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Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OT] OSS etc
From: "Windrim, Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:31:33 -0000
Jerry Liles wrote:

>> The P39 is the Aerocobra and was unique design
>> with the engine behind the pilot and a 37mm cannon that fired through
>> the spinner.

>From Chuck Yeager's autobiography:

"Oh, don't give me a P39
with an engine that's mounted behind.
It'll tumble and roll,
and dig a big hole.
Don't give me a P39."


-drinking song from pilot training camp.


And also (about the P51 Mustang):

>> North American said they could design and build a better airplane
>> and do it in an incredibley short time (I think 6 months).

According to "Jane's WW2 Fighters" it took only 100 days from start
of design to first test flight, . Amazing.


-Brian

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