cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:22 am
Stuart wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:00 am
HA HA HA
Yes it's a sad story the British aviation industry, lots of worlds firsts and ground breaking design and research, that other countries benefited from to the cost of our own - just read up on the history of the D.H. Comet - And just think how many British inventions allow you Yanks to operate fast jets off aircraft carriers, and exactly whose engine was it that turned the P-51 from an average fighter into a superb one...
Oh come on, it's not like we ever stuffed a British engine into one of our airframes or anything..
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You know us Brits, we'll sell to anyone - think of all those lovely Roll Royce powered Mig-15s over Korea
To be honest, I'll be the first person to say that nobody builds jets as good or as sexy as the US. But we have made some pretty damn good aircraft in the UK over the years, and some pretty shockingly bad ones - but nothing as fugly as the F-89
Really the idea for the GB was the fact that, having been a member of various US forums over the years, I don't see a huge amount of love for British subjects beyond the odd Spitfire - certainly I see a hell of a lot more Luftwaffe and IJN/IJA being built, which is strange considering we're supposed to be allies lol!
If British subjects are too narrow an idea, how about Post-war European?