Is it me, or does the ac seem a tad underpowered on take-off? .

Dunno about the yak-30, but does anyone remember the BD-5J at Farnborough in the 80s? Damn thing had almost vanished into Laffans Plain before it even rotated, let alone unstuck!

At a purely subjective level, and keeping it on thread as fighters only, I’d go for the Viggen and Su27.
I recall the Spey-engined Phantoms as being noisier than the J79 versions. Anyone else agree?

This could be a very long list indeed. Among the better-known losses, of course, was the second dH-108 TG306 and Geoffrey de Havilland (jnr) in September 1946.

Sorry completely missed this thread initially.

Given we have several guys who worked at Speke during that time helping with Charlie Fox let me ask round and see what I can find out.

Only the other day a few guys were reliving the incident of a Viscount hitting the Terminal! lol 😀

Jon

The Viscount hitting the terminal incident would have been the time when British Eagle’s G-AMOE suffered a siezed mainwheel brake while taxying and swung round into a doorway with the proverbial sickening crunch. It was in July 66 and was one of those occasions when no-one was hurt and there was much amusement, but on sober reflection it could have been a lot nastier.

I’m pretty sure some of the wartime experimental Rolls-Royce engines were two strokes. My usual reference for this is Bill Gunston’s account of RR aero engines, but it’s gone walkabout in the house somewhere – can anyone else confirm or deny this?

Found it – as I thought, the Exe, Pennine and Crecy were all sleeve-valve two-strokes. Just when things began to look promising, gas turbines arrived.

Don’t you just love the accent?
Haven’t got the time to run it again, but was that the Hawker P1052 or the 1081 that flew past? And what was on those interior shots? Lancaster fin? Unknown bomb-aimer’s position? Roofed-in cockpit – Dakota?
The caption, if that’s the right word, refers to an Attacker. Didn’t see on myself, but I had my doubts the second I realised it was an RAF film anyway.
Thanks for the link – most worthwhile

The Me.262 grabs much of the limelight because of its advanced aerodynamic design

I’ve always been under the impression that the Me262’s swept wing was decided upon for other than aerodynamic reasons relating to compressibility effects, and any benefits in that area were just good luck, serendipity.
I’ve just had a quick look at the entry in Warplanes of the Third
Reich and it doesn’t say one way or the other. Can anyone confirm this – or tell me that I’ve been labouring under a misapprehension?