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Originally Posted by kach22i
I don't know, ten years of active service in a time period of great turmoil and aircraft design turn over seems like some sort of accomplishment. However the maintenance of two engine types on the same aircraft does seem impracticable by today's standards.
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They went into service AFTER WWII and had no capability for nukes. They never fired a shot in anger and were relegated to reconnaissance roles. They burned 100 gallons of oil every flight, ate spark plugs and mechanics either froze or wilted in hi/lo temps as there were no shelters big enough to cover them. Bassackwards engines that froze up because of the carb configurations.
Infrastructure is a part of design work. Just sayin.....