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Ahab, I'm not sure about individual pilot preferences. But, I am a natural lefty so I would prefer the port side seat. I think they call it left eye dominant?
Ahab, the P-38 Lightning had a central cockpit between the engine booms. Here is a pic of the P-38s offspring the XP-58 Chain Lightning, which made it's first flight in 1944. Only one was built due to problems with the aircrafts 24 cylinder Allison V3420 engines. A good engine, but not in this...
Ahab, they arrived to late to see action as long range fighter escorts in WW2, but were used as day/night fighters, as well as recon and photo op in the Korean War. They are also credited with the first 3 kills of the Korean War. After the Korean War, the single seat P-51H, went to National...
Guy I'll see what I can do about the audio. Till then, I found this video of the only flying North American Twin Mustang, the XP-82 at last years Oshkosh Fly-In. They're not real low passes, but some very nice low altitude flyby's.
Jeff, your Federals are top shelf. They have that vintage Peterbilt look, and it looks like they turn heads everywhere you take them. Love the inertia starter, I remember when I was a kid, seeing an Allison V-1710 engine start with an inertia starter. By the way, what engines are in your Federal...
Guy and Ahab. There is a vid on you tube, of an A10 making a reeeaaal low pass over a base in Afghanistan, and dropping flares to boot. The only problem posting the vid is the excessive profanity voiced by the troops on the ground. I remember the steel soldiers rules of not posting anything of...
Chris you gave it a good run. The more you show the FLU419 the more you make people want one! suzukovich, I have to hand it to you on your M151 restoration. Most folks I know would never have attempted to bring that little MUTT back with all that rust. 👍 Well Done. mkcoen, what a nice Austin...
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