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Thanks everyone; the issue is certainly clouded, circumstantial evidence suggests it was the USN who first type-cleared the F4U, even if only by dint of the extensive carrier ops before the FAA's first combat.

Cheers anyway.

I need some help here from any experts please. I have gotten myself embroiled in a discussion on Facebook (sigh . . . yes, I know, I'm stupid) which is turning decidedly aggressive. It concerns with which arm actually cleared the F4U for carrier combat; my published sources all agree it was the FAA,...

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:18 pm HMS Baltic Exits.

To this day there are those that argue that while the battle was a strategic British victory, it was a tactical draw. Discussions can get quite heated.

A comparison to the Battle of The Coral Sea would be useful.

Johnny Lyle : Is 2310 too early for an end to Klingon-Romulan wars? We know 1701-C was destroyed fighting to defend Narendra III in 2344, and the Khitomer outpost was destroyed in 2346, so they must have persisted beyond 2310. John, The full-scale fleet actions would have ended at 2310, but if one ...

Quick question here: where was HMS Queen Elizabeth at the time of the breakout?

The Vatican has two nuclear devices?

Um . . . why?

"‘Can we get more?’

‘No PM. No more physically exist aside from five in museums and they have refused to sell them.’"

A government of national salvation should have no qualms about seizing them. As for the museum bosses . . .

There is a conclusion here that I'm reluctant to acknowledge, but . . . could this mean that the RAF 'winning' the Battle of Britain might (given an otherwise phantasmagorical temptation to the Germans) have prolonged the war in the West, in the absence of a German loss of nine divisions and much of...

This raises an interesting question: had a death certificate been issued? If so, that is a legal document and cannot be altered. In the case of an incorrect cause of death, the body must be exhumed and a further autopsy be carried out, then a new death certificate issued. So would she have to die, t...

But 'displacement' doesn't make sense for a starship. Mass is constant, all other measurements vary depending on the planet. Even 'weight' will vary.

I would hope the Federation builds its starships to a high degree of tolerence and accuracy in measurement; "We're not Klingons, old boy!!"

Quick question; in the specs, why 'displacement'? Wouldn't it be better to have 'mass/Earth weight'?

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:32 pm

David Newton wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:46 pm Perhaps another good comparison would be Jeb Stuart during the Gettysburg campaign

Inverse Stuart, maybe - Beatty and Hood at least found the enemy.

Their original description was “Dreadnought Armoured Cruiser” and their employment was in finding and killing the armoured cruisers threatening the scout cruisers of the Screen. They were employed in this role at the Dogger Bank and Falkland actions. Pretty much everything else was misemployment fo...

Damn Beatty for a gloryhounding fool...... More for not phoning home. Not keeping the C-in-C informed of what’s going on was THE cardinal sin of Jutland. And demanding rate of fire improvements, resulting in the issues with the charges laying around and the flash doors open. Beatty was responsible ...

Their original description was “Dreadnought Armoured Cruiser” and their employment was in finding and killing the armoured cruisers threatening the scout cruisers of the Screen. They were employed in this role at the Dogger Bank and Falkland actions. Pretty much everything else was misemployment fo...

Iowa is a battlecruiser? Yea, cute graphic How are we defining a battlecruiser? A fast wing of the battle line? A heavy scout? A raider-killer? A capital ship that sacrifices other features to obtain higher than average speed? Under definitions 1 and 4, IOWA is - compare her to the MONTANAs or SOUT...

I strongly suspect that Supatra was actually a person in the Thai military. I also strongly suspect the name, rank, sex and all other details were completely false to prevent identifying the person in question. Considering Stuart's work in real life, it would not at all surprise me if the person wh...