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To: freedumb2003

It only took 120 days from start to flight for the Mustang.


32 posted on 07/03/2013 3:17:09 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

But until the marriage with the Rolls Royce Merlin, the Mustang was so so at altitude.


51 posted on 07/03/2013 4:12:03 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
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To: Gaffer
It only took 120 days from start to flight for the Mustang.

That plane was designed and built by a generation of engineers who had already brought two dozen new fighter aircraft designs into service within the span of a single decade. We don't have that kind of talent today.

56 posted on 07/03/2013 4:35:35 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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