On the WX Channel this morning they reminded everyone that this was National Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day. I assume that the creation of this "holiday" involved some degree of recreational drug use but it did start me to thinking about where I'd like to time travel to.
My first thought was early 1942, where I would have told them to forget about the P-40F and L and put the V-1650-1 in the Mustang while pressing hard for the two stage supercharged V-1650-3 to be installed as soon as possible. And tell GM to forget about fooling with that ridiculous P-75 and focus on cooperating with NAA to build the P-82 early.
But then, thinking again, I decided I'd rather go to Feb 1946 instead and watch my airplane roll off the production line. Tell ERCO I was very interested in buying one and ask if I could take a demo ride in S/N 513. Then tell the airplane, "See you in about 43 years, sweetie."
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