"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Nothing outdives a Republic "Brick" :-))

The P-38 ended up getting some dive boards so it may have gotten a
little closer to Mach One than the rest of the WWII fighters????

The L solved a lot of issues for the 38 if I remember. Hope you finally
got to fly one.

Isn't it amazing: modern fighters go twice as fast straigt UP as WW2
fighters did going straight DOWN.