Random questions
Some questions the assembled wisdom of Pprune may be able to help with, or at least have an interesting argument about.
Why did it take UK manufacturers in particular so long to adopt nosewheel undercarriages? Was it that tailwheels were not regarded as causing ground handling problems at the time? Or the extra weight of a nosewheel? Or a bit of both?
Why didn't the Spitfire and Mustang have a decent rear view from the beginnning?
Did anyone seriously consider a turboprop Shackleton?
Are there any bits of Lancaster in the Vulcan?
Why does the total wingspan (upper and lower) of a biplane seem to be so much greater than that of a monoplane of roughly equivalent performance? Something to do with interference between the wings? Or does it just look greater?