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The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...
P-38L 44-53232 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.
A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an amphibious aircraft . [ 1 ]
North American P-64 fighter/advanced trainer; North American P-82 Twin Mustang; Northrop A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 attack aircraft; Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet prototype fighter; Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter; Northrop XP-79 prototype interceptor; Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft; Republic P-43 Lancer fighter; Republic P ...
The second of two Northrop XP-61E Black Widows, 42-39557, modified from the P-61B with a cut-down fuselage and bubble canopy, was written off when an over-eager pilot tried the P-38 Lightning trick of retracting the landing gear on take-off while still on the runway. The heavier Widow settled onto the runway, its hollow steel propellers ...
Previous real estate agents recommended converting the space to a garage for a classic car collection. The previous owners attempted to fashion the shelter into a Tier IV data center — the ...
Aircraft such as the P-38, P-40, P-51A, and North American P-82E used close-coupled propeller reduction gears, a feature of the V-1710-F series. The accessory end had a one- or two-speed engine-driven supercharger that might have a second stage with or without an intercooler , the ignition magnetos and the customary assortment of oil and fuel ...
Connections. The most played puzzle took place on April 1, while the most difficult puzzle was June 20. The most shared puzzle happened on Jan. 11, and "bolt," "nail," "nut," "screw" was the most ...