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Offline DaddyAck

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« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2008, 11:44:23 PM »
...the fact that it raped their antiquated bobmers under the cover of night had nothing to do with it...:rofl
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2008, 01:34:10 AM »
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Japs hated the p-61 due to the color.  they fear the color black.

You might want to look into that some more before you start spouting nonsense.
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2008, 04:17:42 AM »
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You might want to look into that some more before you start spouting nonsense.

I was thinking the same thing. :aok

Shhh...No one tell em' Im afraid of blue.....
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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2008, 11:29:05 PM »
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You might want to look into that some more before you start spouting nonsense.

I read it somewhere, trying to find it.  I am not sying that is why they had it black.

Here is a good site on the p-61

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9693/
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Offline 5PointOh

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« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2008, 01:53:49 PM »
Hmm wow. Bold remark.  I work with many Japanese daily, none of them are afraid of the color black.  One even drives a black car.
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« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2008, 02:02:30 PM »
You should tell them you read that on the interweb, so they don't drive around looking stupid.
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Re: p-61
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2008, 03:24:50 PM »
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Japs hated the p-61 due to the color.  they fear the color black.

HuH, and here i thought it was because the P-61 was a night fighter.:rolleyes:
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« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2008, 08:58:00 PM »
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HuH, and here i thought it was because the P-61 was a night fighter.:rolleyes:


i know how you feel...
(not japanese but still scared of fast flying black thingies that make a lot of noise....:noid )
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Offline Redlegs

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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2008, 06:21:30 AM »
ARMAMENTS:
Four 20mm M-2 Cannon in belly, fixed forward.
Plus
Electric Dorsal turret with four .50 machine guns, remotely controlled
from front or rear sight station and fired by pilot.
(in first 37 A's, last 250 B's and all C's)
Plus (B & C Only)
Wing racks for 6,400 lb. ordnance load.



IM in :aok :aok
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Offline lyric1

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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2008, 08:19:08 AM »
Some colour photos I found.
« Last Edit: January 25, 2008, 08:25:31 AM by lyric1 »
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Offline DaddyAck

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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2008, 12:57:58 AM »
Sweet Pics.  I still say yes to this bird. :D
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Offline Cthulhu

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Re: P-61 Black Widow
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2008, 03:31:29 PM »
Repeating something I posted a couple weeks ago...

Quote from: Cthulhu on April 29, 2008, 11:33:02 AM
You guys do realize that the radar on the night fighters of the period was extremely short-ranged don't you? Hell, the Black Widow's radar (which was a pretty big airborne radar for the time) only had a range of 5 miles. :( That's less than the visual range we have now. Like uberslet said, it would only be useful on Christmas Eve, and then only with ground-based radar or a controller to get you in the ball park.
I guess we could microwave squeekers with it. :D

As cool as the P-61 is, and it is very cool (those spoilers give this big boy a nasty roll rate :aok), it would be all but useless in AH.
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« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2008, 04:43:19 PM »
Interesting link here:

http://www.nightfighter.info/
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« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2008, 02:41:45 AM »
Very good read Scherf, one of my all time favorite planes.
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« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2008, 06:25:18 AM »
What an absolute monster of a plane. Probably would have to be perked though of brought into the game, which I doubt it will be.
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