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Alternative aviation blog: news, satire & history from 25K feet. I am human & I need Tupolevs. Our incredible aviation blog here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/W3ijUt0iaX

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This is a long read, and one you have to read if you're interested in World War II aircraft - seriously fascinating stuff. Spitfire, Mustang and the ‘Meredith Effect’ How a Soviet Spy Helped Change the Course of the War: hushkit.substack.com/p/spitf…
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UK Defence Journal
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The Royal Air Force will equip its Chinook helicopters and A400M Atlas transport aircraft to fight fires, giving Britain an aerial firefighting capability permanently based in the United Kingdom for the first time. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/raf-…

RAF Chinooks and A400M to fight UK wildfires from the sky

The Royal Air Force will equip its Chinook helicopters and A400M Atlas transport aircraft to fight fires, giving Britain an aerial firefighting capability permanently based in the United Kingdom for...

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The Soviets received 23 Hampden bombers in September 1942, following a dangerous flight from Britain to northern Russia. They were used as torpedo bombers in the Arctic until late 1943. They achieved some successes, but at a high cost. 12 of the Hampdens were lost in combat.
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Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire@Hush_KitOct 22
Sorry only 19 more people can subscribe to the blog today. Here’s the link hushkit.substack.com
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Joe Wilding
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For anyone interested, I made a Meredith-effect calculator based on the original 1935 paper. You can change the input conditions and see how much drag (or thrust!) the design will make, both at the design point and off-condition. meredith-effect.netlify.app/ Great post, and a terrific book by Peter Spring!
Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire@Hush_KitOct 19
This is a long read, and one you have to read if you're interested in World War II aircraft - seriously fascinating stuff. Spitfire, Mustang and the ‘Meredith Effect’ How a Soviet Spy Helped Change the Course of the War: hushkit.substack.com/p/spitf…
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‘Le TSR.2’? ‘Le Vigilante’? The proposed French Mirage VI of 1963 would have been gorgeous!
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When the last Javelin retired, God cast out the T-tail from the kingdom of fighter heaven and condemned it to eternal damnation on tactical and regional transports
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Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire@Hush_KitOct 22
In a general knowledge quiz, pilots of which service would win?
62%RAF
17%USAF
4%USMC
17%US Navy
559 votes • Final results
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When the last Javelin retired, God cast out the T-tail from the kingdom of fighter heaven and condemned it to eternal damnation on tactical and regional transports
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(If anyone replies with F-104, please can you save me time by pasting: The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter doesn't count as a T-tail because its horizontal stabilator is mounted partway up the vertical fin, rather than at the very top. Thanks.)
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"A Dambusters/Finding Nemo prequel mashup. When the Möhne Dam was breached, a torrent of water rushed through the valley. For European brown trout Waltraud & Dieter, the flood changed everything. For the first time in years, the barrier that had separated them was gone."
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The Soviets received 23 Hampden bombers in September 1942, following a dangerous flight from Britain to northern Russia. They were used as torpedo bombers in the Arctic until late 1943. They achieved some successes, but at a high cost. 12 of the Hampdens were lost in combat.
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Most interesting story of how storage won the Second World War?
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🇬🇧 In 1936, the RAF had just 8,000 tonnes of aviation fuel in reserve — around 10 days of wartime supply, or just 1 day at peak consumption. (Source: researchgate.net/publication…) Photo: airwolfhound
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Sorry only 19 more people can subscribe to the blog today. Here’s the link hushkit.substack.com
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Hold up! Maybe I should do this for real online - let me know if you’re serving (or former) pilot of one of these services and want to take part
Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire@Hush_KitOct 22
In a general knowledge quiz, pilots of which service would win?
62%RAF
17%USAF
4%USMC
17%US Navy
559 votes • Final results
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In a general knowledge quiz, pilots of which service would win?
62%RAF
17%USAF
4%USMC
17%US Navy
559 votes • Final results
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‘Le TSR.2’? ‘Le Vigilante’? The proposed French Mirage VI of 1963 would have been gorgeous!
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Mistletoe & wine your body gyal
Cliff Richard News@SirCliffNewsOct 19
Sir Cliff Richard, 86, aiming for fourth Christmas No1 with surprise REGGAE version of The Lord is My Shepherd. #CliffRichard thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40…

Sir Cliff Richard, 86, aiming for fourth Christmas No1 with surprise REGGAE version of The Lord is...

SIR Cliff Richard is aiming for his fifth Christmas No1 with a reggae version of The Lord Is My Shepherd. He has teamed up with Chris Eaton, who wrote his 1990 chart-topper Saviour’s Day, for the t…

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