Thanks all :-)
Philippe
Le 26 janv. 15 à 06:56, ChrisB a écrit :
I read the entry for P-38 and it doesn’t mention in the summary at
the start that it was a virtual death trap. It had problems of
compressiblity at high airspeed which the engineers did not solve
until well after it came into service. I suppose the requirements
of operations forced everyone's hand, but such an aircraft would not
be allowed into service today.
I do know Honington, as you say. Unfortunately it’s not a full-time
airfield now: it has been taken over by the RAF Regiment, and they
don’t fly . . .
Chris
On 26 Jan 15, at 01:53, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My father used to repair them during the war
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
>>
as well as P-51s
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang
>>
He was stationed at RAF Honington from 1943-45 which Chris is quite
familiar with.
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