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article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super Corsair In March 1944, Pratt Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft to evaluate their new P&W R-4360,28 engine. Vought shipped an F4U-1, BuNo 02460 …
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article Boeing B–29 Superfortress A series of historical images of the legendary Boeing B-29 Superfortress during WW2, depicting its life at the Pacific resort. Although it bore the “Superfortress” tag, a nod …
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article F-16D BLOCK 52+Advanced The conversion of TAMIYA’s F 16C to the F-16D version was not a simple matter. I bought the F-16D 1/48 KINETIC kit and kept the top …
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article Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Engine study scaled R-2800 WASP ENGINE DOUBLE The Double Wasp, an 18-cylinder, 2,800 cubic centimeter radial engine Technical Specifications: 2,804 Cubic Centimeters • Speed Per …
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article SEA COWSometimes when an airplane doesn’t perform as expected, it falls outside the specifications for which it was designed and ends up getting weird or even derogatory nicknames. Seamew …
article Goodyear F2G-1 Super CorsairThe apparent capability of the Corsair meant that there was interest in exploring how far the design could be pushed. Vought, as already mentioned, was fully …