December 1941 was a shock not only for the United states but also a shuddering realisation to the government of Australia. The Royal Australian Air Force at that time had no formations of modern fighter aircraft in the mainland. All the RAAF airborne assets had been deployed overseas and now with the united states fully […]
Read more "A46-1 takes flight, 29th May 1942,"The transportation of mankind, goods and materials depends on technology, whether it is the wheel, the jet engine, or the quantum drive, all movement greater than walking distance relies on the inventiveness and adventurous spirit of mankind. The creation of the Roberts Space Industries Aurora was a Technological Leap that can be compared to […]
Read more "The Little ship that did."Power, It’s an interesting concept, and something that’s not often quantifiable. In physics, power is described as a rate of energy – but amongst us poor humans, power takes on a decidedly vast array of euphemisms. Power can come to mean authority, influence, control, and in some cases, the right and expectation to use extreme […]
Read more "From the F7A to the F7C hornet"When all is said and done, when men have marched both young and old, when the band has played a sorrowful song we will remember them. When all is said and done, when the sun rises, when the bugle calls we will remember them. When all is said and done, when wise men […]
Read more "It is done."The Bf-110 family of aircraft were the mainstay of the Luftwaffe night fighter squadrons. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnauffer the celebrated Luftwaffe night fighter ace saw out the war with 121 aerial victories, almost every one of these being achieved while flying different models of the Bf-110. The BF110 V1 first flight took place on May the 12th […]
Read more "Flight of the Destroyer"General Wainwright, the senior field commander of the allied forces in the Philippines having spent the entire previous day in negotiations with Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma signed the terms of surrender, these were a total unconditional surrender of all forces in the philippines. General Wainwright believing the total annihilation of the forces on Corregidor were […]
Read more "The fall of the Philippines"Silent Sentinel. The Australian armies experience with tanks was a bit of a mixed bag, Australia had always been interested in using mobile armoured vehicles but often lacked the political and technical will to produce or acquire armoured vehicles of their own. The basic principle of the tank occurred to a number of people […]
Read more "Silent Sentinel."Hitler was dead and now everyone knew it. The end was immediate, apart from a handful of fanatical holdouts, resistance in the city had crumbled. The 28th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front and the 2nd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front came together on the Charlottenburg Chaussee, the main civic artery from central Berlin […]
Read more "Red flags over Prussian Blue"Rhubarb: was the designation given to operations against ground targets during low-level fighter and fighter-bomber sweeps against Luftwaffe installations and aircraft on the ground as well as other targets of opportunity. “War is both timeless and ever-changing. While the basic nature of war is constant, the means and methods we use evolve continuously.” General […]
Read more "Rhubarb"The Skorostnoi Bombardirovshchik SB-2 In the years following the formation of the USSR the aviation sector in the 1920’s and early 1930’s saw considerable upheaval and then the rise of several brilliant aeronautic designers. The establishment of several design bureau’s led to the creation of any advanced types of aircraft, one of these designers was […]
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Aaron Lentz 