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On Sun, 1 May 2011 12:00:59 +0100, "Greg" wrote:
Can anybody tell me, why, both prop and jet? Thanks Greg "Troy" wrote in message .. . IIRC the jet engines were used only for take-off and "dash speed", they were turned off during other "normal" flight phases. Regards Stephen |
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On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote:
What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] |
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Alan Erskine wrote in news:n4mvp.3169$aH5.857
@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com: On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote: What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] SPAM |
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Alan Erskine wrote in news:n4mvp.3169$aH5.857
@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com: On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote: What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] If the enemy is attacking they are already capable of moving faster than you. |
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Alan Erskine wrote in news:n4mvp.3169$aH5.857
@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com: On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote: What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] Binary number set.. Jet powered interceptors are coming in, you can't out fly them, either way,, IIRC: only the early models had them.. ..vibration from the guns played hell with the electronics of the era... |
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On 2/05/2011 10:04 AM, Donegal wrote:
Alan wrote in news:n4mvp.3169$aH5.857 @viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com: On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote: What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] SPAM Huh? |
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Alan Erskine wrote:
On 2/05/2011 5:45 AM, John Szalay wrote: What an amazing idea; lower the turrets into the airstream to slow you down, just as the enemy are attacking.... ;-] What an amazing idea; increase your speed by retracting the turrets out of the airstream when they're not needed. |
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Alan Erskine wrote in
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