camera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuo_Motorcycle
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Time Warp said:72Combat said:I love WW2 fighters.
My Father served with the RAAF in WW2, my step Father with the RNZAF, still a keen pilot to late in live.
I spent a good part of 1982 to 1985 working at the Bougainville Copper Mine plus regular stop overs in the Solomans (Honiara)
The general area was very active in that war period, any chance I got I went bush covering Bougainville top to bottom by 4WD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island
http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=4&page=1
http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=3&page=2
I was staying at a village one time and was asked if I wanted to see an old motorcycle, it turned out to be a WW2 Japanese Harley Davidson with side car.
HD had sold the drawings or some such thing, oddly I had read an article on the brand history not long before going up there from home.
The one time I should have had my camera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuo_Motorcycle
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