Aviation fans have a looksie.

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Kind of like the Hurricane then? Responsible for most of the kills in the Battle of Britain but all you ever hear about is Spitfires...

Yeah I guess so. Strange thing about us humans, it also has to look good to be good. A bit like the P51 and the Spitfire taking centre stage where there were many of the "ugly ducklings" that actually did a better job. I am sure the same goes in motorcycle world too.

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The P47 was a pwerful aircraft that had, the often rediculed nickname, "Jug" due to its strange shape. It was heavy (around 7 Ton) due to having a lot of armour built into it, so therefore its turning radius suffered a bit. But it had a tremendous roll rate and when taken advantage of, it took many german pilots by surprise. The best evasive strategy in the jug was to poke the nose earthwards and nothing could keep up. And viceversa, twas a big mistake by German pilots to use a dive to escape a Thunderbolt... Confused P47 pilots often reported aileron reversal in high speed dives, which we now know is an advanced state of transonic flight. And they held together..! They were also heavily armed with eight 50 cal machine guns. A fast, reliable and very dangerous fighter that did a great job though it took second fiddle in the limelight to the P51.

P-47 pilots often flew THROUGH trees at low level with minimal damage, the Thunderbolts were that tough !!!

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Yep P-47s are huge cf to a P-51 or a Spitfire. Mind you I'm not sure if a full sized American would have been able to squeeze into a Spitfire.

Yes they could! Several purely American squadrons were formed prior to the US participating in the events.

The real reason I went there was to see the TSR-2 supersonic low level bomber as my late father was on the wind tunnel testing team.

TSR-2. Sex on wings!!!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous.


Good piccies here.http://www.steehouwer.com/

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P-47 pilots often flew THROUGH trees at low level with minimal damage, the Thunderbolts were that tough !!!

Like the Iroqouis making there own clearings in Nam when they had the steel blades....

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Here's the TSR2. Taken at Duxford in the mid-80's but it was originally at my old university, Cranfield. I think that the other one is at the RAF Museum at Hendon.

[Tim 39]

dam... I'm a pilot and everyone still seems to know more about those planes than me

[Skunk]

Duxford is an awesome place. I went there on spec last time in the UK and was lucky enough to see a P47 Thunderbolt doing circuits. The sound was awesome. The real reason I went there was to see the TSR-2 supersonic low level bomber as my late father was on the wind tunnel testing team.

They should'da built it - like the supersonic Harrier 2

Yes they could! Several purely American squadrons were formed prior to the US participating in the events.

TSR-2. Sex on wings!!!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous.


Good piccies here.http://www.steehouwer.com/

Thankyou for the link...

Here's the TSR2. Taken at Duxford in the mid-80's but it was originally at my old university, Cranfield. I think that the other one is at the RAF Museum at Hendon.

Missed seeing stuff like that when I was over there.

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I think that the other one is at the RAF Museum at Hendon.

XR222 at Duxford.
XR220 at Cosford Aerospace Museum.

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XR222 at Duxford.
XR220 at Cosford Aerospace Museum.

Arse of it in this pic, can see the new space they are just finishing there for the summer a mighty fine visit.

[MisterD]

Ooh that Vulcan's the dog's....remember it doing low-level passes along the flightline at Duxford as a kid.

If you guys make the trek up to Duxford from London, it's well worth heading over to the Shuttleworth collection. Well, apart from the fact that there's a day's worth of stuff to look at there and about a week's worth a Duxford....

[KoroJ]

What about our own..."All Aluminum Pusuit Ship"....Oh sorry they're just FAC Harvards.

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Arse of it in this pic, can see the new space they are just finishing there for the summer a mighty fine visit.

Can you still walk right under the Vulcan and look into the bomb bay? It's eerie how dark it gets under the plane since it prevents the lighting getting under there!
All good stuff!
Have you been to Hendon yet?

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Can you still walk right under the Vulcan and look into the bomb bay? It's eerie how dark it gets under the plane since it prevents the lighting getting under there!
All good stuff!
Have you been to Hendon yet?

Yeah mate , Hendon?

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Hendon?

RAF Museum. North of London. You can get there on the tube easily, and most definately worth a visit!!!

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Another good visit is the museum at Yeovil, they have got a lot of the Naval stuff there, one of the testbed Concorde's and some stuff they captured while at the Falklands.