- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
This Day in History (Mar 5, 1936) - Never has ... So Much been Owed by so Many to so Few
Posted on 3/5/23 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 3/5/23 at 6:14 pm
quote:
On 5 March 1936,[13][nb 1] the prototype (K5054), fitted with a fine-pitch propeller to give more power for takeoff, took off on its first flight from Eastleigh Aerodrome (later Southampton Airport). At the controls was Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers, chief test pilot for Vickers, who is quoted as saying, "don't touch anything" on landing.[14][nb 2] This eight-minute flight[12] came four months after the maiden flight of the contemporary Hurricane.[16]
5
Posted on 3/5/23 at 6:15 pm to blueridgeTiger
P-51 gang
Posted on 3/5/23 at 6:22 pm to blueridgeTiger
14,487 Hurricanes built versus the Spitfire, of which 20,351 were built.
That’s a bunch of aircraft.
Jerry found out.
That’s a bunch of aircraft.
Jerry found out.
This post was edited on 3/5/23 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 3/5/23 at 6:29 pm to blueridgeTiger
Built this Spitfire a few years ago.
And this Hurricane around that same time.
And this Hurricane around that same time.
This post was edited on 3/5/23 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 3/5/23 at 8:36 pm to blueridgeTiger
It's crazy how fast planes and armor advanced from WW1 to WW2
Posted on 3/5/23 at 9:34 pm to Napoleon
quote:WWI showed that war by air was going to be important to prepare for. Thank Doolittle and his contemporaries for the speed of innovation.
It's crazy how fast planes and armor advanced from WW1 to WW2
Just think in 100 years people are going to be amazed that we had to have humans inside bombers.
Posted on 3/6/23 at 5:21 am to Napoleon
True. Heck, its crazy how many advancements were made in the roughly 6 years of the second world War. There were still biplanes in service for many countries at the start of the war and the Germans had jets by the end.
Posted on 3/6/23 at 6:54 am to blueridgeTiger
The 100 octane gasoline that gave the Spitfire and extra boost in the Battle of Britain was developed and refined at the Standard Oil Refinery in Baton Rouge. 
Posted on 3/6/23 at 7:31 am to MSUDawg98
quote:
Just think in 100 years people are going to be amazed that we had to have humans inside bombers.
Actually once millenials take over we won’t have war anymore because we’re empathetic and learned from the boomers mistakes
Posted on 3/6/23 at 7:34 am to el Gaucho
Relax Gauch, there's a drone with your name on it being designed at Wuhan today.
Posted on 3/6/23 at 7:56 am to beerJeep
quote:Only made it to fame when it got the Spitfire's Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
P-51 gang
Posted on 3/6/23 at 8:56 am to TigerGman
quote:
Rolls Royce Merlin engine
Speaking of advancements, the Merlin went from 1,000 HP in the first production engines that went in Spitfires to over 2,000hp in the ones they produced for the de Havilland Hornet. (Even though the Hornet never made it to operational status by the end of the war, the Merlin's were upgraded for the Hornet to be a long range fighter in the Pacific)
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News