Category: Aircraft
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Bristol Type 123
Bristol Type 123 The Bristol Type 123 was a biplane fighter designed to Air Ministry specification F.7/30. It called for a four-gun fighter with the preference that it was powered by the evaporatively-cooled Rolls-Royce Goshawk. Testing revealed serious lateral instability, which re-designs failed to reduce. Further development was abandoned and F.7/30 was won by the… Read more
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Sukhoi Su-6
Sukhoi Su-6 The Sukhoi Su-6 was a Soviet ground-attack aircraft developed during the early years of the Second World War by the Sukhoi design bureau. Conceived as a successor to earlier attack aircraft such as the Su-2, it was intended to provide a heavily armoured, high-performance close air support platform for the Soviet Air Forces.… Read more
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Macchi C.205
Macchi C.205 Development The Macchi C.205 Veltro was a direct development of the earlier Macchi C.202 Folgore, itself a refined evolution of the C.200 series. The main design change was the adoption of the German Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine, licence-built in Italy as the Fiat RA.1050 R.C.58. Because the DB 605 shared similar dimensions with… Read more