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Posted: 11/26/2014 2:07:50 AM EDT
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long range escort, I'd guess take turns.
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Posted: 11/26/2014 9:41:19 PM EDT
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Don't give me an F-82,
that monster from out of the blue You won't understand, just who's in command Don't give me an F-82! |
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Posted: 11/26/2014 9:45:27 PM EDT
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I've always been an aviation nerd, but I didn't even know that thing existed until I saw one at Lackland AFB during basic training.
Eta: pitcher 
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Posted: 11/29/2014 2:08:59 AM EDT
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Neat!
"The F-82 was the last propeller-driven fighter acquired in quantity by the USAF. It appears to be two Mustang fuselages on one wing, but in reality it was a totally new design. Its purpose was to provide a fighter carrying a pilot and co-pilot/navigator to reduce fatigue on long-range bomber escort missions. Delivery from production did not begin until early 1946, too late for World War II. After WWII, radar-equipped F-82s were used quite extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the P-61 night fighter." http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2293 |
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Posted: 11/29/2014 12:26:54 PM EDT
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Initially the pilots took turns on longer missions. Then once radar sets were installed the other seat was used as a dedicated radar operator. Then towards the end of the F-82's service, maintaners often rode shotgun to diagnose any problems and often times they would have to land and the guy would have to fix them to get back home again. The F-82 had horrible readiness rates and were so beaten up after Korea they became a hazard to fly.
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Posted: 11/29/2014 1:04:13 PM EDT
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Early F-82's could be flown from either seat while later ones had the pilot on the left and the radar operator on the right.
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Posted: 11/29/2014 9:04:13 PM EDT
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Both were capable of flying it. My uncle has 40 hours in one (he was early AirForce in the '50s).
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