The German proximity fuse.

In article ,
Keith W wrote:

"Eunometic" wrote in message
Only if you assume the proximity fuse is a 100% effective super weapon

Presumably Wellingtons could be fitted with two stage supercharged
merlins and a presurised fueselage.

Presumably NOT, a pressurised fuselage is a non trivial modn.

Actually, the flying breadbasket /was/ built in a high-altitude, pressurised
version (in fact much of the UK development of pressurisation was done
using the Wellington). Obviously the fuselage itself wasn't pressurised
(fabric not being much good for that) but a pressurised crew area
was developed and flown. The two types were the Mk.V and VI, both
fitted with pressurised cockpit and high-altitude versions of the Bristol
Hercules.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine...120/welly.html

Vickers were leaders (in .uk) in working on stratospheric
aircraft - the Barnes Wallis proposals for the Victory
Bomber was one strand, the original design for the Windsor
another (hence the guns in remote-control barbettes in
the tails of the engine nacelles) and the 75- and 100-
ton giants of the 1944 programme a third. None ever
reached squadron service, but all (except the Victory)
were far more than just paper aeroplanes.

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Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group
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