Shows how ignorant the press is about airplanes,,,,and Lord knows what else.
The P-47 is no small plane. In its day it was one hell of a mean machine.
Right on! It was probably one of the largest fighters of WWII and was mean, like you said.
old curmudgeon wrote:
Shows how ignorant the press is about airplanes,,,,and Lord knows what else. The P-47 is no small plane. In its day it was one hell of a mean machine.
Glad somebody caught that. Its pretty obvious that this report generated by the AP and picked up by FOX just demonstrates just how unreliable and lazy news reporting has become. From the top tip of the propeller to the bottom the span is about 15 feet. Its engine was around 6 feet in circumference. It was one of the biggest single seat/engine fighters like the Corsair we had during WWII.