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We all know the P39 and P40 never received a turbocharger making both of them a dog above 15,000 feet or so. The P35 was never a good performer, poor handling/turning ability and poor workmanship (leaking wing tanks). But the P35 got a turbocharger and became the P43 Lancer with good...

LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh water on the planet Earth. It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles. The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet. There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior...

Hello All, I am finding a lot of conflicting information on the P-40 Series of aeroplanes. One would expect that with such a well known and common aircraft, the dimensions would be well documented. Here is what I have: P-40E - Length is 31 feet 8 23/32 inch. Often rounded to 31 feet 8.75...

I would look up climb rates on Wiki but we know how inaccurate Wiki can be. So it's a race to 40,000 feet. The only rule is the plane has to be war time production (no jets), it takes off, hits the throttle and climbs, full power.