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Hi Jim -
Thanks for the input and update! Always a pleasure to hear from you!
Okay, sure. Sorry for obviously thinking the original Stars Look Down had the same type of two-seat canopy as the restored one, which I was basing my observation on. How silly of me.What do you think?
You've obviously never watched the original Star Trek.Seems to me that sending the Supreme Allied Commander on a recon flight over hostile territory makes as much sense as sending a starship commander and his senior staff on an away mission.
He's obviously watched too much of the original Star Trek.You've obviously never watched the original Star Trek.
But when the Supreme Allied Commander "asks" to be flown over the battle zone, it's not a request...Seems to me that sending the Supreme Allied Commander on a recon flight over hostile territory makes as much sense as sending a starship commander and his senior staff on an away mission.
lol......probably! MANY years ago tho!He's obviously watched too much of the original Star Trek.
photo recon Mosquito would've been my go to?They use that two seat P-51B to sell rides, as well as to allow a Co-Pilot to help with some flights, such as slow timing the engine. So they had to make it easier to get in and out of the cockpit.
Still, you have to wonder if a better accommodation could have not been made for Ike in another type aircraft. For example, one of the new A-26''s should have given him a great view, with that large window they had aft of the wing on the Right side. But nothing else available could have run away to safety better than a P-51B.
I recall seeing recon P-38's in formation over France with an AT-6, but while that was before the end of the war, it was after the Germans had been virtually eliminated in France.
Availability?Wonder why they did not use a P-38 Droop Snoot Instead. The view from the nose would have been really great.
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They had them in that time frame. In fact the U.K.was where they built them. They even had one configured as an ECM aircraft. And of course it had two engines.Availability?