The Royal Airforce took to the skies and there were many battles between British and German planes over the Channel and South Coast. Although British losses were high, German losses were higher and at the beginning of September Hitler decided to try a new tactic to conquer Britain. Bombing Ra...
12. Pizza got popular in the USA after WW2 Italian immigrants have been making pizza in the USA since they arrived, but it wasn't until soldiers returning from Italy after WW2 wanted to eat more of the dish they'd found in Italy that it really kicked off there! Now pizza is one of ...
You’ve probably heard about durian – aka the ‘world’s smelliest fruit’ before, but did you know it smells so bad that it’s banned on public buses and planes across Asia? It might stink to high heavens, but it’s also a delicacy in many countries and is a super popular snack ...
Large scale bombing raids on British cities were carried out during the day by German biplanes called Gothas. There were threats from the sea, too. Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby were the first seaside towns to be shelled by the German navy. Battlecruisers, ships with huge guns, launched...
The P-47 madeits combat debut in April 1943, when a Thunderbolt with the U.S. Army’s4thFighter Groupbrought down aFocke Wulfe FW-190over France. Over the next two years, the planes would fly more than half a million sorties in Europe and the Pacific and would claim nearly 4,000 en...
What was the tactic used by Germany in the invasion of Poland? Germany employed the blitzkrieg strategy, which combined tanks, planes, and infantry for rapid and overwhelming attacks. What was the purpose of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? The pact allowed Germany to invade Poland without ...
There is a LOT more to the LSA rule than selling planes. I can buy today at least 4-5 LSA qualified aircraft for a TOTAL of $75,000. And then there’s the used S-LSA market where dozens can be had for under $75k. The important part about the LSA rule that is in fact very ...
Q: There were two planes in the sky. One was flying north/south and left a persistent contrail. The other plane was flying east/west and did not leave a contrail. Why did one plane leave a contrail, but the other did not? A: The two planes were flying at different altitudes – air...
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Also, many people overestimated the bonanza like they did with the caravan (Crash-Van) and other planes with lots of capabilities. Byron Allen Blacksays: August 2, 2018 at 4:05 am Wow, I just had a gander at the Cessna Caravan entry on Wikipedia. Out of 2500 aircraft produced, they re...