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Offline BnZs

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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #45 on: May 31, 2011, 02:48:10 AM »
I've always wondered what would happen if the two pilots had a disagreement over tactics in the midst of a dogfight...
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #46 on: May 31, 2011, 01:52:59 PM »
     Apparently that was only a problem in the E model, the F and Gs had a radar officer instead of a copilot.

http://www.boeing.com/history/bna/p82.htm
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #47 on: May 31, 2011, 06:43:44 PM »
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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #48 on: May 31, 2011, 06:54:47 PM »
     Apparently that was only a problem in the E model, the F and Gs had a radar officer instead of a copilot.

http://www.boeing.com/history/bna/p82.htm

Who was the old AW player who's father used to fly F-82s for the Air Defense Command?  Wasn't it -HR-?

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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #49 on: May 31, 2011, 07:16:14 PM »
: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 #50 on: May 31, 2011, 07:18:26 PM »
I've always wondered what would happen if the two pilots had a disagreement over tactics in the midst of a dogfight...

It would split into two P-51s and they would follow their ideas.  :lol

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Re: P-82 twin mustang
« Reply #51 on: May 31, 2011, 07:19:17 PM »
"The North American F-82 Twin Mustang was the last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter in World War II, however the war ended well before the first production units were operational, so its postwar role changed to that of night-fighting."

WIKI..."However the War ENDED BEFORE the first [production units were available"
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