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"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:41:29 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

The Ruskies loved the Air Cobra and its nose cannon.
The cannon worked as a can opener on nazi tanks.


Dave:
Old age comes at an inconventient time




....and they had radios that worked.







Cheers

Dave Kearton

Charles Lindbergh wrote in
There is a tremendous amount of of interesting information about the
P-39 he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra

There is no attribution, but supposedly a modified P-39 won the
Thomson trophy in 1946.



http://www.airrace.com/1946NAR.html

Thompson "R" division
300 miles 10 laps of a 30 mile course

Place Pilot Race No Aircraft Speed
1 Alvin "Tex" Johnson 84 P-39Q 373.908
2 Tony LeVier 3 P-38L 370.193

Hawket Thypoon early versions had the same cardoor system.

Claus Gustafsen

"Charles Lindbergh" skrev i meddelelsen
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:27:46 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
wrote:



...and they had radios that worked.


True!

Also, has there ever been another low wing, single seat, monoplane fighter,
in
active duty, with swinging side cockpit doors (like a car) instead of a
sliding
canopy?

There is a tremendous amount of of interesting information about the P-39
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra

There is no attribution, but supposedly a modified P-39 won the Thomson
trophy
in 1946.


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"Charles Lindbergh" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:27:46 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
wrote:



...and they had radios that worked.


True!

Also, has there ever been another low wing, single seat, monoplane fighter,
in
active duty, with swinging side cockpit doors (like a car) instead of a
sliding
canopy?




Early Typhoons.






Cheers

Dave Kearton