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Cardboard or paper fuel tanks actually are a good idea, given that the concept is the drop them on enemy territory. The Germans recycled the aluminium from the aircraft they shot down."At first we had only P-47's with cardboard drop tanks - quickly replaced by metal tanks -..."
wow...today I learned the Nazi jet Me262 was equipped with the world's first jet engine...Cardboard or paper fuel tanks actually are a good idea, given that the concept is the drop them on enemy territory. The Germans recycled the aluminium from the aircraft they shot down.
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Have fun with this one. I suppose you idiots did not know that a Spitfire was a "fighter jet".
By the way, I got ten out of ten.
An issue in aviation publications for years. You have people putting this stuff out and no one vets their information let alone their background.
The things one learns here.wow...today I learned the Nazi jet Me262 was equipped with the world's first jet engine...
Have fun with this one. I suppose you idiots did not know that a Spitfire was a "fighter jet".
By the way, I got ten out of ten.
By the way, I got ten out of ten.
There was a NZAF unit with P-51's in the area, while the USAF managed to scrape up about 20 P-51's that were being used as hacks or target tugs or were just sitting in storage around the Pacific area. Reference: Warren Thompson's book on P-51's in Korea.
However, the silhouette is of an Avro Lincoln...
Off topic, but I think one of Caidin's best works is the book Marooned. In the book the Marooned astronaut is on the last flight of Project Mercury. In the movie, which is a must see, it revolves around the Apollo/Skylab, and the cancelled Dynasoar programCaidin had a passion for fiction - the "Six Million Dollar Man" is actually based on one of his Cyborg stories.
So I suspect in Martin's case, he knew that tall-tales sell. The downside to this, is that history is history and to embroider on it sows confusion and pollutes later generations, who don't have a direct line to those who were there, that could discount the tall-tales for what they are: bullshit.
The surprising thing about Caidin, is that he was quite an accomplished pilot, but then again, so was Gene Roddenberry.
But Roddenberry made it very clear that his writings stood in the realm of the imagined.
He did...Did Martin Caidin ever own a Ju52?
Did Martin Caidin ever own a Ju52?
Another tall tale!I saw him / it at the TICO airport airshow around the mid 70s. He portrayed it as Hitlers personal plane.
That's the picture I thought I remembered. I believe I saw it fly over as I was walking to my car in the early nineties. It might have been headed to either Republic or Gabreski Airports
Okay, I'll buy that. But the Kiwis did have some, somewhere, as the attached confirms. Too bad they cut the wings off.The RNZAF did not operate P-51s in Korea.