Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

A Twin Mustang:

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3 comments:

Grey Wolf said...

Wow -- that's not your typical air frame.

I gather the design extends its range. Wikipedia sayeth:

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engined fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the North American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II. The war ended well before the first production units were operational.

In the postwar era, Strategic Air Command used the aircraft as a long-range escort fighter. Radar-equipped F-82s were used extensively by the Air Defense Command as replacements for the Northrop P-61 Black Widow as all-weather day/night interceptors.

Gray Fox

11/05/2023 2:19 PM
J4rh34d said...

The first 22 F-82s had Packard-Merlin V-1650 engines. Then, Rolls-Royce upped the license fees.
So, the Allison V-1710 was used in the remaining 90% of the production, keeping engine manufacture on this side of the pond

Interestingly, RR now owns Allison.

11/05/2023 8:52 PM
Old NFO said...

They were/are an interesting 'deviation' from the normal lines of progression in aircraft development. And they worked well, once they got into service!!!

11/06/2023 10:41 PM

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