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• Moderator Alan commented on Cookie policy
  There's a possible alternate history where Britain managed to avoid the post-War economic crunch enough to really exploit those technologies much more than we did, and where we rather than the USA became the high-tech powerhouse of the world. However, I suspect it may have involved a somewhat revanchist British Empire....
• Moderator Alan commented on Cookie policy
  Hey, I have enough difficulty keeping words straight — nominative aphasia strikes when you get older. Ironically, in my post above, my problem was trying to find the word 'exploit' (thank goodness for online thesauruses), whereas 'revanchist' was no problem....
• Moderator Alan commented on Cookie policy
  Oh you youngster! Still in your fifth decade. As for the Mk IX, it will only have been a handful of years old when the Meteor F.4 came out, so I can't see them all being scrapped that quickly. Let's say it's 1948, and there's a need for anti-insurgency actions in Malaya. You've got a three year old F.4, or a six year old Spitfire Mk IX. I suspect that the Spit might actually be better for the job. Of course I'm using a particular mission profile, and I would assume that the Meteor will be the better aircraft in...
• Moderator Alan commented on Cookie policy
  If you're talking about 'Ministry of Space', then I have to say I know nothing about it whatsoever, and take your word regarding its very existence. Sure, the Mk IX will have been the older aircraft, and out of production for a while, and the XII may have been more desirable (though less manoeuvrable). But there were a heck of a lot of them made, and it does take time to replace your entire stock of any aircraft. (Just look at how long the USAF flew B-52s. Oh, wait, that's have been flying.)...
• Greg. Tingey commented on Cookie policy
  Aren't English Elastic (oops, "Electric") Canberras still flying, too?...