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Are you talking nautical or statue miles?

Anyone know what “pods” they are carrying?

On display at Wright Patterson AFB.

With “Eternal tanks” range won’t be a limiting factor… 🥳

It smells good too!

Probably flew a few of those.

I guess I’m looking at it from the perspective of what are you destroying? Troops in the open then frag bombs or daisy cutters might work better. But if I’m going after trains, light armored vehicles (half tracks, transport trucks, kubelwagons / jeeps), gun emplacements etc I think a gun nosed...

And exactly what was going to be strafed with this thing? You will have to fly directly over the target, you’re a large aircraft, and attacking (I’m assuming) land targets. No other country had this set up and probably for a good reason. The gun nosed B-25s and A-26s (particularly in the SWP...

2nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron

Front aspect shots become more dangerous the closer to your opponent's nose you get. In training we were not allowed gun shots inside (or at greater than 13 aspect) due to closure rates and the high probability of a collision. We had dome sims back in the day where you could "practice" taking...

While you don’t instantly get a round out of the M61 cannon, you can and we did squeeze the trigger before the pipper was on target. You can see the pipper trending towards the target, squeeze, and continue your pull to get pipper on (with both arriving simultaneously in a perfect world). You...

Greg, A couple of questions. First, how do the slats on the Bf109 keep the airflow attached to the ailerons? Second, does your normal fighter weight for the Bf109 have him at half fuel weight (normal fuel quantity for having crossed the channel? Third, do the ailerons droop on the 109 with...

Your analysis / paper of the P40 versus A6M2 is excellent.

Anyone have any info on this attachment?

Greg, That’s a big move! Are you still going to be able to volunteer at the new place? Reason for the move (if you can say)? Cheers, Biff