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I hadn't done an imaginary aircraft in quite a while, so got in a little practice with this. There was a Gladiator aircraft, back in the late 20s early 30s. It was a British naval biplane, so there's no comparison. If this plane were to be compared to any other, the best matches would be the Gloster Javelin (50s & 60s) and the DeHavilland Sea Vixen (60s & 70s). Both have similar points. But there's the difficulty of designing make-believe aircraft. Unless it's a cartoon or has some fantasy motive power (towed by dragons or levitated by anti-gravity metal), inevitably it'll look like something else. Virtually every way of flying has tried at one time or another.
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It would be medium grey agove, light grey below, with yellow intakes. A few other yellow spots as well. Given that it's not a modern airframe, the national insignia would be red maple leaves, white background, and blue roundel. The maple leaves on the upper wing would be greenish gold, partially veined with red, similar to real leaves. Not much else.
It was paramount in USAF thinking as well, but their defense contractors weren't willing to go into another line of business, so the production of new designs continued.
A similar decision in Canada scuttled plans for the revolutionary AVRO Arrow, and virtually destroyed our aerospace industry. We've recovered since, but still make basically only small comercial aircraft, bushplanes, and STOL craft. The only military production we do is to subcontract from American companies. This was due to a Conservative Party government who mostly represented the farming West, that opposed spending in Big Cities or on newfangled industrial foolishness.
A similar decision in Canada scuttled plans for the revolutionary AVRO Arrow, and virtually destroyed our aerospace industry. We've recovered since, but still make basically only small comercial aircraft, bushplanes, and STOL craft. The only military production we do is to subcontract from American companies. This was due to a Conservative Party government who mostly represented the farming West, that opposed spending in Big Cities or on newfangled industrial foolishness.
I thought of it as representing "the two solitudes" -- French & English Canadians. Of course, a more modern interpreation would be East & West, Conservative & Liberal, or Evangelical & Secular -- there's a high degree of overlap in all those generalizations.
But if I were going to represent the Conservative Evangelical West, it would probably be a white star rather than a maple leaf. (ie: 51st. state?)
But if I were going to represent the Conservative Evangelical West, it would probably be a white star rather than a maple leaf. (ie: 51st. state?)
You might like my Willow Run alternate history. Because of a different outcome to the war of 1812, there is no *one* Canada. The nation that emerged from the BNA act as the Dominion of Canada comprises Ontario, and most of the American mid-west. Quebec is a separate Dominion, as is Arcadia, (the maritime provinces). The plains and coast are the 4th. Canada, New Albion. America is reduced to the East Coast, the south, high plains and northewest. A separate nation of Texaca exists. There is a Caribbean Union and Mexico is, alas, still only Mexico.
Thus, the little town of Willow Run, where I supposed live in a big old house that Saara and I bought, is physically in W. Virginia, but in this alternate history its in Tecumseh Territory, Canada.
Thus, the little town of Willow Run, where I supposed live in a big old house that Saara and I bought, is physically in W. Virginia, but in this alternate history its in Tecumseh Territory, Canada.
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