Weird things you learn about aeroplanes....
- Eric Mc
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But the F-22 was also called the Lightning II too - before they settled on the name "Raptor".
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Was not aware of that!
Daren
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The wing-tips of early Grumman Bearcats had explosive charges embedded in them designed to blow them off if too much G (over 7.5G) is pulled to save damaging the whole airframe and possibly the pilot!
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You can never have too many Meteors/Chipmunks/Gazelles/Jet Provosts/EE Lightnings/Hunters/Harriers/Tiger Moths!
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- PaulBradley
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Trouble with that is that they often didn't blow at the same time, or only one activated, causing more problems than it was worth.
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Re: Weird things you learn about aeroplanes....
The modifications made to the AT-6s for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! to turn them in to A6M Zeros actually gave a slight increase in the Harvard's performance!
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DazDaMan wrote:The modifications made to the AT-6s for the film Tora! Tora! Tora! to turn them in to A6M Zeros actually gave a slight increase in the Harvard's performance!
The same goes for The Final Countdown. Maybe they should have kept the design anyway.
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- Eric Mc
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Re: Weird things you learn about aeroplanes....
Those Harvard/Zeros have appeared in quite a few films and TV shows.