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Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Stephen Harding" wrote in message
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Keith Willshaw wrote:

"Leah Lidtorf" wrote in message

Better than modern jets.Biplanes are planes for real knights of the
sky.Improved Biplanes could be better than most jets.

Jets are ****.

Ah an Aussie troll and a VERY poor one

Score 1/10 for picking the right newsgroup.

Ahh, but think how many jet engines could be bolted on to all
those extra wings!


Its been done

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=3754

Not just then, either. The VVS trialled (and may have even operated)
Polikarpov i153s with ramjet assisters, and certainly flew i15bis
and i153s in combat equipped with rockets for air-ground and air-air
use.
None of it worked that well, but it's been done.

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