A couple of pictures I took at Farnborough.

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I saw this at the BAE stand at Farnborough, thought it was interesting.

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In many ways similar to the Westland Wyvern

I suppose, but much much faster and without a turboprop. Designed as a fighter rather than a strike aircraft.

Well yes, that would be a good reason to bolt on a gun turret on to it… would look a lot cooler if the gun turret was in the nose though…;)

Any chance of a “gunship version”, a la C-130 Spectre, that would be just as cool?;)

Oh my yes, that would be awesome. What weapons would you have in it? Would an M777 fit? Or perhaps a GAU-8?

Me too! 2 days ago I saw two Apache Longbows flying right over the centre of the city. I meant to post it and ask the exact same question, but forgot …

For instance, the Fleet Ready Escort and amphibious roles could be shared, with Scottish units operating right alongside. Overall, I wouldn’t expect any drastic changes, just a slight alteration in the way things are done!

That’s assuming the SNP agrees with whatever the government in London wants to do with those units, and they don’t agree with much.

We can take a look at some of the proposed prop-driven designs to get an idea of where things were headed.

At the same time Rolls-Royce was trying to develop a 2-stroke V12 engine called the Crecy that produced a theoretical maximum of 5000hp. Apparently its exhaust thrust made a significant contribution at high speed and altitude, making it a little jet-like.

I guess the next step after this would be to harness that exhaust thrust to drive a compressor fan, like in the compound engine.