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There was a lady who flew a P-39 at air shows in the late 40's. I remember Chuck talked her into letting him taking the P-39 up for the air show instead of her. He supposedly wrung the airplane out in front of the crowd without them knowing who was flying.Of course he did. It was likely his first high-performance fighter aircraft out of training. It was WAY more fun than an AT-6.
But, then again, he hadn't flown many other fighters yet.
Of course he did. It was likely his first high-performance fighter aircraft out of training. It was WAY more fun than an AT-6.
But, then again, he hadn't flown many other fighters yet.
The Ns and Qs got a bigger propeller. They changed the gear ratio in the reduction gear and put 11ft 7in props on them.Look at the climb improvement the P-47 had when going to the paddle blade propeller. A better propeller would have helped the P-39's also.
That was in the USSR as I recall. Perhaps I misremember.There was a lady who flew a P-39 at air shows in the late 40's. I remember Chuck talked her into letting him taking the P-39 up for the air show instead of her. He supposedly wrung the airplane out in front of the crowd without them knowing who was flying.
Nope, it was here in the US. Off the top of my head, it was Betty Skelton who owned and flew the P-39. I think is was called JUBA and I saw it at Silver Hill in the 2000'sThat was in the USSR as I recall. Perhaps I misremember.
From the -1 for the model - K had more internal fuel than the Spit and Q had less.
P-39K
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A 1940 P-39, Hurricane and Spitfire were not far apart
Yes, but - the 357th was tasked with TAC resposibility when they trained in P-39. Yeager liked flying the P-39 very much, but in no way was implying that he would favor the P-39 over the P-51B/D when the fight took him over 15000 feet.Didn't he write that preference later, in one of his books?
It was carried in the same tank/s.That chart lists 16 gallons as overload.
Was this carried in the same fuel tank, and it was normal just to fill up with 104 USG, or was there a separate overload tank?
Nope, it was here in the US. Off the top of my head, it was Betty Skelton who owned and flew the P-39. I think is was called JUBA and I saw it at Silver Hill in the 2000's
What happened was that the US was using complete letters for minor changes. Like the difference between a P-39K and a P-39L was the prop.What happened to the rest of the freakin alphabet while the war was going on?
Not quite, any refrences to the P-39 flying in 1938 are false, it did not fly until April 1939, about 6 months after the P-40 and since the XP-40 was the 10th P-36 airframe pulled off the production line and given a new engine the rest of the airplane was pretty well sorted out. The P-40 was low risk, quick build option.but is before the P-40 and everything else
Depends what is meant by "sorted" Britain was getting P-39s delivered to England in the fall of 1941, granted they needed sorting outAs a sorted aircraft it was a contemporary of planes like the P-47,
Gentlepeople:
Can't we revive this thread and bicker?
Gentlepeople:
Can't we revive this thread and bicker?