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I agree with what ThomasP says in his post. I would add that IMO Japan had a Unique set of requirements in the late 1930's. They wanted...

The phenomenon you are referencing is due to a combination of things. For Germany (after they failed to take Russia) and for Japan...

Oef, who wrote that CSS for the website? Edit: sorry, didn’t want to come across as too critical. It’s a version 1 and some very good...

It is true.

Great info. Note the Boulton Paul Type E tail turret armed with four .303 Brownings. From 1940 to 1942, US aircraft that arrived in...

Yes, the single stage V-1710 was faster than the tubocharged version. Oddly enough Flight Journal had an article that said all that...

Wait!!! I thought it was the guys at NACA/Wright field that recommended the turbo be taken out? At the behind the scenes request of...

Just got an e-mail from Flight Journal that provided a nice picture and repeated this hoary old claim: "Although the Bell P-39...