Showing posts with label Bomber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomber. Show all posts
Monday, 1 December 2008
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
German secrets of World War Two ( 4 ) Horten Ho 229
Horten Ho 229
Designated the Horten Ho-IX, it was a revolutionary late-World War II prototype flying wing fighter/bomber, designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik.
A personal favourite of German Luftwaffe chief Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, it came too late, fortunately for the allies, and development ended at the loss of WW2
Designated the Horten Ho-IX, it was a revolutionary late-World War II prototype flying wing fighter/bomber, designed by Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik.
A personal favourite of German Luftwaffe chief Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, it came too late, fortunately for the allies, and development ended at the loss of WW2
Monday, 17 March 2008
David & Goliath
And Goliath turned and ran...
Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту–95) (NATO code Bear)
It's an old game, here's a F-102 Delta Dagger sending a Bear home in early sixties
Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту–95) (NATO code Bear)
It's an old game, here's a F-102 Delta Dagger sending a Bear home in early sixties
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
A giant WW1 bomber,the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was a four-engined German biplane strategic bomber of 1917-18.
It had an eight man crew, and needed a ground staff of 42 just to get the plane out of the hangar!
The bomber was the largest wooden aircraft ever built until the advent of the Howard Hughes H-4 Hercules, the "Spruce Goose"in 1947.
The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI's wingspan of 138 feet 5.5 inches (42.2 meters) nearly equaled that of the World War II B-29 Superfortress!
It operated 11 raids on Great Britain between September 28, 1917, and May 20, 1918, dropping 27,190 kg (30 tons) of bombs in 30 sorties. Aircraft flew to their targets on moonlit nights, using directional bearings by radio and using the river Thames as a navigational landmark. Missions on the 340-mile round trip lasted seven hours. None were lost in combat over Britain, but two crashed returning to base in the dark. A total of four R.VI's were shot down in combat, with six others destroyed in crashes.
Six of the 18 eventually built survived the war or were completed after the armistice.
It had an eight man crew, and needed a ground staff of 42 just to get the plane out of the hangar!
The bomber was the largest wooden aircraft ever built until the advent of the Howard Hughes H-4 Hercules, the "Spruce Goose"in 1947.
The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI's wingspan of 138 feet 5.5 inches (42.2 meters) nearly equaled that of the World War II B-29 Superfortress!
It operated 11 raids on Great Britain between September 28, 1917, and May 20, 1918, dropping 27,190 kg (30 tons) of bombs in 30 sorties. Aircraft flew to their targets on moonlit nights, using directional bearings by radio and using the river Thames as a navigational landmark. Missions on the 340-mile round trip lasted seven hours. None were lost in combat over Britain, but two crashed returning to base in the dark. A total of four R.VI's were shot down in combat, with six others destroyed in crashes.
Six of the 18 eventually built survived the war or were completed after the armistice.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
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