He was the captain at the beginning of the trip and his name is forever associated with it, but he died in the Philippines, didn't complte the circumnavigation. So who took over?
Juan Senastian Elcano. Amazing story, Magellan didn't set out to cross the globe, only to find a secure way through for his ships to sail to the Spice Islands. It was Elcano who decided to push westwards after Magellan's death and thus completed the first known circuit of this orb. Magellan died after agreeing to kill a warlord who he personally wanted to convert to Christianity; however he felt duty-bound to follow the request of a powerful overlord on the Philippines, and was killed in the attempt.
Twins is in bed sound-o. So while he is sleeping............. Q. Which Aircraft, around since the 50's is due to remain in service until the staggering 2045?
Ok, in the same vein, which aircraft was supposed to replace the B52, and what were it's 2 major shortcomings in a tactical sense?
That's the one So what were the 2 major operational problems with it (apart from a high accident rate)
Well, where do I start? It was difficult to fly, it had a limited range and payload and was very expensive to operate. In fact I can't understand why they ever bothered with it!!!!
Also, and critically, with the development of Soviet SAM's it needed to fly at low altitude to evade radar screening and could not achieve the speeds it's very expensive production costs enabled it to do because of the denser air at low altitude.
