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Take a sec and look at this. This is a GORGEOUS, modern-looking aircraft for the early 1940s. And it was FAST, and nimble.
Now imagine the guts it took to fly low-level bombing raids in a wooden airplane. And not only that...
c @TiedemanDale
Now imagine the guts it took to fly low-level bombing raids in a wooden airplane. And not only that...
c @TiedemanDale
@TiedemanDale ... but imagine the guts it took to fly low-level bombing raids in a wooden airplane, knowing that:
• The test plane suffered a fuselage fracture + had to be retired,
and...
• The test plane suffered a fuselage fracture + had to be retired,
and...
@TiedemanDale • The US had decided "this airplane has sacrificed serviceability, structural strength, ease of construction and flying characteristics in an attempt to use construction material which is not suitable for the manufacture of efficient airplanes." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havill… ...
@TiedemanDale ... In short, British pilots in World War II were absolute fucking studs. c @ron_eisele
