Hi there,
Over at the WONZ site I posted a thread about a mysterious photo showing an RNZAF P-40 at Henderson Field. I shall copy'n'paste my original post below:
The question I have relates to this photo, the blurb of which states that the P-40K-15 in the foreground is NZ3064. The last...
Reading the thread on "ship busters" for ww II and the mention of B-25s with 75mm howitzers, that reminded me of this:
Has anyone else seen this before?
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/750150.pdf
It's basically a CH-47C with two externally mounted forward firing 105mm howitzers.
Last time I saw them briefly was for the 50th Daytona 500 and the last team I saw fly was the Angels when they were still using Skyhawks back in Jersey. Looking forward to it.
From a caption in America's Hundred Thousand of a picture of the XP-40:
You would think that a decision like that would be based on sound engineering reasons. The Tornado prototype, for example, had its radiator under the fuselage like the Hurrican before it. But it was found to not work...