And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes, the out-and-out communist Cripps (and the socialist government cheerfully went along with him) did OK the sale, but ... you might like to check who in (the wholly owned and run subsidiary of the US) NATO approved and 'paid' for them, because it was sure-as-sh*t wasn't Russia.
But just like who actually funded the German build-up prior to (and even in the beginning of) WW2 (not to mention where he got most of his eugenic ideas from - that would be California if you've forgotten) is now entirely memory-holed, 'that' is something 'you' can never admit. Right?
Both have their origins with Kurt Tank's Focke-Wulf Ta 183. More so with the Mig as the Soviets capture a lot of the engineers that where in on the design.
It helped us when we had a MiG that defected and picked up parts of planes shot down over Korea. It helped the Communists when they recovered an F-86 that crash landed on a sand island at low tide.
The MiG 15 didn't have hydraulically boosted controls so at high speeds its maneuverability dropped off as the pilot had to overcome air loads by brute force. Also at high speeds the nose moved around making gunnery more challenging.
our good friends the brits gave the reds the engine for the mig15
ReplyDeleteYes, the out-and-out communist Cripps (and the socialist government cheerfully went along with him) did OK the sale, but ... you might like to check who in (the wholly owned and run subsidiary of the US) NATO approved and 'paid' for them, because it was sure-as-sh*t wasn't Russia.
DeleteBut just like who actually funded the German build-up prior to (and even in the beginning of) WW2 (not to mention where he got most of his eugenic ideas from - that would be California if you've forgotten) is now entirely memory-holed, 'that' is something 'you' can never admit. Right?
The Brits are always so helpful to us Americans.
ReplyDelete" The Sun never sets on the British Empire because God doesn't trust the Brits in the Dark " - Irish proverb
DeleteThe dark is where Prince Lucas resides.
DeleteTheir German scientists and ours came up with the swept back wings at about the same time....technology the Germans already had at the end of WWII....
ReplyDeleteNATO name; Fagot. Not Farmer, not Fishbed. Or even Flogger.
ReplyDeleteHoward Hughes sold the Zero to the Japanese after our Air Force rejected it.
ReplyDeleteMyth; https://www.historynet.com/did-howard-hughes-design-japans-zero-fighter/
DeleteThe Sakai engine was reverse engineered from the D-3.
DeleteCutting edge technology for the day. And Form follows Function in nearly every design.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how often the form of one design is so very similar to that of another machine designed for the same task. Not only in fighters, either.
Like blowback auto pistols, there's only so many different ways to design them.
DeleteF 86 is in the top 3 favorite jets !!!!
ReplyDeleteAluminum skinned and proud of it. I always liked that look.
ReplyDeleteSomeone made some big money on those secrets...
ReplyDeleteBoth have their origins with Kurt Tank's Focke-Wulf Ta 183.
ReplyDeleteMore so with the Mig as the Soviets capture a lot of the engineers
that where in on the design.
It helped us when we had a MiG that defected and picked up parts of planes shot down over Korea. It helped the Communists when they recovered an F-86 that crash landed on a sand island at low tide.
ReplyDeleteThe MiG 15 didn't have hydraulically boosted controls so at high speeds its maneuverability dropped off as the pilot had to overcome air loads by brute force. Also at high speeds the nose moved around making gunnery more challenging.
The MiG also lacked the "flying tail" the US fighters had at that point. Also needed not one but two wing fences due to a poor wing design.
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