Speed Kills
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Gotta go back and read the history. The Lightning, Thunderbolt, King Cobra, Warhawk and Hellcat are all 1930's designs or refinements of those designs. Evolution of engine design, both here and in the UK, coupled with production, is where a lot of the story is at.
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If you have the time, here's a very good series of documentaries on WW2 production, looking at both sides:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMrqOdrCidQ2gpuSIxW07ylqTu0Fln3v
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We had some great planes entering the scene just as the war ended. It's also mind boggling to think of how quickly the country responded to the engineering, production, and distribution of so many warfighting needs.
@89th said in Speed Kills:
We had some great planes entering the scene just as the war ended. It's also mind boggling to think of how quickly the country responded to the engineering, production, and distribution of so many warfighting needs.
Mrs. Phibes' grandfather was in the team that developed the first radar to go into a Lancaster bomber during WW2. He was a truly brilliant man, but when he told us about the development of it - he said they really had no idea what they were doing, they tried all sorts of weird experiments, and then somehow they managed to get it working in an unbelievably short period of time.
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@89th said in Speed Kills:
We had some great planes entering the scene just as the war ended. It's also mind boggling to think of how quickly the country responded to the engineering, production, and distribution of so many warfighting needs.
Mrs. Phibes' grandfather was in the team that developed the first radar to go into a Lancaster bomber during WW2. He was a truly brilliant man, but when he told us about the development of it - he said they really had no idea what they were doing, they tried all sorts of weird experiments, and then somehow they managed to get it working in an unbelievably short period of time.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Speed Kills:
@89th said in Speed Kills:
We had some great planes entering the scene just as the war ended. It's also mind boggling to think of how quickly the country responded to the engineering, production, and distribution of so many warfighting needs.
Mrs. Phibes' grandfather was in the team that developed the first radar to go into a Lancaster bomber during WW2. He was a truly brilliant man, but when he told us about the development of it - he said they really had no idea what they were doing, they tried all sorts of weird experiments, and then somehow they managed to get it working in an unbelievably short period of time.
Sometimes, you just run across something that works. The interesting story of how we forgot to make FOGBANK...
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