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01-26-21, 11:02 AM | #15256 |
Chief of the Boat
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Ah, okay. I was thinking of a largish bomber.
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01-27-21, 06:25 AM | #15257 |
Old enough to know better
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Was it intended to be a combat aircraft?
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01-27-21, 09:27 AM | #15258 |
Dipped Squirrel Operative
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Is it a jet at all?
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01-27-21, 10:20 AM | #15259 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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01-27-21, 10:30 AM | #15260 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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It was a jet but the picture shows it without the engine for NACA wind tunnel testing.
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01-27-21, 12:27 PM | #15261 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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trycycle gear?
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01-27-21, 12:31 PM | #15262 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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01-27-21, 01:30 PM | #15263 |
Chief of the Boat
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McDonnell XF-85 Goblin?
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01-27-21, 01:40 PM | #15264 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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Not that one and not intended for air launch. Close to the same era though.
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01-27-21, 01:41 PM | #15265 |
Chief of the Boat
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Yeah, I noticed after I posted that one was 48 or 49.
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01-27-21, 01:48 PM | #15266 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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The proposal was soon after VE day.
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01-27-21, 02:30 PM | #15267 |
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The plane Richard Ira Bong flew? and tried to bail out of....
variant EF-80?
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01-27-21, 02:44 PM | #15268 |
Shark above Space Chicken
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No mention of Bong but of another recently deceased figure.
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01-27-21, 02:54 PM | #15269 |
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the Wright Stuff!? Convair XP-92 the key was the juxta position of the AF logo to the cockpit....and my post on the recent death of Chuck Yeager.
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01-27-21, 03:11 PM | #15270 |
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Bingo. This one posed as much challenge to answer the questions as figure out. I hope I didn't get anything wrong.
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