First, the British Gannett's twin Mamba turboprop engine spinning contraprops...(More)

First, the British Gannett's twin Mamba turboprop engine spinning contraprops is far SAFER than an engine on each wing, offers no torque problems and takes up less space for operations off aircraft carriers and catapult-equipped cruisers/battleships/submarines. http://www.combatreform.com/seaplanefighters.htm A common-sense civilian would think the U.S. Navy would want contra-rotating props to get two planes in the space of every 1 twin-with-engine-on-each-wing, but RACKETEERS NEED AN EXCUSE FOR BIGGER CARRIERS. So safety and efficiency was rejected on purpose and men have died needlessly ever since. http://www.combatreform.com/midwaymyth.htm Furthermore, the USN's R3Y Tradewind seaplane transport that could carry a pair of M113 Gavins or AmphiGavins today if we had them to do air-mech-strike from the sea....needed the British Mamba engines to drive its contraprops--but this would be bad for American aerospace ego since our engines failed (only the Brits and Russians figured out so far how to do contraprop engines) and the "tail hook" aircraft carrier "mafia" wanted to prevent their patrol plane rivals from being top-dogs running the place by killing ALL SEAPLANES: http://www.combatreform2.com/seaplanetransports.htm Next, this video shows how folding-wing, compact military STOL aircraft need to be GROUND-MOBILE like German V-2s or Iraqi SCUD surface-to-surface missiles as LTG Gavin made happen with our own SSMs http://www.combatreform.com/warandpeaceinthespaceage.htm ...so they can operate away from obvious and vulnerable air bases and runways and not be destroyed by commando or precision strike munition attacks. The USAF needs to stop lusting to live in static, pampered air bases using their long take-off and landing (LTOL) aircraft as an excuse and opt instead for folding-wing STOL and STOVL aircraft like a modified F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that can be transported on the ground in their own BATTLEBOXaircraft shipping containers that can be camouflaged and dug-into the ground to be invisible and hardened from all potential enemies. http://www.geocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/fighterinabox.htm Just as our Navy needs to go under water, our Air Forces must burrow under the ground yet remain mobile--just as a good Army does to withstand high explosives attacks. Thanks Bikerestorer for this video!(Less)