Soviet Experimentation with Nuclear Powered Bombers
In the late 1940s, as the Cold War began to heat-up, the Soviet Union began research into the development of nuclear reactors as power sources to drive warships. The work was performed at first by an academic Russian engineer, I.V. Kurchatov, which added aviation as a possible recipient of the new nuclear power plants
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ALAS JAPONESAS
During the early days of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army’s Air Forces had minimal interest in the development of a flying wing configuration airplane. This dramatically contrasted with the view of their main ally, Nazi Germany, who had experimented with tailless flying winged aircraft for several years. The lack of effort by the Japanese Navy, the one service viewed by most as the forerunner in military aviation in Japan, did not imply that the Army would follow them.
THE PLANE THET SAVED MUSTANG
Powered by an Allison V-12 engine equipped with a single stage supercharger, the A-36 Apache was essentially an early model P-51 Mustang fitted with two dive brakes on each wing. Other modifications to the airframe included strengthening of the wings, movement of the bomb racks closer to the main landing gear for less wing “flexing” while the plane was taxiing, and the installation of small vent windows in the windscreen side panels. In addition, two .50 caliber machine guns were mounted in each wing, and two Browning M2 .50 cal. guns were mounted in the lower nose to fire through the propeller. Naturally, the A-36 inherited the Mustang’s clean aerodynamics; but why did North American turn the P-51 into a dive-bomber? To answer this question, we must look at the Mustang’s origins.
HISTORIA DELOS PILOTOS HISPANOS
EN ESTA SECCION PODRAS VER LAS BIOGRAFIAS DE PILOTOS HISPANOS
MUJERES EN LA AVIACION
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En este sitio encontrará información acerca de las mujeres que han hecho una diferencia en la aviación.
LOS PILOTOS DE TUSKEEGE
Los negros habían estado tratando de ganar la entrada en el Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército desde la Segunda Guerra senadores I. Harry Swartz de Wyoming y Puentes Estilos de New Hampshire se encontraban en la vanguardia de aquellos en el Congreso que defendió la causa de los negros para servir en la Fuerza Aérea.
