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"David Thornley" wrote in message .. . With the striking exceptions of carrier and transport aircraft, it seems that, at any given time, the bulk of British-operated aircraft were of British design and manufacture. Which means the UK acquired many aircraft from outside sources. You'll find the UK also acquired a fair number of land-based fighters. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... Canada was an independent nation by then which declared war independently on Germany. I see your continued use of the word 'colony' to describe them as a studied insult of people who were loyal friends and allies. I don't think that's why he calls Canada a colony. I think he truly believes Canada was a British colony during WWII. After all, if Spiv is anything, he is stupid. True very true Keith |
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"ANDREW ROBERT BREEN" wrote in message ... The Nene Viking was certainly the first mating of an airliner fuselage to jet power and the first jet to be capable of employment as an airliner (engine and type certification aside). The Nene was not mated to the Viking airframe to produce an jet-powered Viking airliner, it was purely for the development of the Nene engine. |
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"Spiv" wrote in message ... It hasn't sunk in. Obviously, but we'll keep trying to help you understand. Britain always imported cheaper food, and food that can't be grown in the UK, from the empire and elsewhere. After WW2 the need to be self sufficient was not there. The UK did not have the capability to be self-sufficient in food during WWII. Britain would have fallen without food imports. It was. Not during the war. |
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"Spiv" wrote in message ... Try reading about it. That's good advice. You should heed it yourself. |
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In article .net,
Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "ANDREW ROBERT BREEN" wrote in message ... The Nene Viking was certainly the first mating of an airliner fuselage to jet power and the first jet to be capable of employment as an airliner (engine and type certification aside). The Nene was not mated to the Viking airframe to produce an jet-powered Viking airliner, it was purely for the development of the Nene engine. Sorry, I thought it was clear that I was saying exactly that - the Nene Viking would have made a very bad, very uneconomic airliner had anyone attempted to use it as such, so there was never any intention of doing so. *However*, if anyone had been daft enough and had got type approval for it, it could have carried passengers - even fare-payings ones - albeit at ruinous expense. And it was the first jet to get even that far. Everything starts somewhere.. -- Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group http://users.aber.ac.uk/azb/ "Time has stopped, says the Black Lion clock and eternity has begun" (Dylan Thomas) |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message link.net... "Spiv" wrote in message ... Try reading about it. That's good advice. Then take the advice, |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message hlink.net... "Spiv" wrote in message ... It hasn't sunk in. Obviously, but we'll keep trying to help you understand. Britain always imported cheaper food, and food that can't be grown in the UK, from the empire and elsewhere. After WW2 the need to be self sufficient was not there. The UK did not have the capability to be self-sufficient in food during WWII. Britain would have fallen without food imports. Please read thread - 4 times. |
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"Spiv" wrote in message ... Please read thread - 4 times. I have. What you've written here is not correct. |
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"Martin Rapier" wrote in message ... "Brandon J. Van Every" wrote in message {snip} It is now; the last time I heard somebody talking about "the whole world's population could stand on X" I think it was closer to three. Feel free to regard me as having functionally been living in a cave for the past three decades or so. Well, maybe they can stand on one foot, then. On each other's shoulders, it's only double, LOL! If they all jump down at the same time will it create a tidal wave which will engulf the earth? Cheers Martin No, the load bearing capabiities of the island were exceeded long ago, and the island sank beneath the waves and drowned everyone in a Great Flood which wiped out humanity, except for one group who clung to some flotsam and made it to the mainland. |
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