I saw some of the discussions on this group involving the effects of the boundary layer on the power produced by military jet engines. I thought participants here might have some input on the idea I present below. My idea is to use boundary layer air to provide oxidizer to the engines at hypersonic...

Hello to the group. I just read a Google groups thread from a few years ago, on the Allison V-1710 engine. Two of the posts included a reference to a DARPA project to develop an engine for long range cruise missiles. It used a diesel engine as its core. Can anyone provide information on this...

just found this portrait on the web http://www.super-mystere.net/aaw/planche/pages/44.htm it shows what looks like a me-323 being pestered by a RAF B-26 Marauder. So now to bring in question the authenticity of the painting does anyone here agree that the Marauder in the picture cannot possibly...

This book, which I found in the public library, expresses a different point of view regarding aces in World War One. The Dream of Civilized Warfa World War I Flying Aces and the American...

Time to time I come across fighter aircraft instrument panel photographic images and find no red line limit on the airspeed indicator. What is the policy and who puts the red line on the airspeed indicator? Do red line speed change depending on aircraft loading? Do they rub it off for...

I am trying to find identify the fuselage "coding" on Lt. Gerald A. Anderson's Corsair IV. All I know for sure is that his aircraft's registration number was "KD546" from HMS Formidable's 1845 Squadron. Lt. Anderson, who came from Trenton Ontario, was killed on August 9, 1945 when he crashed into...

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A friend helped fly drums of some special fuel into Pakistan for Gary Power's ill fated flight. Google turns up dozens of references for various special fuels for high-altitude flight, and experimental fuels that didn't make the cut. But, I could not narrow it down to exactly what was being...

It's been there for over a year. Drive by going up Rancho Drive to get a good view of it. You can't miss it. It has a red stars on the tail, fuselage and wings. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

For those of you interested in air shows, both military and civilian, , and whose interest goes WAY beyond the norm and into the very guts of the subject; I'd like to announce that the consummate book on this subject "Zero Error Margin; Airshow Display Flying Analyzed " has just been released...

Radar sale to China stopped The Bush administration blocked the sale of an advanced radar system to China and might purchase at least one of the stealth aircraft-detecting systems to offset the loss, U.S. and European officials said. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040525-113028-4180r.htm

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

If anyone has any 90th Bomb Group info they'd like to share please contact me. As 90th Space Wing historian I am trying to reconnect our unit with its predecessor the 90th Bomb Group, also known as "The Jolly Rogers". I'm compiling a file of stories, documents and other items of historical...

Zond-2: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond2.jpg Zond-3: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond3.jpg Rob

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Hi, Does anyone out there have a contact address or phone number for the 92 Squadron RAF Association? TIA Duncan

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I warned ya a coupla weeks ago, you didn't pay attention so here ya go! Hope you have a sense of humor, I have lots of these, when you tell them to your co-workers in the head, (you must know what a "head' is, you seem to know everything else about Navy terminology, including calling ships...

I am interested human powered flight, and I have a design for flexible spiral wings shaped like a cornucopia or the coils in an old telephone cord (See "Spring Wings" at http://patricktimony.tvheaven.com/catalog.html ). If anyone in the Washington DC area would be interested in collaborating...