Jet! When Britain Rules the Skies
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Also tomorrow from 9pm on Sky History Channel, 3 Battle of Britain documentaries.
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When did Britain ever rule the skies? And with jets? 1946???
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 10885226)
When did Britain ever rule the skies? And with jets? 1946???
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Asturias56,
A point that I was about to make, because there was never a period when Britain ruled the skies. salad-dodger, Watching the programme only confirms that Britain COULD have ruled the skies... |
Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 10885226)
When did Britain ever rule the skies? And with jets? 1946???
Ah, just realised the date has changed over and it's now the 15th September, BoB Day! |
Well, we ruled the skies over SE England in 1940, |
Only during the daytime. |
Originally Posted by pr00ne
(Post 10885422)
Asturias56,
A point that I was about to make, because there was never a period when Britain ruled the skies. salad-dodger, Watching the programme only confirms that Britain COULD have ruled the skies... |
Just imagine if we hadn't given the Yanks the jet engine or the all-moving tailplane.
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Originally Posted by just another jocky
(Post 10885706)
Just imagine if we hadn't given the Yanks the jet engine or the all-moving tailplane.
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Originally Posted by Lookleft
(Post 10885458)
Only during the daytime.
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Originally Posted by pasta
(Post 10885740)
At the same time as having to reinvent the nuclear weapon...
The UK only researched one form of U-235 separation process. The USA came up with another two which were used with the UK method (which the USA had been working on themselves anyway) in combination to get enough enriched Uranium for the Little Boy Weapon by 1945. The British did play a big part in the development of the design of the Implosion explosive system on Fat Man, but were not involved in the production of Plutonium in any major way, which at the time was the quickest way to build bombs.
Originally Posted by just another jocky
(Post 10885706)
Just imagine if we hadn't given the Yanks the jet engine or the all-moving tailplane.
The Moving Tail assembly on the X-1 was included in the design of the aircraft from the git go on instructions from NACA for trim control via an pneumatic control systems with limited movement and rate of change. Primary flight control in pitch was via un-boosted manual elevators. Modifications done to the X-1 before Yeager took the aircraft supersonic seem to have been an increase in the movement rate of the trim control to allow that to be used as the primary flight control during trans-sonic flight. The Slab Tail on the X-1 and everything else like the F-86 came later. |
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