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To: SpeedyInTexas

As I remember the story, the P-38 was the only plane available with the range to intercept Yamamoto.


13 posted on 04/17/2017 7:50:48 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989
As I remember the story, the P-38 was the only plane available with the range to intercept Yamamoto.

After Charles Lindbergh squeezed about 30% more range out of it and adding /subtracting parts from the original design.

30 posted on 04/17/2017 8:14:26 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: rdl6989

The P38 didn’t have the range until Lindberg got his hands on it. Drop the RPM, increase the Boost and there were another 600+ miles in them.


33 posted on 04/17/2017 8:15:27 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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