Marine's Dream

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F4U-1 Corsair Flight Demonstration B-I-G Radial Engine Sound ! - AircraftOwner

[SA M1Dom]

I believe Glacier Gal has flown. I thought I saw a doc some time ago that showed her taking off in front of large crowd.

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Here is the Glacier Gal story. A real tribute to the affection some of us have for flying history.
History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Air Space Magazine

[WarPig1976]

Anybody remember this documentary? An unsecured jury rigged gas can was all it took....
Story of finding the B-29 Superfortress in Greenland | AirWingMedia.com

[browningautorifle]

I watched the whole thing. I thought it was one of the extra fuel bladders, the big rubber ones, that leaked fuel. They sat in lawn chairs and watched it burn to the ground. I watched them watch...waiting for the punch line. Like, SURPRISE! We were just kidding!

[CINDERS]

Nothing compairs with the sound of that giant raidial engine in flight.

I reckon a Merlin sounds pretty schmick like the P-51 with its Allison was a bit of a flop so they popped in a Merlin a mid fuselage tank and presto a true long rang killer.

When the Brits trialled the P-38 the USA sent them without the superchargers such was their lack of performance they were nick named the Castrated Lightnings.
Then compressibility crept in, dive flaps were utilised to correct it after a number of deaths then the ship carrying the flaps for the mod was sunk causing a hiatus.
But with what 4 x 50 cal and a 20mm in the nose gads what fire power there was to be a 37mm but this was abandoned for the 20mm

[SA M1Dom]

I thought I read somewhere the Germans used to call them fork tailed devils.

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I thought I read somewhere the Germans used to call them fork tailed devils.

And General Isoroku Yamamoto probably called them somthing worse but we will never know.

[browningautorifle]

called them somthing worse

That may have just been a general term for the pilots, the ground crew and the opposing forces as a whole...that you speak of...

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That may have just been a general term for the pilots, the ground crew and the opposing forces as a whole...that you speak of...

If you believe what you read it seems as though he had some level of respect for the U.S. at least in terms of its industrial capacity and resources. Which taking the form of a P-38 sent his plane into the drink.