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  1. A Buccaneering Vixen in the Falklands

    Let's assume that the RN manages to keep HMS Hermes as a conventional carrier through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Perhaps there's no budget for the Commando conversion - the exact reason doesn't matter. Let us further assume that she retains the air group she did during the 1970s. For...

  2. An alternative to the Kiwi F-16

    By 1999, the RNZAF Skyhawks were getting pretty long in the tooth. They'd had two major upgrades, and as A-4s go they compared pretty well... but they were still A-4s, and if NZ was going to stay in the fast-jet game a replacement was needed. The government at the time took steps to purchase 28...

  3. AHC: Keep Wellington Flying!

    The Vickers Wellington was a British medium bomber, designed in the 1930s, which served well during World War 2. It had a reputation for being very durable and versatile, and over 11,000 were produced. Your mission - should you choose to accept it - is to keep the Wellington (or some...

  4. Let's Build! A WW2 Japanese escort.

    The Japanese merchant marine suffered heavily from submarine attacks during WW2, partly because they were largely unescorted. In addition to holding back as many ships as possible for the decisive battle, the IJN designed ships which were poorly suited to being ASW escorts and didn't think much...

  5. Let's build! A 1950's British fighter.

    Inspired by this thread, let's try building something else. During the 1950s the RAF and FAA went through a large number of different designs, some adequate, others... not so much. So starting with a clean sheet of paper in 1950, and assuming the successful design should stay in service for at...

  6. No V2: What do the Nazi's build instead?

    Whatever it's other points, the V2 was incredibly expensive. I've heard it said that the program overall cost half as much again as the Manhattan Project, despite the fact that the WW2 German economy was much smaller than that of the USA. It also consumed a large portion of fuel alcohol...

  7. Ark Royal in the Falklands

    Having recently seen footage of RN Phantoms and Buccaneers flying off the HMS Ark Royal, it occurred to me to wonder what could have kept her in service long enough to go south for Operation Corporate. Looking at some of the previous threads on the board that have dealt with similar subjects, it...

  8. ASW helicopters in WW2?

    Spurred by a comment in another thread. Basically, I'm wondering how practical it would be for one of the combatants in WW2 to start flying helicopters (or equivalent, eg: autogyros) from frigates to help with ASW operations. Landing doesn't necessarily need a full-sized helipad, although it...

  9. Earliest possible nuclear power use?

    Just out of idle curiousity, what would be the earliest that a serious attempt could be made to release the energy of the atom? IOTL it required the discovery of the neutron in 1932, but it might be possible to speed that up and bring it back to before 1900 (which is why this thread is in this...

  10. Tube Alloys and a British nuclear programme

    The Manhattan project produced US nuclear weapons, and the German version was fundamentally flawed and probably couldn't have produced one no matter how long it went on for. Both of those get debated a fair bit around here anyway, so let's talk about something else... With a POD as close to...

  11. Most underappreciated AH concepts (post 1900)

    We see a lot of threads talking about particular technologies, often weapons or vehicles. We see some threads talking about particular people or actions (usually related somehow to marine mammals). So there's a substantial number of people who appreciate those factors in creating AH. But that...
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