If you got one more beautiful than this, I’d like to see it
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Had to build that many because Godzilla kept breathing on them.Most produced combat jet, around 10,000 were built.
Big fan of the P39. It was the highest scoring U.S. fighter of WW2....in Soviet hands! The P63 is more graceful. Chuck Yeager was a fan of the p39
So, xb70 for military?
My dad told of seeing an early P38 at a county airport prior to Pearl Harbor. He thought it looked like a spaceship!The A10 is the most beautiful and high on the list of most ugly at the same time, for me.
One of my memories of early childhood in mid 1970s Michigan (we moved to NC when I was 3) was laying in the front yard looking at the sky and seeing a P38 fly overhead. It wasn’t until later in childhood I learned it was a P38, but those unique lines and the twin tails burned into my young memory. Always been a favorite since that day and I’ve always wondered who was flying it, where, and why.
As a military Concorde equivalent? Tough choice but the Concorde looks to me like it was inspired by the XB-70.Sure! If the SR71 didn't exist!
How can you not love a plane that your enemy calls “fork-tailed devil”?
As a military Concorde equivalent? Tough choice but the Concorde looks to me like it was inspired by the XB-70.
SR-71 is awesome though. Probably my pick for prettiest jet.
How can you not love a plane that your enemy calls “fork-tailed devil”?
I know you love the intruder but it's ugly sitting on deck, it looks a lot better in flight and what it could do made me love her. They were MY aircraft that I loaned to the aircrew to flyKelly Johnson, he of lockheed's skunk works fame, design the P-38. One of the most successful fighters ever built on a very unique design at the time.
@vaskeet , as I have said before, I love the A-6. I think it's a beautiful aircraft.
Charles Lindbergh made a secret trip to the Pacific theater and taught pilots the correct RPMs to maximize their range. I think he ended up flying a couple dozen combat missions in the P-38.Kelly Johnson, who was one of the principal designers for the U-2, SR-71, and about 18 other AC, was also responsible for the P-38. The P-38 was the fastest fighter at the time, great payload/guns, and incredible range. But had issues.
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He shot down at least one enemy aircraft doing soCharles Lindbergh made a secret trip to the Pacific theater and taught pilots the correct RPMs to maximize their range. I think he ended up flying a couple dozen combat missions in the P-38.
Charles Lindbergh made a secret trip to the Pacific theater and taught pilots the correct RPMs to maximize their range. I think he ended up flying a couple dozen combat missions in the P-38.