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Dog-faced pony soldier
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: A Rock Surrounded by a Whole lot of Water
Posts: 34,187
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Probably my favorite airplane of all time. Before I die I'll fly one.
I remember seeing one of the engines at the Tillamook Air Museum (Oregon) which had been used for testing after the war. Apparently they boosted it to something like 140 psi of boost (!) There was a hole BLASTED right through the side of the case where one of the pistons punched through it. The crazy part was I guess they'd apparently done this successfully many times - apparently the guy just got the mixture wrong that day or something. But DAMN!
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Black Cars Matter
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