F-35's Costs Climb Along With Concerns

In article ,
(DeepSea) wrote:

That is interesting - I had no idea that British interest is
what gave the P-51 its start.

At the time Britain was buying every fighter they could get
their hands on, including the Brewster Buffalo. British and
French purchasing gave a major boost to the US aircraft industry.
The first production orders for the Airacobra were from France.

Ken Young

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In article ,
(DeepSea) wrote:

That is interesting - I had no idea that British interest is
what gave the P-51 its start.

At the time Britain was buying every fighter they could get
their hands on, including the Brewster Buffalo. British and
French purchasing gave a major boost to the US aircraft industry.
The first production orders for the Airacobra were from France.

Ken Young


The first use of the Grumman Wildcat in combat was by
the Fleet Air Arm of the RN

Keith



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