Since V.87 of CK (5-6 years?) I've asked nicely for a P61 Black Widow. To this day, I'm still asking. I've offered everything from a Case of Beer, to my first born child, (Which, of course I anulled and voided after my wife became pregnant
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Now, we have a flight sim with late model planes, the P61 would fit in perfect. Sure, it was a night fighter, only because we had plenty of medium bombers already in the Pacific,and due to the fact that the P61 had great radar for night jabos. If the radar hadn't progressed as rapidly as it did, you would have seen the P61 in olive drab bombing along side the B25's, the A-26's the B26's, the "Bostons" and P38's on the Japanese controlled islands.
So, I again plead with you sirs, Gentleman, the P61 Black Widow.:
The only specially designed night fighter of WWII, a large but maneuvrable twin-engined, twin-boom aircraft. The allied enjoyed almost total air superiority by the time the P-61 entered service, and the P-61 was mainly(but not necessarily) used as a night intruder and attack aircraft. The nose housed a big and heavy centimetric radar set, made in the US; four machine guns were installed in a remotely controlled turret on top of the fuselage (deleted on many P-61As) and four
cannon were fitted in the fuselage belly. The P-61 was surprisingly maneuverable for such a large aircraft, but too slow too make a really excellent fighter. There was also a two-seat dayfighter development, the XP-61E, later converted into the XF-15 reconaissance aircraft. 706 built.
Type: P-61B-1
Function: nightfighter
Year: 1944 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 2250hp P&W R-2800-65
Wing Span: 20.11m Length: 15.11m Height: 4.47m Wing Area: 61.53m2
Empty Weight: 10637m Max.Weight: 16240m
Max. Speed: 589km/h Ceiling: Max. Range: 2175km
Armament: 4*g20mm (4*mg12.7mm) 4*725kg
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Ripsnort(-rip1-)
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"Experience is a hard teacher because she
gives the test first, the lesson afterwards"
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 04-05-2000).]
