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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:26:55 PM EDT
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Neat plane, mid engine with shaft down the middle.
I used to fly it a lot in the early 90s flight sim Aces of the Pacific. |
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:40:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:44:17 PM EDT
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My dad got a u-boat with a p-39, diving after the cannon put holes through sail didn't work as a good plan.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:45:03 PM EDT
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The Russians actually did better with them then we did.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:48:49 PM EDT
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Saw two at a small airshow in Addison TX last year. Both flew in.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:50:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:52:38 PM EDT
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I flew one as a kid, 13 or so.
Cox .049 powered, string controlled. 
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:53:42 PM EDT
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Saw two at a small airshow in Addison TX last year. Both flew in. These are pics I took of P-63 King Cobras that I got to watch at Osh. 
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:53:43 PM EDT
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I flew one as a kid, 13 or so. Cox .049 powered, string controlled. |
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Posted: 1/23/2019 10:56:24 PM EDT
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Saw two at a small airshow in Addison TX last year. Both flew in. From what I understand they are basically a smaller version of a king cobra. |
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:01:56 PM EDT
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Knew a WWII pilot that ferry them. Said they were dogs and easily overheated. Then again he flew mustangs too.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:02:17 PM EDT
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I thought the A 10 Warthog was the first aircraft designed around a cannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpTmQU0nHuA 
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:03:47 PM EDT
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One of the aircraft that somehow didn't go over well with American airmen so they gave them to the Russians... who used them with great effect in WWII.
Chuck Yeager liked the P39 though, said it was seriously misunderstood. |
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:05:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:05:55 PM EDT
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My dad has a friend who got an ME-109 with a P-39. The P-39 pilots learned quickly not to fly high, the Germans would cut them to shreds. But, if they flew low, nothing the Germans had could turn as tightly or maneuver as quickly as the P-39.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:06:34 PM EDT
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My grandpa was a machinist for Bell Aircraft in Buffalo before he joined the Marines in WWII. Somewhere I have a Christmas card that was given to all the employees, showing a P-39 in flight.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:07:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:11:00 PM EDT
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Pretty cool aircraft. Too bad we gave so many to the Russians.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:11:09 PM EDT
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I like this post That 20mm cannon killed many a IL-2 |
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:20:36 PM EDT
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I can see why they didn't make many, they couldn't find enough midgets to fly them.
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Posted: 1/23/2019 11:37:04 PM EDT
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I can see why they didn't make many, they couldn't find enough midgets to fly them. |
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