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Topic: Herr Gunst, OK thats it...where is it..
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CFrancisco
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posted 09-01-2000 06:00 AM
   
We Got Ta-183s, P-80s, and maybe Meteors if it works somehow.. hopefully.Where is the BELL P-59 Airacomet the first US Jet. YOU KNOW! the one that the Germans were trying to sabotage until wonder woman stopped them and and... OOOPS did i say to much..LOL Anyway is this planned?  Development of the P-59, America's first jet-propelled airplane, was ordered personally by General H.H. Arnold on September 4, 1941. The project was conducted under the utmost secrecy, with Bell building the airplane and General Electric the engine. The first P-59 was completed in mid-1942 and on October 1, 1942, it made its initial flight at Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards Air Force Base), California. One year later, the airplane was ordered into production, to be powered by I-14 and I-16 engines, improved versions of the original I-A. Bell produced 66 P-59s. Although the airplane's performance was not spectacular and it never got into combat, the P-59 provided training for AAF personnel and invaluable data for subsequent development of higher performance jet airplanes. The P-59B on display was obtained from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico in February 1956. SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 45 ft. 6 in.
Length: 38 ft. 10 in.
Height: 11 ft. 11 3/4 in.
Weight: 10,532 lbs. loaded
Armament: One 37mm cannon and three .50-cal machine guns
Engines: Two General Electric I-16s of 1,650 lbs. thrust each
Serial number 44-22650 PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 450 mph.
Cruising speed: 320 mph.
Range: 440 miles
Service Ceiling: 43,400 ft.
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"Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Posts: 4364 | From: NYC, NY | Registered: Sep 1999 | IP: Logged
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Schatten
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Member # 93
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posted 09-01-2000 10:52 AM
Cfran, what is it with you and this obsession for silly planes?Now the Stuka I can see... The Snake Plane is just silly... The Airacomet is even sillier...  Now what I wanna know (stands in for Maj. Von Happening): WHERE'S THAT B-29 AT?!?! LOL ------------------
Schatt "Some men were born great, some men achieve greatness...and some will always be total gits!" [This message has been edited by Schatten (edited 09-01-2000).]
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Schatten
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Member # 93
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posted 09-01-2000 01:09 PM
Yeah but Ajax the SBD was a mother beautiful plane that was actually useful. I love blowing things up with it, if there's a ground attack that needs done for the Marines the Speedy D is the plane to use.But the Airacomet sheesh...I think Cfran has a Bell fixation.  ------------------
Schatt "Some men were born great, some men achieve greatness...and some will always be total gits!"
Posts: 2938 | From: Land of the Lost | Registered: Sep 1999 | IP: Logged
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Zhukov
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posted 09-01-2000 01:29 PM
Hey hey hey....I got dibs on Charles to do the Vampire first...
Anyway, the Airacomet.....
Zhukov
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"A man, a plan, a panama hat!!"
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Zhukov
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posted 09-01-2000 02:44 PM
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The Vampire is on the to-do list
Thanks Charles!!! Zhukov ------------------
"A man, a plan, a panama hat!!"
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