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Hey Steve, have you ever read Fork Tailed Devil http://www.amazon.com/Fork-Tailed-Devil-Military-History-Ibooks/dp/0743413180 It's a great history of the P-38, which is also my favorite plane of WW II.
I own a first edition actually.
Great read! Since you're a fan who do think was actually the finest P-38 pilot of the war? I know my choice.
-Steve
I have to go with Richard Bong. He scored a lot of his kill early in the action, when Japan still good pilots fighting. I don't know how many kills he would have reached if they hadn't sent him home and he could have tackled the young inexperienced pilots of the last year of the war. It was such a tragedy that he was killed on that P-80 acceptance ride in 1945.
My favorite,
Normally when transitioning supersonic as I understand it. Certain extreme weather conditions may affect how visible it is or not it has been observed with aircraft traveling subsonic. Even if the airframe is traveling subsonic airflow over certain areas of the structure approach and may accelerate to supersonic velocities. I would think 100mph (about 86 knots) is pretty far from that tho but I would guess that depends on the airflow and conditions..
And I am no Aeronautical Engineer... nor have I ever broken the sound barrier
Love the pics of the F14 with the 6 Phoenix missiles on it!
The A-10 is an ugly aircraft but it could fuck some shit up!
Yes McGuire was very good. He got greedy and didn't want to drop his tanks and shorten his mission, he paid the price. I don't have to tell you what a fantastic airplane the P-38 was but it never got the press the other great fighters got because it was way under powered when it was initially introduced and then it was sent to the Pacific arena.
Love the pics of the F14 with the 6 Phoenix missiles on it!
The A-10 is an ugly aircraft but it could fuck some shit up!