p-80
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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (Lockheed/Skunk Works/Kelly Johnson)
Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star. One Of Kelly Johnson/Skunk Works Aircraft. Photo taken during the Korean War (circa 1951). The main opponent of the P-80 was the MiG 15, and interestingly both of them had the same turbojet engine, both derived from Frank Whittle's invention. Frank Whittle was sent...- Dronescapes
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- frank whittle kelly johnson lockheed p-80 skunk works
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- Forum: Modern
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Post World War 2 Aircraft. Early Jets And Interesting Aircraft, And things You Might Not Know
Post World War 2 Aircraft. Early Jets And Interesting Aircraft, and Things You Might Not Know https://youtu.be/D4aE0vW_QKs- Dronescapes
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- kelly johnson lockheed p-80 shooting star
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- Forum: Post-War
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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star vs. de Havilland Vampire
It would seem that de Havilland had the benefit of actually having a Halford H-1 B turbojet to work with while Lockheed had only blueprint dimensions from which to design the P-80 around. For the sake of the war effort, would it have been more practical or more effective to concentrate... -
P-59 Airacomet combat version?
Given that the jet engine was a very high priority in the U.S. I was wondering why the Army didn't just order Bell to "fix" the P-59 and get it ready for combat? Sure the P-59 wasn't a great plane from the start, but the P-80 had problems too and the Army must been expecting better engines... -
P-80 manual
i recently found this manual and i could not find a copy on this site so i'm gonna post it- ashiphire
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- jet manual p-80
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- Forum: Other Mechanical Systems Tech.