Author Topic: P38L Tail Warning System?  (Read 369 times)

Offline Raptor

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P38L Tail Warning System?
« on: January 20, 2005, 08:45:18 PM »
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One interesting improvement was the installation of a new tail-warning radar system. It would signal the pilot through flashing lights and bell sounds when an aircraft was in close proximity behind the aircraft.

http://p-38online.com/p38l.html

I want this modeled! Would be good for all those times I am talking and not paying attention to whats going on around me:lol

Offline hawker238

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P38L Tail Warning System?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2005, 09:50:50 PM »

Offline Rasker

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P38L Tail Warning System?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2005, 01:21:02 AM »
Heh, the reference to carrying people in drop tanks reminds me that those "droop snoot" 38's that carried bombardiers in the nose had no provision for the poor guys to bail out if the plane was going down.  I wonder if anyof those had cause to regret that?

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P38L Tail Warning System?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2005, 01:26:08 AM »
Before i opened the link i was positive i was going to see that catroon