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Title: P-39 cobra request for AH2
Post by: Mad0Max on November 29, 2004, 11:40:48 PM
I just can't help but notice everytime I logon to AH2 that the P-39 is still missing. This was an important plane in WWII and it needs to be included in AH2. I dont think I would fly anything else if it was in the game.

Thanks

(http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/p39-2.jpg)


P-39 Q
4905 built
37mm cn. & 4x.50-cal. mgs.

"The P-39 was one of America's first-line pursuit planes in December 1941. It made its initial flight in April 1939 at Wright Field and by the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, nearly 600 had been built. Its unique engine location behind the cockpit caused some pilot concern, but this proved to be no more of a hazard in a crash landing than with an engine located forward of the cockpit. However, the P-39's spin characteristics could be quite a problem if recovery techniques were ignored.

The Airacobra saw combat throughout the world, particularly in the Southwest Pacific, Mediterranean and Russian theaters. Because its engine was not equipped with a supercharger, the P-39 performed best below 17,000 feet altitude, and it often was used at lower altitudes for such missions as ground strafing. When P-39 production ended in August 1944, Bell had built 9,584 Airacobras, of which 4,773 had been allotted to the Soviet Union. Russian pilots particularly liked the cannon-armed P-39 for its ground attack capability. Other P-39s served French and British forces. "
Title: P-39 cobra request for AH2
Post by: Octavius on November 30, 2004, 12:01:45 AM
oooh!  oooh!!! :D

P39! heeere !! (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108692&highlight=p39)
Title: P-39 cobra request for AH2
Post by: Mad0Max on November 30, 2004, 12:13:38 AM
I'm not alone in my quest, YAAAAYY!!!

Ehh Emmm.. And might I mention again HTC that we you know...sort of pay monthly here, so a P-39 would keep my money coming in! :aok
Title: P-39 cobra request for AH2
Post by: MOSQ on November 30, 2004, 11:44:32 AM
We've been asking for the P-39 Aircobra in early war US and the P-63 Kingcobra in SAF colors for years. They are in numerous threads. Someday maybe.