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To: 03A3
No I get it, you love the P-38 and that’s OK.

And I firmly believe the P-38 could have performed just as well in the ETO as in the Pacific and helped bring the war in Europe to an earlier close.

I pretty much hate liquid cooled engines and the love the P&W radials, as well as the Grumman Engineers.

I generally feel similar, especially when it comes to platforms like the A-1 Skyraider.

My favorite plane was the F8F that never saw combat.

No doubt the Bearcat would have ruled the skies but it came at the end of a technological line.

F4U Corsair was my favorite radial from WW-II.

45 posted on 07/08/2026 1:57:24 PM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

Yep I love the hose nose, especially the F2G. It had the Wasp Major, an absolutely gorgeous 4-row P&W radial.


46 posted on 07/08/2026 5:11:41 PM PDT by 03A3 (If we can defund the police, we sure as hell can defund the FBI)
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