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I have always thought that the Boomerang was a bit of a joke, as far as fighters go - but they do make a cool noise!
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The Boomerang was a stop gap machine, designed and made in short order because Australia couldn't get enough fighters from the yanks or poms at that time.
I'm sure most others would be impressed by at least a 250kt cruise speed and 1200hp in a little machine like that. I've always admired them.
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FDK, you might want to check out the latest 'Flight Path', which has a write-up on the CAC Turbo Boomerang, re-engined with a B17 turbo-supercharged powerplant.
The Turbo Boomerang was very favourably compared to the P51 & Spitfire by the test pilot who flew all of them at the time; was considered to be actually better in some areas. The Government of the day elected not to go to production, prefering to concentrate on licence building P51s, Beauforts & Beaufighters.
The Turbo Boomerang was very favourably compared to the P51 & Spitfire by the test pilot who flew all of them at the time; was considered to be actually better in some areas. The Government of the day elected not to go to production, prefering to concentrate on licence building P51s, Beauforts & Beaufighters.
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I haven't read that flightpath, I thought the Boomerang with the added turbo still had the Pratt in it with a hair drier tacked on the back somewhere. Didn't Liberators have an 1830 with a Turbo?
I'm sure most others would be impressed by at least a 250kt cruise speed and 1200hp in a little machine like that.
Wasn't too bad in the ground attack role, either - but a bugger when it came to ground handling.
