vigil of reason wrote:He was referring to a tank.
As watermoon said, I have a pilot friend who knows one of the surviving flying tigers personally. They were a civilian air crew who trained and flew with Chinese pilots in older P-36 and P-40's attacking all Japanese aircraft they encountered. In their larger, slower, but tougher planes they produced ace after ace. They have some great stories to tell and are largely unknown.
thunderhawk wrote:The p-51 was an unimpressive aircraft destined for recon and patrol until the British put a Merlin Engine into one.
Well, you are partially correct. The original was actually built to British specs the first time, but with the original Allison engine, did not perform well at high altitudes. The British then sugested a packard engine and the American designers listened. Here's a link to the "pregnant fish" as watermoon put it, lol.
http://www.acepilots.com/planes/p51_mustang.html
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