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Old 27th September 2008 | 00:44
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barit1
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sycamore, I was about to call your bluff, but it appears you are correct regarding the early Lightnings of the RAF. They not only had same-rotation engines, but no turbos either. I found this at:
About the P-38

However, all US P-38's did counter-rotate. In fact there's a limerick set to a ditty tune "Fighter Pilot's Lament", one chorus of which goes:

"Don't give me a P-38
With propellers that counter-rotate;
She loop and she'll spin
and she'll augur you in,
Don't give me a P-38!"

Last edited by barit1; 4th October 2008 at 01:34. Reason: missing syllable in poem
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