What's The Best Allied Aircraft That Didn't Go To War?
F8F Bearcat
I know nothing of it's capabilities but, let's be honest, it looks like it was designed by a 3 year old with a handful of crayons. In fact, I'm pretty sure my 3 year old came up with something similar last week. Does that mean he's guilty of copyright infringement?!
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The F8F Bearcat saw combat in Indochina. French Air Force and later served with the Vietnamese.
Grumman F8F Bearcat - French Wings Over Indochina Gallery
The F8F Bearcat saw combat in Indochina. French Air Force and later served with the Vietnamese.
Grumman F8F Bearcat - French Wings Over Indochina Gallery
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DH Hornet, Martin Baker MB.5 and CA-15;
The latter a bruiser of an aeroplane that had a rather lengthy development phase, hence its late arrival. Although it was originally based on the CAC Boomerang, not the Mustang, even though it looks like one. In its original configuration it was to be powered by a turbocharged P&W 2800, like the P-47, then a Centaurus, but it ended up with a Griffon.
The latter a bruiser of an aeroplane that had a rather lengthy development phase, hence its late arrival. Although it was originally based on the CAC Boomerang, not the Mustang, even though it looks like one. In its original configuration it was to be powered by a turbocharged P&W 2800, like the P-47, then a Centaurus, but it ended up with a Griffon.
TEEJ,
correct that...it's just that the wording of this topic was "Allied aircraft" which I took to mean WW2-only....in that sense then yes F8F would qualify IMO for anything up to 1945!
It may look purposely like a toy...in fact you can see it's the same sort of genre as the MB5 with same or similar speed and much higher rate of climb (significantly lighter) and of course the engine is the favoured USN air cooled radial (P&W?) instead of the liquid cooled inline V(?) RR.
correct that...it's just that the wording of this topic was "Allied aircraft" which I took to mean WW2-only....in that sense then yes F8F would qualify IMO for anything up to 1945!
It may look purposely like a toy...in fact you can see it's the same sort of genre as the MB5 with same or similar speed and much higher rate of climb (significantly lighter) and of course the engine is the favoured USN air cooled radial (P&W?) instead of the liquid cooled inline V(?) RR.
