Corsair VS Spitfire

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Late September 1942: U.S. Marine Squadron VMF-124 begin receiving F4U-1s.

28 December 1942: VMF-124 was hastily declared OPERATIONAL.

Early January 1943: VMF-124 left San Diego heading to Guadalcanal

14 January 1943: The first ten F4U-1s of USN Squadron VF-12 are operational,
and eight days later the squadron has 22 aircraft.

12 February 1943: VMF-124 land on Guadalcanal with 24 F4U-1 fighters.
One hour later 12 F4U-1s of VMF-124 take off on a
covering mission.

Jeff
 
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Peter Gunn said:
Well, I'm not sure I'd go THAT far, perhaps just stop blathering on about the Buffalo...
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In fairness to Biff, I'm not entirely sure he does blather on about the Buffalo. You could level that accusation on me...providing you accept a new definition of "to blather' as "offering well-researched, cogent, impartial, operationally sound information in an erudite, insightful and edifying manner."

Yeah...I know. I'll get my coat!
 

I didn't realize were in a fiction forum...

Actually, I find it amusing that I've always been drawn to long sleek aircraft, on looks for me it's:

U.S.
P-51 (especially the B/C with tail fillet)
P-39
P-40

U.K.
Spitfire - the later marques (Mark IX and above)

German:
Bf-109 (any marque, to me, as visually beautiful as the Mustang)

Japan:
Ki-61 or "Tony"

U.S.S.R.
Don't care

But the one fly in the ointment has always been the Buff. Don't know why but visually there's something about the Buffalo that I really like, looks wise for me it's way better than the F4F or even the F6F.

Yeah, no one's perfect...
 

Never fear, I can blather with the best of them just get a couple of Capt's and cokes down my gullet!
 
Peter Gunn said:
I didn't realize were in a fiction forum...
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Not a fiction forum but frequently a nonsense forum...as a spouter of said nonsense, I speak from experience.


Peter Gunn said:
But the one fly in the ointment has always been the Buff. Don't know why but visually there's something about the Buffalo that I really like, looks wise for me it's way better than the F4F or even the F6F.

Yeah, no one's perfect...
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Therapy is available...and pills. Lots and lots of pills.
 
BiffF15 said:
Never fear, I can blather with the best of them just get a couple of Capt's and cokes down my gullet!
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I'm beginning to doubt your qualifications as a pilot. Most I've met were more than capable of blathering without being under the affluence of incohol.

What's the old joke? "How do you know there's a pilot in the bar? Don't worry, he'll tell you."
 

I love that joke, or a slightly different version of it...

Q: How do you know you have a fighter pilot at your party?

A: He will tell you!

As for my blathering I have done some long posts on a Fw-190 vs Spit vs P-51 vs Me-109, as well a few others!

Cheers,
Biff
 
drgondog said:
P-51B/D could easily out dive the P-38 and F4U-1 and F6F and P-40, it could marginally out dive the F4U-4 and yes placard dive speed was 505 IAS for P-51B/D/H
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At what altitude was the max safe dive speed of 505 mph IAS for this placard determined? I'm asking this because at 10,000 feet this would equate to a TAS of 575mph @ Mach 0.78 but as altitude increased so would these figures (with the same 505 IAS). By 15,000 feet the P-51 would have a TAS of 615 mph and hitting Mach 0.85.
 

Thanks that's exactly what I was looking for!
 
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