1910s aviation >>>
1910s aviation >>>
With the US now maybe leaving Europe on its own, I propose the noncredible idea of churning out a Euro-CAN fleet of 1000s of Sopwith Camels:
-Easy to restart Canadian aerospace manufacturing to supply a US-less NATO (the planes are just fabric and wood meaning that even… Canadian procurement shudders can get hold of it)
-These sustainable materials mean there will no longer be aerospace-related resource concerns and everything needed can be produced domestically in the countries that need them (autarky!)
-The Camel’s crazy low operating speeds and tight turn radius mean it can outmaneuver any SAMs fired at it
-Any SAMs that are a threat will simply be shot at by the pilot with a revolver
-Way more affordable than modern aircraft
-The cool, classic vibes of the plane will counteract the immense gravitational pull of the pilot’s massive titanium balls
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There was a book I found called Test Pilot. It's a bunch of stories written by (you guessed it!) a test pilot in the 20s-30s who had a side job writing his tales for a newspaper between jobs. Great read!
One time he was hired on by the Navy to do dive testing, which laid the groundwork for dive bombers and divebombing techniques. g suits weren't a thing so his vision constantly blacked out each time, and sometimes he had to reach 9g on the pullouts! He wrote that the changes in air pressure and gs were great for hang overs.
Today's pilots are cool but these guys were a different breed
(looked it up again on project gutenberg, edited the comment to match the real stories)
I will sponsor 2 of these fine craft, but only if I can pay for it in Morgans. Silver is the money of gentlemen, sir.
Me when my AI powered Cloud connected Edge computed Server with wings can not do a basic checklist on its own:
You joke, but this is a legit idea that has been tossed around and it is 100% credible
even… Canadian procurement shudders can get hold of it
That's too unrealistic for even NCD
I heard the red ones go faster.
And higher.
Modern aircraft last considerably longer than the ones from 1910. Just think, how many F16s have you seen versus how many Spad VIIs? It's simple logic.