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![]() Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: What was the 'A-36' version of the Mustang? In brief, a dive bomber based on the early P-51 airframe, officially named "Apache". - Three-blade rather than four-blade prop. - Allison V-1710 engine, rather than Allison Merlin, as used in original Mustang. - Dive brakes included on inboard underside of wings, similar to Douglas Dauntless. About 500 made, used mostly in CBI and Mediterranean/North African theaters. The Collings Foundation is restoring one in Florida. Thanks Steve, Each day we learn a little more... Ricardo PS Allison Merlin? - I thought Packard were the boys for the Merlin production. Here I'm going to learn something else... |
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Ricardo wrote: Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: What was the 'A-36' version of the Mustang? In brief, a dive bomber based on the early P-51 airframe, officially named "Apache". - Three-blade rather than four-blade prop. - Allison V-1710 engine, rather than Allison Merlin, as used in original Mustang. - Dive brakes included on inboard underside of wings, similar to Douglas Dauntless. About 500 made, used mostly in CBI and Mediterranean/North African theaters. The Collings Foundation is restoring one in Florida. Thanks Steve, Each day we learn a little more... Ricardo PS Allison Merlin? - I thought Packard were the boys for the Merlin production. Here I'm going to learn something else... Duuuh. Packard is right. I blame it on the poison oak what I got around my eyes currently. Glasses are a *good* thing... |
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![]() Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: What was the 'A-36' version of the Mustang? In brief, a dive bomber based on the early P-51 airframe, officially named "Apache". - Three-blade rather than four-blade prop. - Allison V-1710 engine, rather than Allison Merlin, as used in original Mustang. - Dive brakes included on inboard underside of wings, similar to Douglas Dauntless. About 500 made, used mostly in CBI and Mediterranean/North African theaters. The Collings Foundation is restoring one in Florida. Thanks Steve, Each day we learn a little more... Ricardo PS Allison Merlin? - I thought Packard were the boys for the Merlin production. Here I'm going to learn something else... Duuuh. Packard is right. I blame it on the poison oak what I got around my eyes currently. Glasses are a *good* thing... So is doing it by feel... Ricardo |
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Ricardo wrote: Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: Steve Hix wrote: In article , Ricardo wrote: What was the 'A-36' version of the Mustang? In brief, a dive bomber based on the early P-51 airframe, officially named "Apache". - Three-blade rather than four-blade prop. - Allison V-1710 engine, rather than Allison Merlin, as used in original Mustang. - Dive brakes included on inboard underside of wings, similar to Douglas Dauntless. About 500 made, used mostly in CBI and Mediterranean/North African theaters. The Collings Foundation is restoring one in Florida. Thanks Steve, Each day we learn a little more... Ricardo PS Allison Merlin? - I thought Packard were the boys for the Merlin production. Here I'm going to learn something else... Duuuh. Packard is right. I blame it on the poison oak what I got around my eyes currently. Glasses are a *good* thing... So is doing it by feel... Heh. That was my dad and uncle, who got horrible cases of poison oak collecting pretty red leaves and ferns for table decorations while my mom and aunt fixed dinner on a camping trip shortly after they got married. A good two weeks before either could so much as touch their new brides. Dad was always just a bit twitchy about camping after that; we three kids didn't find out why until years later. This time I got it from water that apparently had poison oak oil (urushiol) on it splashed in my face while kayaking last week. Not the first time I've gotten it without contacting the stupid plant at all. Yay for spectacle; else I'd have had it in my eyes, rather than just around them. |
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