Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained)

[Thumpalumpacus]

I thought the nose was bullet shaped to allow the P39 to penetrate the ground more easily.

That is, after all, what groundhogs do. This could be natural selection at work.

 

[GregP]

So ... it's really a Burrowing Airacobra?

 

[GrauGeist]

So ... it's really a Burrowing Airacobra?

Pretty much...

 

[WARSPITER]

Pretty much...

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Note also the laminated wings have burnt off.

 

[buffnut453]

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

So ... it's really a Burrowing Airacobra?

Burrowing's the next-best thing if you climb like a -39.

 

[WARSPITER]

Two points in it's favour then.

1. Stealth capability - could have been used by the French underground.

2. It can't be shot down if it ain't up there - should have had a no loss by enemy action record.

 

[swampyankee]

So ... it's really a Burrowing Airacobra?

The Burrowing Airacobra's design permits strafing runs on the deepest bunkers.

 

[pbehn]

The P-39 came after the P-40, by the time it was sorted it was a contemporary of the P-51. it had no advantage over any US or UK type in service. The prodigious range of the Mustang I with 180 gallons of fuel translated to a normal "range" of operations of about 90 miles in from the enemy coast.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Two points in it's favour then.

1. Stealth capability - could have been used by the French underground.

2. It can't be shot down if it ain't up there - should have had a no loss by enemy action record.

Yabut landmines and gophers going pher it. The only plus is that if you get the spins, you're already on the ground. Drink a little water and the room will stop revolving.

The Burrowing Airacobra's design permits strafing runs on the deepest bunkers.

That would be the Burracobra, according to the late Bill.

 

[buffnut453]

2. It can't be shot down if it ain't up there - should have had a no loss by enemy action record.

So if a groundhog can't be shot down, can it shoot up?

 

[WARSPITER]

So if a groundhog can't be shot down, can it shoot up?

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That would depend on the type of drug being used wouldn't it ?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Was that actually Lloyd Bridges?? Or his evil twin? Or maybe one of his brats? As you can probably tell, I don't pay much attention to the Hollywood glitterverse.

 

[GrauGeist]

Was that actually Lloyd Bridges?? Or his evil twin? Or maybe one of his brats? As you can probably tell, I don't pay much attention to the Hollywood glitterverse.

Yep, Lloyd Bridges.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Was that actually Lloyd Bridges?? Or his evil twin?

 

[33k in the air]

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to not fly the P-39."

 

[XBe02Drvr]

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Schizoid, huh?

 

[Reluctant Poster]

on landmines and gophers going pher it. The only plus is that if you get the spins, you're already on the ground. Drink a little water and the room will stop revolving.



That would be the Burracobra, according to the late Bill.

I have discovered that the Russian nickname of Iron Dog was actually a mistranslation. The real name was Praire Dog

 

[WARSPITER]

SO in Soviet terms it was a CCCP-39 ?