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Spitfire: The Plane That Saved The World
As this topic is on my mind, I just googled why it wasn’t used by the Navy. Seems the test pilot Lt Robert Elder felt it was not suitable for a variety of reasons and visibility was not one of them. I got bum information from the MC at the AirShow. Main reasons were:
- Stall speed margin was extremely low, too low for safety :::As Serge mentions above :::: - Rudder control at low speed and high angles of attack was inadequate - Landing attitude had to be very carefully controlled to avoid airframe damage - Go-arounds required slow throttle advancement. The extreme power of the Packard/Merlin engine meant that a high-power fast throttle advancement could put the aircraft into a roll or snap-roll. At low speeds this would prove a fatal mistake. Only 25 launches/recoveries were made in the suitability trials and Lt. Elder did not believe that the Mustang had a place in carrier operations.
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In fact the testing of the P-51D for adaptation to aircraft carriers took place on Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility (IATA code MUV) also known as Mustin Field, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. I believe they were still testing and modifying up until 1947. The war may have been over but the technological progress and preparedness never stops as we all know.
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If anyone is interested in seeing some of the best radio control, WWI, WWII, jets and other warbird models and pilots in action, Lums Pond State Park in Delaware is the place to be July 10-13. Fantastic event. Bring your kids/grandkids and enjoy the sights and sounds of the highly scale and truly magnificent recreations of the glorious warbirds. https://www.delawarerc.org/warbirds.htm
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You will both love it.
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Another top fighter of WWII was the P-47. One of the primary WWII training bases for same was Millville, NJ. They used to have an excellent air show at the airport each summer, but it has lost some of its glory as many of these old fighters have been crashed or don't get around the country to air shows as they used to. Same for the Willow Grove Naval Air Station. Sadly, most air shows ain't what they used to be.
Nearing the end of WWII the top Allied fighters and top German fighters were roughly equal in performance (other than the ME262). However, the Allies production and training of pilots so far outstripped what the Nazis could put out that they were simply overwhelmed in both machines and pilots and, especially, petrol, in their 2-front war. In the Pacific it was as bad for Japan, who had such a low regard for the safety of their pilots. By the time they started putting self-sealing fuel tanks and armor in their fighters their shortage of reasonably trained pilots was almost nil. While the kamikazes exacted a terrible toll, lucky for us their percentage of successful hits was quite low due to lack of decently trained pilots. Adm Yamamoto was most correct about awakening a tiger. Among the many reasons that the Axis lost, their lack of resources was most prominent. Too bad the Wehrmacht generals would not accept unconditional surrender in the west. Who knows what the world would be like today if they had.
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These were taken in 2009, when we had a fly-in to Corvallis Airport, an annual tradition held in conjunction with the Rose Festival further north. Gave me the opportunity to get up close and personal with these warbirds, particularly with the B-17 and B-24 that I was able to crawl through--"crawl" being the operative verb. That made me appreciate a bit better what those aircrews had to put up with even before they had to contend with Flak 88s, ME-109s, and FW-190s.
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