Went to Central Park today —- Birkenhead the inspiration for New York Central Park.
Worth getting to Shrewsbury Castle. The KSLI museum. Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz’s ceremonial baton on display in the museum along with captured other items. They also have the regimental flags of the American Regiment defending Washington August 24, 1814.
One of the light lunch offerings at The Jolly Gardeners, Chester. Which I can highly recommend. Homemade sausage roll, brown sauce, and soda bread with a local beer.
Black 6. Note the safety belt on the undercarriage when it was reassembled from its move from London.
Oh dear, clearly never heard about Italian battleship Roma. Though HMS Warspite was built better.
This is the vehicle, the Mercedes Electric Lorry, which saw one on the A41 in Shropshire with no engine noise— ultra quiet for an artic— very spooky.
If the Luftwaffe hadn’t got French airfields. The bombers would have flown from Germany with no escort. Then it in theory it could have worked. Personally the Beaufighter is a better option.
@lordhardthrasher.bsky.social Looking forward to your next video, the trials and tribulations of the Messerschmitt 210 and 410. Presumably you got to Cosford. You’ve got to love the museum’s sense of humour sticking next to the Mosquito saying total amateurs this is a fighter-bomber.
Hope it includes the first flight with goblin engine and the fast one with the "Metropolitan-Vickers F.2" was the first British axial-flow turbojet engine. It was developed by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) and Metropolitan-Vickers and was initially installed on a Gloster Meteor F.9.
If you get to Cosford they have a few similar toys. Including VICKERS VALIANT B (k) Mk.I XD818/7894M that dropped it.
Excellent point. The lightning at Cosford is held vertically. Easily modify the photograph.
If you’re going to fit a gun, fit a gun with bite. Mosquito Tsetse the ultimate timber terror.
Sitting duck for RN Fulmer. Strangely, the most successful RN fighter pilot flew one.
A RAF-RNLAF Catalina Indian Ocean 1944/45 hunting the Monsun Gruppe, taken by my Father possibly, Addu Atoll or Diego Garcia. RAF museum Dutch Catalina RAF Cosford it’s in a bit of a state. The fabric elements have gone and are being replaced.
Coming to the conclusion Ben, Severance is the modern “The Prisoner”. Though I noted the use of a lot of balloons, but not quite the Rover.
He perceives them as a tax that he can exploit while simultaneously assigning blame to others for their introduction. This strategy enables him to finance tax reductions for the elite or, in Hitler’s case, to pursue war. I recommend reading “Wages of Destruction” or consulting Professor Adam Tooze.
Well, considering the wind, I believe you would have ended up in Norway or Denmark had you used an Airspeed Horsa.
The engine, in theory, was ingenious. However, the issue for all German liquid engines was a weak and ineffective cooling system.
Indeed, the RN Blackburn Roc was another. Ironically, the turretless Defiant, fallback fighter if Spitfire or Hurricane production was disrupted, was considered a viable option, similar to the Hawker Heavy fighter. However, by that time, their focus had shifted to Tornado with the Vulture engine.
At that time, they were obsessed with powered turrets for heavy fighters, Defiant being the obvious one. The number of aircraft modified to carry a turret is mind-blowing, so Beaufighter II, Mosquito, and Lysander. Fortunately, common sense ultimately prevailed.
Could I add two books to the list for consideration? I’m sure you’re familiar with Wages of Destruction. I highly recommend “The Secret Horsepower Race.” While it does cover engines, it also delves into the strategic economics, synthetic fuels, and professional structures required to build them.