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Funniest plane story was the Russian built MIG 15, the best fighter Jet plane of the Korean war.
The Russians had copied a Rolls Royce Jet engine, which Rolls Royce had sold them.
Stalin said, "What fool will sell us his secrets?"
The British Government were the fools that obliged and sold Russia Rolls Royce Jet engines and technical documentation, this was during the cold war.
... they reverse-engineered it and improved it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Come the Korean war the American and Russian jets facing each other had German high speed flight technology and versions of the same Rolls Royce engine.
Of course when we went to the Americans for financial assistance after the war they fucked us over royally. Like fools we then trusted them with the speed of sound technology from the miles aircraft company in a deal to swap technologies, the yanks reneged on the deal once we had fulfilled our part by not reciprocating data and used out technology in the Bell X1 to put Yager as the first man to exceed the speed of sound. As if that wasn't enough the same has happened a number of times since, our American 'friends' being hard arsed and self serving only.
I enjoyed the programme, but despite initially really liking Guy Martin, he's starting to grate! I don't doubt his ability to work with his hands but his ability to work with his mouth leaves a lot to be desired - he seems to be getting worse too - the wee catch all phrases are being used more and more 'proper hard graft', 'now't wrong with that, is there?', '100%', etc.
Problem is, despite all the words coming out his mouth, he isn't telling you anything. He's saying nothing and saying it twice!
The Americans ditched a B29 inside Russian territory just after WW11, given that it was state of the art with remote electronic controlled turrets, pressurised cockpits/crew areas and a big bomb load and range it was converted by the commies. Stalin asked for it to be copied and produced, the copy was so accurate that the word Boeing was contained in the cast alloy rudder pedals! The American delegation invited to watch the next military parade in Moscow were astonished to see six 'B29s' fly over in formation wearing the red star!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
This 2mins tells the Comet's story well.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein