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Lockheed P-38 Lightning part 1, the radical interceptor idea that changed American fighter design
From Ben Kelsey’s regulatory end run to Kelly Johnson’s twin boom interceptor, the P 38 Lightning began as a daring solution to high altitude combat, surviving prototype failures, political risk, and ...
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning part 2, how a deadly high altitude fighter nearly killed its own pilots
The P 38 Lightning shot down more enemy aircraft than any other US fighter in the Pacific, yet early pilots faced lethal dive lockups, frozen cockpits, and engine failures that nearly doomed the ...
History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.
It was John’s legacy of Christian faith that would set Breckenridge on the lasting enduring path to retirement later this year. John’s faith legacy was borne not in war but tragedy a few years after ...
Some aircraft succeeded even though they made life harder for the people flying them. They demanded constant attention, ...
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