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	Unreal Aircraft - Post-WW2 British aircraft gallery
		Designed by John Digby, it was a large aircraft because of the large engine (24 cylinders) and the intention to fit a turboprop at a later date.
		This involved removing the undercarriage and the aircraft landed by bouncing down onto the rubberised flight-deck.
		The Royal Navy obtained 402 aircraft under the Lend-Lease scheme, 832 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm was the first to be equipped with them in early January 1943.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /fowler (1928 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		By 1940, total production had arisen by more than 75 percent; heavy industrial production by almost 500 percent; and 17 percent of Japan's total output was being devoted to direct war purposes and expansion of her munition industries, as against 2.6 percent at that time in the United States.
		The share of the gross national product devoted to direct war and munitions expenditures increased from 23 percent in 1941 to 31 percent in 1942, 42 percent in 1943 and 52 percent in 1944.
		Aircraft production of all types, including training planes, was stepped up from 700 planes per month in the summer of 1942 to 2,572 planes in September 1944.
	www.usaaf.net /surveys/pto/pbs16.htm (1745 words)

	Aircraft: PZL Mielec An-2
		An-2's entered production in 1947 and proved so capable that they were almost immediately adapted by the military as a light (an arguable statement) utility transport.
		More than 5,000 were built in Russia until 1960 when production of the aircraft was transferred to Poland.
		Production continued there, without any significant changes in the design, until 1992 when the last major contract was completed.
	www.marchfield.org /an2.htm (261 words)

	Original WW2 Red Army and Soviet steel helmets
		WW2 SSch-40 helmet, dated 1944 year, untouched condition as found in the old barn in south Estonia, one pad is missed.
		Liner and leather chinstrap show the 1941-42 year of production (liner with pads), which was made in some different small factories and cooperative associations.
		Pre WW2 Soviet Russian experimental M36 steel helmet designed for heavy howitzer artillery, made by Izhora factory "Izhorskiy zavod" in Leningrad, the factory name is "Izd 187/35".
	aboutww2militaria.com /rus_steel_helmets.htm (804 words)

	PZL P.37 by Lukasz Kedzierski (Mirage 1/48)
		The aircraft was powered by Bristol Pegasus XX engines, had redesigned cockpit and twin vertical stabilizers in place of a single one to improve the rear field of fire.
		During the same year this aircraft was shown in Paris and in the meantime a flight of 2 Łoś A’s and 1 Łoś Abis was demonstrated in Bulgaria.
		Repairs of damaged aircraft were not possible since the ground crews did not have all the essential equipment and battle worthiness was further affected by the fact that most of the aircraft were not fully equipped (radio, compass, etc.).
	www.clubhyper.com /reference/pzl37lk_1.htm (3490 words)

	Browning Machine Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The aircraft guns were lightened considerably, and generally had a very high rate of fire, often nearly twice that of its ground counterpart.
		The aircraft MGs are regarded by many collectors as the cream of the crop in air-cooled Browning machine guns.
		War production weapons tend to be needed quickly and in great numbers, with little attention given to appearance.
	www.liberatorcrew.com /Images_1919A4/Brownings.htm (1613 words)

	CFS WW2 Aircraft
		Four Norwegian He115s escaped during the invasion in April 1940 to be used by the RAF for covert operations.
		Lysanders were used as army cooperation aircraft with the British Expeditionary Force in September 1939 spotting and bombing enemy postions.
		It's agility, speed and armament were no match for the German fighters and it was only later in the war that it's short take off and landing abilities were used to great effect transporting spies and equipment into enemy territory.
	www.elwood.freeserve.co.uk /aircraft.htm (263 words)

	Chance Vought F4U Corsair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The engine of production aircraft was the R-2800-8, rated for 2000hp at an rpm of 2700 for take-off.
		From the 759th aircraft onwards, the framed canopy of the F4U-1 was quickly replaced by a much neater plexiglass "bulb" with small frames.
		Kill claims are almost invariably too high: Repeated firing on the same aircraft, the confusion of a fast-moving battle, overestimation of damage done to the enemy, and over-confidence of the pilots usually produce estimates which are at least a factor two too high.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/f4u.html (5453 words)

	PZL P.37 - Polish Aviation History Page
		In December 1938 PZL began moving the production of the remaining aircraft to a new factory in Mielec, and as the result of consequent delays only 90 aircraft were accepted by the Air Force till 1st September 1939.
		Of these, 36 aircraft, not all of them fully equipped, became part of the Bomber Brigade and were responsible for a large proportion of the damage inflicted by the Brigade on German Panzers.
		Another 10 aircraft were received as replacements, while most other P.37s - in training centers and at Malaszewicze air base, where a bomber wing was being formed - were destroyed on the ground, either during fighting, or by Polish personnel - to prevent them from falling into German hands.
	ww2-aviation.net /polavhist/p37.html (962 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Flying Forever - Skyhook
		A search for suitable aircraft began, as the original types she was designed for were either obsolete or never left the drawing board.
		In March 1934, Macon received replacements for its obsolescent N2Y aircraft in the form of a pair of Waco XJW-1s, conversions to the Waco UBF three-seat sport plane.
		The surviving aircraft continued in utility duties; the last F9C was facing the scrap pile when submissions were made for its preservation, and it was placed in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /forever/skyhook.php (748 words)

	WW2 Luftwaffe Air Superiority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		These effects were an increasingly greater number of aircraft needed, a failure to meet the bombers with a strong force and a failure to keep the long range Allied fighters at bay.
		The stopping of developments was only to devote more attention on current fighter production was illogical given the low production rates were due not to a lack of the ability to produce but instead to a lack of initiative as previously shown.
		This lack of production was due to the insistence of adapting the slower and nearing obsolete Ju88 into a night fighter.
	www.caselab.okstate.edu /ocharle/projects/lf.html (3655 words)

	Aircraft
		Standard equipment in the VMO and later the HMLs, many of these utility aircraft were converted into gunships.
		Production delays and accidents during testing have pushed back deployment with active squadrons to at least 2005.
		The "Gooney Bird" was assigned to HandMS squadrons as a logistics aircraft.
	www.geocities.com /hma1369/aircraft.html (326 words)

	Fourays - The Australian Army Aviation Association Inc
		Oddly the specification also included a requirement that the aircraft be able to carry out dive-bombing at angles of up to 30-degees and the ability to launch torpedoes.
		Rolls Royce, eager to produce as many Merlin engines as possible for other aircraft, could not devote the effort necessary to perfect the Vulture and the result was an engine plagued with problems, including overheating, seizure and a tendency to catch fire.
		Despite the growing successes with the revised Manchester, the advantages of switching production to the new four engined version, now named the Lancaster, were clearly obvious and production was ceased after only 200 of the original order for 1200 were produced.
	www.fourays.org /features_2005/great_combat_aircraft/lancaster/lancaster.htm (1069 words)

	Fourays - The Australian Army Aviation Association Inc
		There's many aircraft that have been on the cutting edge of technology and were the best of their type at the time, however unless circumstances allowed these aircraft to demonstrate their capability, this alone doesn't seem to be enough to bestow greatness on the design.
		Perhaps being one of the most graceful aircraft ever flown is sufficient to earn the title, although aesthetics alone shouldn't be the primary criteria.
		So in this series when we compare aircraft, it isn’t our intention to suggest that one is “greater” than another, simply because it flew faster, further or carried a heavier bomb load or shot down more of its opponents than any other type.
	www.fourays.org /features_2005/great_combat_aircraft/great_combat.htm (655 words)

	My Favourite Aircraft - The Lockheed P-38
		A very versatile aircraft, the Lightning was also used for dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing and photo reconnaissance missions.
		I have read that the first production versions of the Lightning were not as fast as expected, and had a low service ceiling, due to a mismatch of turbochargers and engines.
		After WW2, a number of P-38s were used for aerial photography in the private sector.
	home.worldonline.dk /winthrop/p38.html (1317 words)

	Authentic Reproductions: Aircraft Models of WAR & PEACE
		It was utilized as air to air fighter, a bomber escort, and devastating ground attack bomber and became a foremost factor in ground operations.
		No other aircraft of the war has such an aura of the glamour and mystique as the Spitfire.
		It was one of the first truly modern aircraft to emerge during WWII.
	www.aircraftmodels.com /ww2-euro.htm (1186 words)

	Soviet Bombers of the Great Patriotic War (WW2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most successful Soviet aircraft of the w Pe-2 provided the backbone of the USSR's tactical bombing fc all of the Eastern Front - initially in the defensive role - and I support of the various offensives which culminated in the cap Berlin in May 1945.
		Deliveries began in May 1940 and production aircraft were powered by three different types of engine: the AM-35 V1 2 initially (with which performance was regarded as disappointing); the M-30B diesel (which conferred increased range); and finally the ASh-82 radial after failures resulted in discontinuation of the diesel programme.
		About 48 aircraft were re-engined with the ASh-82, mainly after production of the Pe-8 had ended in October 1941.
	www.ww2guide.com /russianb.shtml (914 words)

	Digg - The Only Nazi Aircraft Carrier Ever (almost) Built
		Carriers are PRIME targets for bombers, with the defensive placements as badly laid out as they were she would have depended way to much on other ships and her small amount of aircraft for protection.
		While one aircraft carrier would have made little difference, I believe that duxxyuk was referring to the lack of foresight on the part of Hitler to realize that carriers would be important.
		But for countries to rebuild, there sure as hell must be a willingness by the host nations to welcome the foreign help and use it to their advantage.
	digg.com /offbeat_news/The_Only_Nazi_Aircraft_Carrier_Ever_almost_Built (2640 words)

	ipedia.com: World War II Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Severe damage was done to the American Pacific Fleet, although the aircraft carriers escaped as they were at sea.
		Japanese forces simultaneously invaded the British possessions of Malaya and Borneo and the American occupied Philippines, with the intention of seizing the oilfields of the Dutch East Indies.
		US and Allied submarines and aircraft also attacked Japanese merchant shipping, depriving Japanese industry of the raw materials she had gone to war to obtain.
	www.ipedia.com /world_war_ii.html (3781 words)

	North American FJ-1 Fury
		The first production FJ-1,was delivered to the Navy in March 1947, however the initial contract of one hundred FJ-ls was reduced to only thirty.
		The NACA's R.T. Jones independently arrived at the concept of wing sweep for transonic aircraft, published in a February 1945 paper in the U.S. But the idea was met with resistance, until similar work was discovered in German research facilities several months later.
		After the FJ-1 was in production, the captured WW2 German data came to light, was evaluated and applied to the redesigned F-86.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/North-American-FJ1/fury.php (1052 words)

	Tanknet > Italian fighter aircraft of WW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Seems that a common trait of their fighters is that they were a bit underarmed, and they used the last biplane fighter (Fiat CR 42) to see large-scale service with any major air force.
		They're full of gems like "variable pitch propellers are too complicated to use" "you can't fight from enclosed cockpit" and "only experienced pilots should be allowed to fly the [pressurized] plane, because you can't hear wind outside and speed has to be estimated from the airspeed indicator...".
		Italian prototypes were up to date, mainly, when compared with contemporaneous aircraft, but they were let down by their powerplants and by a lack of industrial facilities.
	www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t15323.html (1394 words)

	B24.NET - WWII B-24 Aircraft Photos
		To enter the aircraft the usual drill was to flick a small hydraulic lever on the right side of the bay.
		From the start the B-24D was cleared to 56,000 lb (25402 kg) and by mid-1942 it was operating at 60,000 lb (27216 kg), making it the heaviest aircraft in production in the USA (the Halifax and Lancaster had just been cleared to the same weight).
		From spring 1944 all five plants delivered aircraft to USAAF service depots where any of a wide range of tail armament and equipment schemes could be installed according to the destination theatre.
	www.b24.net /aircraft.htm (3250 words)

	WW2 Model Kits From Brickmania
		The ninth WW2 custom Lego® model kit to be designed by Daniel Siskind and the fifth of a new series of WW2 AFV models to be released by Brickmania.
		The seventh WW2 custom Lego® model kit to be designed by Daniel Siskind and the third of a new series of WW2 AFV models to be released by Brickmania.
		The fifth WW2 custom Lego® model kit to be designed by Daniel Siskind and the first of a new series of WW2 AFV models to be released by Brickmania.
	www.brickmania.com /store_pages/WW2kits.html (2799 words)

	Panel
		NZ1050 is supplied with a photo-realistic FS98 instrument panel based on the original instrument panel of NZ1015 which was used during the Vietnam war era as a FAC training aircraft (complete with gunsight!).
		At one time these were considered highly unreliable, and as an unplanned inflation while the pilot was still strapped in his seat could have very unpleasant consequences, the knife was provided to permit rapid deflation of the dinghy!
		The Mk II Harvards come equipped with a simplified panel based on a wartime NA Aircraft factory photo used in the production of the Harvard aircraft maintenance manuals.
	www.avsim.com /hangar/utils/mdltobgl/id34.htm (143 words)

	Uncle Ted's ADC Collection
		While design bureaus did not have to worry about turning a profit, the aircraft that were more efficient to produce and operate were those selected for use.
		Once WW2 began in Europe, and several aircraft deals died by non-delivery, Sweden decided it needed a domestic aircraft industry to supply its air arm to maintain its stance of armed neutrality in the face of mid-twentieth century combat.
		These aircraft were being developed as the Reich was falling, meaning that prototypes were being constructed (or had been flown) but there were still a few bugs to be worked out.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/ADClist.htm (3134 words)

	Aircraft Manufacturers A to F
		During WW2,in addition to the production shown in the ZIP file,the company was involved in work on Seafire aircraft.
		All Cierva aircraft built at Hamble are listed in the AVRO production list as they were allotted AVRO c/ns, and in the case of those built in the early years,given AVRO type numbers.
		This was followed by production of some 120 aircraft for the RAF,India,Yugoslavia and Finland.As with the Midge, all were transported to Chilbolton for flight testing.
	daveg4otu.tripod.com /ah1900/prod1.html (927 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		damage was done to the American Pacific Fleet although the aircraft carriers escaped as they were at sea.
		US and Allied submarines and aircraft also Japanese merchant shipping depriving Japanese industry of raw materials she had gone to war obtain.
		The Axis lost at least partly because Allies after the USA's and the Soviet entrance into the war had greater productive and were able to turn these resources greater numbers of soldiers and weapons than Axis.
	www.freeglossary.com /World_War_II (3845 words)

	Aircraft Manufacturing in Hampshire
		The first facility for building powered aircraft was at Farnborough, and over the following 40 years the number of aircraft manufacturers in the county grew,reaching a peak during the 40s and 50s.
		Assembled Spitfires.Post war component production for Swift etc. CIERVA Autogiro Company:after arrival from Hamble produced components for their Autogiro.
		Aircraft c/n 1 was the Portsmouth Aerocar Minor,registered as G-AGNJ but not completed.
	daveg4otu.tripod.com /ah1900/manu.html (720 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		aircraft carriers escaped as they were at sea.
		US and Allied submarines and aircraft also attacked Japanese merchant shipping, depriving Japanese industry of the raw materials she had gone to war to obtain.
		This was further compounded by the comparitive lack of equipment standardization among the Axis forces and its failure to use its large territorial (and associated resources) gains in an economy on war footing.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

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