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Dan Sharp

@TheRealDanSharp

Author and researcher specialising in German WW2 aircraft development and British space vehicles.

 Nottingham, UK
mortonsbooks.co.uk
Joined June 2016
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The Luftwaffe didn’t just need better bombers - it kept trying to out-invent reality. By the time war actually started, Germany was still leaning on older bombers while the “future fleet” was barely ready. @TheRealDanSharp reveals all in Ep.76! buzzsprout.com/2327200/episo…
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Buy this book, Dan follows the same research methodolgy I use and it is so simple it remains somehow bereft of prizes, 1) Read all the archive information 2) See what it says 3) Put it in the book This book will undoubtedly make many people who have ideas based on reading books written by people who have never bothered reading all the German Air Ministry stenographic records furious, as it may reveal all sorts of inconvenient facts. @TheRealDanSharp is a criminally under-rated historian and researcher, and the best his critics can come up with on forums is that he writes so much that it cant possibly be correct. Dan was my Editor for THE SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE, and I can tell you with total conviction that the reason he writes so much is that he`s just REALLY F***ing good and has inhuman concentration combined with hitman grade journalism skills. Buy ! Buy now !
Dan Sharp (@TheRealDanSharp) profile pictureDan Sharp@TheRealDanSharpMar 22
Just finished writing this, topping out at ~220,000w and ~450 images. It's essentially a comprehensive overview of German bomber development during WW2, including all the unbuilt projects, all the blind alleys, all the arguments, all the backstabbing and all the tech.
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So this is cool.... #avgeek
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I've been looking forward to this dropping thru the letterbox. And it's immediately clear that ⁦@TheRealDanSharp⁩ has produced an astonishing piece of work. The answer to all my Dan Dare dreams! An early contender for aviation book of the year? It'll take some beating ...
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Feeling slightly less filled with buyer's remorse after my eBay purchase vintage HOTOL/An-225 model arrived and turned out not to be unacceptably massive.
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So, meine Sammlung der Werke von @TheRealDanSharp nähert sich der Vollständigkeit. Die zahlreichen Illustrationen seiner "Bookazines" sollten nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass der Mann ein Archiv-Freak ist. Hier gibt noch etwas zu lernen für militärgeschichtlich Interessierte.
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PaleoAero@AeroPaleo27 Oct 2024
In two pictures, the extent of Vulcan development! First prototype VX770 had 26,000lb thrust in total; final Vulcan B.2 had 20,000lb thrust per engine. All about altitude…and fuel from a short runway.
Tempest Books (@tempest_books) profile pictureTempest Books@tempest_books27 Oct 2024
Just discovered the March 1954 issue of Aero Modeller (left). We're currently working on Shaping the Vulcan by @AeroPaleo (right). Great minds think alike eh?😂
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Learn more about how British tanks were sent and used in the USSR in my book, British Tanks of the Red Army. amazon.co.uk/British-Tanks-A… tankmuseumshop.org/products/… mortonsbooks.co.uk/book/brit…
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Replying to @TheRealDanSharp
Its almost like there is something NEW in the book ! 😂🤣
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High Performance fighter designed by Prof. Kurt Tank in February 1945. From the Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe by @TheRealDanSharp
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Society if all history books were properly referenced (and with footnotes).
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Just finished the Me-209 book written by @TheRealDanSharp and @CalumDouglas1. It was a very interesting read. I found it particularly interesting seeing the challenges of dealing with having the airframe dealing with an underdeveloped engine and requirements scope creep.
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Replying to @CalumDouglas1 @TheRealDanSharp @tempest_books
Mee too! amazon.de/Messerschmitt-309-…
Messerschmitt Me 309 Development & Politics (Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe)

Messerschmitt Me 309 Development & Politics (Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe)

Using contemporary documents, authors Dan Sharp and Calum E. Douglas explain and explore the development and eventual failure of this fascinating ‘secret project’.Chosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109...

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One more pleased reader of the Me309 book which I helped @TheRealDanSharp write recently. travelforaircraft.wordpress.…
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#Mirage4000 Et voici la version en anglais 💪🏻 Tout sur le Super Mirage 4000 pour tout le monde ! #avgeeks
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Just found out that the these two are the same content, but the left one is a special copy signed by @TheRealDanSharp himself. 🙃 Excellent as usual with a lot of previously unpublished drawings.
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🚨 Image fees and UK museums - a breakthrough moment. The system is collapsing. There is now no reason to pay fees for historic artworks (2D) in most cases. The UK's art history tax is over. Scholars, the public *and museums* will be better off. A 🧵
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Another recent/forthcoming project.
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Join Matthew Willis, author of Eagles of the Luftwaffe: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 in this live webinar on October 26, 2023. Simply order the book here bit.ly/fw200booklivewebinar to receive your FREE invite. @NavalAirHistory
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PS> You ought to follow my editor @TheRealDanSharp, who made the book what it is, and has also written an unbelievably good book on the Me262, which you should also definitely not buy for similar reasons as above.
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