"Gabby" Gabreski, 27 kills with the Eighth Air Force flying P-47s, said that the Spitfire V engine would stop when you flew the machine inverted. I guess SUs don't work upside down. Gabreski was scandalized. You really had to know the machines' limitations well, I guess.
The F4F was a fine machine in the hands of a pilot who knew it's limitations. Could have used more power. Awhile back I put up a little on the Thach Weave, one of the better Wildcat tactics. On the Joe Foss thread.
We could have lost that war in 1942. Wilcat pilots are a big part of why we did not.
Any war machine is good if it is effective. Wildcat was a good machine.
Good luck with those heads. I think you are doing a big job. More like a week than an evening.
Good morning. I see there was activity on the thread last night. Doesn't anybody sleep around here. ;-)
Oh my.