P-82 first flight

[Gil Boyd]

So enlighten me, was the second seat for someone to shoot its guns or photograph? Seems almost like a hotchbotch Lightning equivalent with its joined up tail.

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[browningautorifle]

was the second seat for someone to shoot its guns or photograph?

The XP-82 prototypes, and production P-82Bs and P-82Es, retained both fully equipped cockpits so that pilots could fly the aircraft from either position, alternating control on long flights, while later night fighter versions kept the cockpit on the left side only, placing the radar operator in the right position.

North American F-82 Twin Mustang - Wikipedia