The Brits (Irish, actually) come up with the best airplane names

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03/27/2017 at 17:35 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Behold, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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It was powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Goshawk 12-cylinder engines that used evaporative cooling. From !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :

The Goshawk was developed from the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! prototype engine, to use !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (also known as “steam”) cooling. Rather than keep the cooling liquid below its boiling point in the cooling system, the coolant was allowed to boil; the phase change from liquid to vapour takes more heat from the engine, so less coolant is needed. However, instead of a radiator to take the heat from the coolant, a condensor was required to turn the vapour back to liquid. This had to be much larger than a radiator and added drag to the aircraft design.

Which explains those bishop !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on top of the engines. Only one was ever built.

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DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! Honeybunchesofgoats > ttyymmnn
03/27/2017 at 17:41

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AKA Flighty Mcflyingboatface


Kinja'd!!! Shamoononon drives like a farmer > ttyymmnn
03/27/2017 at 17:46

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It’s funny, it does look Gorilla-ish.


Kinja'd!!! Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Shamoononon drives like a farmer
03/27/2017 at 17:48

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Oh, never mind, I’m a moron. Didn’t know that was another name for brass knuckles. Totally doesn’t make sense now though.


Kinja'd!!! Svend > ttyymmnn
03/27/2017 at 18:00

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What about the other British named aircraft such as the:-

Fairey Battle.

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Sopwith Cuckoo.

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Gloster Gamecock.

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Beardmore Inflexible.

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De Havilland Puss Moth.

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Fairey Seal.

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Hawker Tomtit.

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Hawker Woodcock.

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Kinja'd!!! Svend > Shamoononon drives like a farmer
03/27/2017 at 18:09

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Old school knuckle duster.

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You could get spiked ones, bladed ones, etc... but that’s not right.

Regular one was what was used in the old days. Anything else just isn’t playing fair.