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Offline SpencAce

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P-82 twin mustang
« on: May 28, 2011, 01:19:24 PM »
it is the most badass looking thing from ww2.. nuff said.                        just use google image to find a pic
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 01:20:31 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:19:24 PM
it is the most badass looking thing from ww2.. nuff said.                        just use yahoo image to find a pic

So this isn't a wish for a plane that didn't actually serve in WW2, right?



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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 01:21:40 PM »
no it served in ww2 ... just at like the very, very, end... that y we like need it... it would be the coolest thing in the game
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2011, 01:24:34 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:21:40 PM
no it served in ww2 ... just at like the very, very, end... that y we like need it... it would be the coolest thing in the game

Prove it :D
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2011, 01:27:27 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:21:40 PM
no it served in ww2 ... just at like the very, very, end... that y we like need it... it would be the coolest thing in the game


Quote from: JOACH1M on May 28, 2011, 01:24:34 PM
Prove it :D
:rofl   :lol  i'm willing to bet good money he can't find a single instance of a full squadron or combat involvement...
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM »
ok well, technicaly it was still experimental until 1948... but there were flying prototypes that were used in combat in 1945
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2011, 01:28:34 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM
ok well, technicaly it was still experimental until 1948... but there were flying prototypes that were used in combat in 1945
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2011, 01:30:54 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM
ok well, technicaly it was still experimental until 1948... but there were flying prototypes that were used in combat in 1945

Cool!!!  What kind of missions did they do?
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2011, 01:36:12 PM »
Quote from: SpencAce on May 28, 2011, 01:27:43 PM
ok well, technicaly it was still experimental until 1948... but there were flying prototypes that were used in combat in 1945
oh you mean the ones that were dog fighting zekes at roswell before the military put a secret base there...ya,  :aok 

 :rofl  :lol  :rofl  :lol i need to grab a few beers, this could be fun...
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Offline caldera

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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2011, 01:38:09 PM »
I heard they used them in durability testing with live ammo.  Some guy on the BBS had a great-uncle that was the test pilot, so you know it's legit.

Might be the only fighter that can survive a non-linear flight path within 10 miles of a CV group.  ;)
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2011, 01:58:39 PM »
Quote from: Golfer on May 28, 2011, 01:30:54 PM
Cool!!!  What kind of missions did they do?

The P-82 was used over Japan for live firing tests to see how easily the P-82 could avoid Japanese AAA.  There is a very respected member of the AH community who's uncle was a test pilot that died during one of these test flights over Yashikamijojo in 1945.

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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2011, 02:02:41 PM »
Then we must have it in game.  We must.

SpencAce great idea!  I don't know how we overlooked this airplane all this time and I know a lot about WWII.  I researched the raid on Macho Grande where the P82 would have been so much more effective.
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2011, 02:31:24 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on May 28, 2011, 01:58:39 PM
The P-82 was used over Japan for live firing tests to see how easily the P-82 could avoid Japanese AAA.  There is a very respected member of the AH community who's uncle was a test pilot that died during one of these test flights over Yashikamijojo in 1945.

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Was waiting for this.................. :rofl :rofl :aok
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2011, 02:40:45 PM »
honest question:


what was the main purpose of the twin mustang? its key role? its dogfighting capabilities? and such?


idk, just something about its design makes me think of it as a turkey. :headscratch:
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2011, 03:37:32 PM »
Quote from: Tyrannis on May 28, 2011, 02:40:45 PM
honest question:


what was the main purpose of the twin mustang? its key role? its dogfighting capabilities? and such?


idk, just something about its design makes me think of it as a turkey. :headscratch:

Range.

It was meant as a very long range escort. Lots of fuel and two pilots. One could rest while the other drove.

F-82s scored the first Allied kills in the Korean War. An La7 I believe.



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