Just Think

[MIflyer]

This is not only a remarkable shot, but all three of those airplanes are privately owned. Recall Adm Yamamoto saying that invading the USA was impossible because "There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."? Well, we got some pretty damn big blades of grass.

 

[SaparotRob]

I wonder which of those is the most comfortable plane to fly? I imagine the P-51 would be noisiest.

 

[MIflyer]

I wonder which of those is the most comfortable plane to fly? I imagine the P-51 would be noisiest.

Yes, probably, but on the Mustang you can open the canopy, unlike the other two. Of course the other two are pressurized and air conditioned.

 

[Barrett]

Comfort was seldom a factor in combat aircraft design! But agree with Miflyer about canopies in flight.
I've never been airborne in an 86 or a Hun but have flown in other military jets including A-6 and F-15. I'm to tell ya: the Merlin's sound is LOTS better than any jet!

 

[MIflyer]

I never fly my Ercoupe with the canopy closed all the way.

Of course the Right side is stuck now and won't come up all the way, but before that I still did not close them all the way almost all of the time.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'd like to see solid sourcing on that Yamamoto quote.

 

[Snautzer01]

I'd like to see solid sourcing on that Yamamoto quote.

That would be a problem. There is no source.

Letter: Facts don’t hold up to scrutiny

In reference to Bill Hall’s Aug. 15 letter to the editor, “Right to arms isn’t obsolete,” two of his statements are incorrect. First, that this country has never been invade…

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[Thumpalumpacus]

That would be a problem. There is no source.

Letter: Facts don’t hold up to scrutiny

In reference to Bill Hall’s Aug. 15 letter to the editor, “Right to arms isn’t obsolete,” two of his statements are incorrect. First, that this country has never been invade…

www.baltimoresun.com

As I suspected.

 

[Engineman]

I wonder which of those is the most comfortable plane to fly? I imagine the P-51 would be noisiest.

Comfortable? Strangely, that is a factor. Mind you, I think that there is comfortable as-in "safe/relaxed" and comfortable as-in "numb bum". I don't think any of these would class as relaxed. I was excited flying in a Mustang, but it is LOUD. I think a good F-86 is described as nice to fly, and I am sure the Hun has been described as exciting. So, I am going to guess the F-86 would be the most "comfortable" to me.

Eng

 

[SaparotRob]

I wanted to avoid saying "ergonomics". I've thought about what would it be like to fly those wonderful aircraft. I wonder what it was like having to spend a dozen hours in these things. Was it the exhilaration of being one with machine, soaring through the heavens or was it like being stuck in a duraluminum Iron Maiden?
The Hun was too thrilling on take off for me, based on my less than extensive research.