Author Topic: Woh is Me; the Poor Reputation of the 39th P (Read 1343 times)

Tilt · « **Reply #30 on:** April 01, 2007, 05:55:23 AM »

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Originally posted by tedrbr
Pokryshkin himself has been reported to having stated his group switched to the P-63 KingCobra late in the war.

i would be very interested in the source of this..........

http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/pokryshkin.html

SirLoin · « **Reply #31 on:** April 01, 2007, 06:48:17 AM »

Good read Tiilt.!

IronDog · « **Reply #32 on:** April 01, 2007, 09:00:08 AM »

The Free French were given some P63's,but they didn't see much service.Wonder if P63 would have fared better than the P39 in voting?P63 won the Reno air race about 1946 or 47.Always interesting to think about how things might have been.....IF!
IronDog

rodak · « **Reply #33 on:** April 01, 2007, 10:19:01 AM »

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Originally posted by FrodeMk3
Not to hijack the thread, but...Are they sure it was'nt some kind of airframe or control failure, Humble? A pitts S-1 is a specialty aerobatic plane...I used to go to airshows up at Lemoore NAS, and you'd see 'em flat spin at 2,500 AGL, and seemingly recover at will.

They do recover well from a spin "instantly at the pilots command" is what they say, now as far as the flat spin goes.. you have to force the flat spin to make it happen in the first place by adding power I believe.