Mustang seems to defeat himself God, as the fellows talk about this hunk-of-junk nowadays. Lot of aircraft were better than that, it was only a fighter what could reach Berlin, and was affordable for Uncle Sam at the same time. I would not trust my ass for a single engined escort fighter deep...
I always loved the P-38 Lightning, and any time I can, popularize the Lightning against the P-51 Mustang. I would never fly the slugish Mustang, but I would the Lightning, indeed!
I don't hate any aircrafts. I just feel that some aircraft is overrated and some others are underrated. For example P51Mustang vs P38Lightning. Always talk about how exceptional/fantastic/unmatchable was the Mustang, and always talk about how bad was the Lightning. Simply not true. Mustang was a...
Yes, sure! Unfortunatelly I can't arguee with the training and tactics because I don't know much about it. But the fuel problem is known for me, too. What an idiotic thing that in the outlandish North African desert and Pacific islands had a good logistics management - for the fuel now - and...
The P-38 Lightning was better aircraft than these two in many aspects. Far versatile could use in all kind of task nearly. P-38 was available from the 1st day of the USA's war or far before that. It had two engines what gave him a second chance to go home if one had shot. It's firepower was...