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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: US Fighter Designations
Message-ID: <1990Aug8.030305.25347@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 8 Aug 90 03:03:05 GMT
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

: From: geoffm@EBay.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
: 
: In article <1990Jul31.223607.6367@cbnews.att.com> As I mentioned next week in my talk on reversible time... writes:
: 
: >P39: Airacobra, Bell Aircraft.  Sold lots to the Soviet Union during
: >
: >***  Heh, heh. This was an interesting one. Had it's engine in the middle if
: >***  the plane and a long propellor shaft through the cockpit. Was turbo-?
: >***  at first until the government got a hold of it, i think. The gov't was
: >***  also responsible for moving the engine back behind the pilot. not good
: >***  if something blows. 
: 
: Why not?  I'd think that would be an advantage, since no oil, smoke, etc.
: would be blown over the windshield and canopy.

It apparently had quite nasty flat-spin characteristics.  A fully-developed
spin went flat after a few turns, too.  (May have depended on remaining fuel
weight.)

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