Edit: More Polikarpov mania: It seems there were some I-16s with the M-88 engine (That would have been used on the I-180). Maybe these were the famous 'Bill Gunstons WW2 fighters'/Wikipedia I-16s that could get to 520Km/h. There were texts here and ...
there are already a multitude of blogs which are addressing the racial discrimination at the border. The post you made is better suited to go there. This blog post (the OP's post) focuses on the US Point of View.
lagged in aerial torpedo capability in both the weapon as well as the attack aircraft coming into what would be WW II. Until later in WW II these weapons were bespoke and custom made so production numbers were low, in the hundreds for each country, not the thousands. This explains why Naz...
For them it does not matter than 50 years before modern Zionism, Jews of the region were begging the French and British for protection from Islamic persecution. Nor is it relevant that anti-Jewish laws were set in place throughout the area. The revisionists just airbrushed all this out of ...
The Soviet Union hosted it's classic military parade on the 8th of May, 1993, marking the date of the final victory in WW2, and generally serving as send off to the mayday festivities that accompanied every labour day on May 1st. That year's festivities were the most luxuriou...
[Clip: “What about the option of controlling the air space so that barrel bombs can’t be dropped?“All of the options…”“What do you think of that option, sir?”“Right now, Senator, for us to control all of the airspace in Syria would require us to go to war against Syria ...
It's HyperScale's last update for 2016 and I would like to wish all of our visitors a safe and happy New Year. I'm pleased to welcome HyperScale's latest advertiser, Model Paint Solutions, who is now sponsoring the Plane Trading Forum....
It is true there was some outrage, both the Mayor of London and the British Prime Minister made public comments condemning the antisemitic attack. But in the media, things were different. The Guardian just ignored it, but it was the British national broadcaster that went the extra mile. ...
Peter Brown reviews Star Decals' 1/72 scale Comets in WW2 and Cold War. Two images of the instructions are included. The latest episode of Plastic Model Mojo is out where the guys interview the authors of the new book, T-34 Shock. ...and don't forget to check out the outstanding ...
of history shows us that men have always insisted on behaving creatively under the shadow of the sword; that they have done their artistic and scientific and domestic stuff for the sake of doing it, and that we had better follow their example under and in the shadow of” bombs, drones, ...