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To: Fiji Hill

...they had a bad reputation for crashing.

Huge engine and tiny, stubby wings. I'm sure they were a handful to fly.

6 posted on 04/04/2025 4:13:25 PM PDT by ZOOKER

To: ZOOKER

Huge engine and tiny, stubby wings. I'm sure they were a handful to fly.

When I was in Germany, they were easy to distinguish by their shape when they flew overhead.

9 posted on 04/04/2025 4:29:19 PM PDT by Fiji Hill

To: ZOOKER

Wile E. Coyote strapping himself to a big ACME rocket, a Distinguished Flying Cross awarded pre-flight.

16 posted on 04/04/2025 4:52:26 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)

To: ZOOKER

I’ve read them described as human-piloted missiles. “Banking with intent to turn.”

17 posted on 04/04/2025 4:53:07 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)

To: ZOOKER

Huge engine and tiny, stubby wings. I'm sure they were a handful to fly.

Ironically, the design was modified into one of the longest-serving U.S. jets, the U-2. You can see the similarities in the fuselage.

28 posted on 04/04/2025 11:09:11 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)

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