Bae Harrier
Which nation builds better air craft? USA or UK?
I'm going to have to say UK (sure, I'm British so I am biased but never mind) because of the concorde, the harrier & the eurofighter. Plus BAE is one of 3 partners to help fund & develop the F-35.
But to be honest I don't know a whole lot about air forces, so anyone who can enlighten me feel free...
Oh & RayHere - Shut up! (I know he hasn't answered yet but he will)
Don't be crazy Ray, your a darling.
Oh Ray, our ladies we're removing hair from all over their bodies whilst North America was cultivated by sun worshipping natives (before y'all murdered them).
I'll give you one thing you Americans helped progress though - cosmetic surgery. Thankfully our nation is blessed with people who are attractive by birth rather than by surgery. Phew.
That's like saying who builds better motor bikes, Harley Davison or Triumph. I know what I would sooner have. BRITISH BIKES ROCK.
WW2 aircraft.... the wooden Mosquito was amazing. and it was the fastest most brilliant twin engined warplane up till '44. Operation per operation, the P49 Lockheed lightning never even came close, though it was faster - just!
P51 Mustang was a fantastic plane, but only thanks to YEARS of development of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine that powered 75% of all RAF aircraft towards the end of the war.
Who developed and tested jet engines then? And had the worlds 1st jet fighter plane? Germany closely followed by BRITAIN - USA were nowhere, why? Because they never even thought of the jet engine - till we gave it to them!
Britain's supersonic program was even more ironic, we crashed one of our 'x-planes' and the Labour government scrapped the idea and gave all the blue prints to the Yanks. Chucky Yeager broke the sound barrier months later.
The worlds 1st Super Sonic Jet Airliner? Britain and France. Though it was doomed by America from the start because they didn't invent it! And stopped it flying supersonic over America.... damned them! So where is their supersonic jet liner now then? Ours flew in '67. We're still waiting for theirs LOL.
And now, Airbus builds a colossus known as the Airbus A380, the largest passenger jet in the world. The Yanks hate it.... I wonder why? Oh yeah, they didn't build it nor did they conceive it in Seattle - oh dear.
The Hawker / now BAe Harrier, the world 1st and only successful VTOL fighter aircraft. Now to be superseded (finally) by a joint Anglo/American venture. Around 40 - 50 years after we British created it.
The answer is of course Great Britain, and British engineering has never really been surpassed. WE are the leaders in aviation. Even now, they produce the F22 Rapture, and our Typhoon out flies it in their own top gun (RED FLAG) annual exercises in America. Half the price, brilliant technology.
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YANKS? Who builds the biggest wings for aircraft on the face of the Earth then? Oh yes, Britain of course. Nowhere else but Britain can build the enormous wings that now go on the Airbus A380. Boeing Boeing Gone.... Not even in Seattle are they geared up to make such a beast.
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