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To: sukhoi-30mki

Looks like a Gannet and two others I can’t identify.


3 posted on 01/12/2018 8:39:55 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Good call on the Fairey, I’m stumped on the other two, it’s teasing around the back of my brain.


5 posted on 01/12/2018 8:51:11 PM PST by null and void ( The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid....)
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To: tet68

Blackburn Buccaneers.


9 posted on 01/12/2018 9:02:18 PM PST by null and void ( The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid....)
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To: tet68

I also see RN Phantoms and Buccaneers. There were some big differences between the RN Phantoms and USN Phantoms. The RN Phantoms had larger intakes due to the Rolls Royce Spey engines (insisting on UK content), and a longer nose gear. The latter was to get a larger angle of attack due to the shorter catapults. RN carriers tended to be very cramped. A holdover from their design philosophy from early WW2, they had armored flight decks, as well as the hangar being an armored box. Thus reliance on centerline elevators that were quite small (did the RN ever implement deck edge elevators?), and any angled deck tended to be quite shallow, with maybe the exception of the HMS Victorious. The USN Essex class IMHO appeared more capable (similar size to the Ark Royal and Eagle CATOBARs). I just wonder how they cross decked the Intruders, although the Buccaneers were similar size and weight. The Buccaneers however did have some kind of boundary layer bleed on the wing, or something like that, optimizing for lower speed takeoff and landing. I know I’m going to get flamed on this one.


11 posted on 01/12/2018 9:04:01 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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