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mirth

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bob48

Now, if only we could afford that many...............
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Windigo

Quote from: bob48 on July 30, 2018, 11:21:03 AM
Now, if only we could afford that many...............

sub them out with Folland Gnats ... you could have 50 of the little things swarming the threat
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bob48

And we still have a couple of Fairy Swordfish............
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'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Windigo

damn good planes... considering their speed

damn things would be pretty stealthy too   ;)
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Barthheart

Except for the racket they make....

bob48

Well, the Italians don't like 'em for sure.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Windigo

A pain in the butt for the german navy now and then too  :D
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Staggerwing

#2799
The Fairey Swordfish- they called it the 'Stringbag' because, just like Granny's string bag shopping bag, it could carry just about anything you asked of it and more and get all of it to where you needed it to be.


Quote from: Windigo on July 30, 2018, 02:38:55 PM
A pain in the butt for the german navy now and then too  :D

Quite literally. Captain Lindemann found out the hard way...

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besilarius

Before america was in World War II, a naval officer was seconded to a british carrier, to observe air operations.
The Swordfish had such a low stall speed, that it could fly into a headwind at low speed and it appeared to be hovering in place.
The american officer was watching this surprising ability and he asked,  "Who makes that plane."
"Oh, Faireys."
He stared at the brit, "Of course, they do."
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mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bob48

Quote from: besilarius on July 30, 2018, 07:21:24 PM
Before america was in World War II, a naval officer was seconded to a british carrier, to observe air operations.
The Swordfish had such a low stall speed, that it could fly into a headwind at low speed and it appeared to be hovering in place.
The american officer was watching this surprising ability and he asked,  "Who makes that plane."
"Oh, Faireys."
He stared at the brit, "Of course, they do."

I've heard that story before.

Made me think that aircraft recognition was not high on the training curriculum :-)
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

Windigo

Good write-up on the Fairy Swordfish in Wikipedia.   :bd: :bd:
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mirth

QuoteHMS Hood and HMS Glowworm (H92) in Scapa Flow, March 1940.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus