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"As cool as the other side of the pillow." Lighting up the Pratt & Whitney, idling and then following a pretty 51 out on the runway. Like most WWII aircraft buffs, I like the pretty ones: the P-51, the F4U, and the Spit. There's a stunningly beautiful P-47 out at the Udvar-Hazy Annex at Dulles though and they have really grown on me. That R-2800..21 (I believe) radial is beautiful to hear. Here's the one in Washington  _______________________________________________________ despite them | ||
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Very nice. Like you say even the most hardcore WWII aircraft buff tends to fall for the pretty ones. That said the P-47 and Hurricane are among my favorites. They have a rugged beauty that becomes apparent once in the air. Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Complacency sucks… | |||
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... enjoy this P-47 training video ... Link to original video: https://youtu.be/7Y3v1-WMJS8 We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin. "If anyone in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their head read, because as a government, you are not spending it that well, that we should be donating extra...: Kerry Packer SIGForum: the island of reality in an ocean of diarrhoea. | |||
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Amateur Astronomer |
Here's 'Tarheel Hal' from an Airshow a few years back.  and in flight,  Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Who brought the chips and dip? Jim | |||
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I started studying military history and equipment at a relatively young age. From the very beginning the P-47D, B-26,P-61 and the Ju-87 were my favorite airplanes from WW2. The P-47 may not be the sleekest or the prettiest like the P-51, or the F4F but it was robust, and a great ground attack aircraft. | |||
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Spiritually Imperfect |
Having grown up building models of the P-47 (and the others mentioned), this was a great thing to watch. I really need to take my 11 year old daughter to an air show, so she can see them. Thanks for the video. | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. IIRC, part of my "study" of WW2 aircraft included the P47. and when they changed the prop to 4 blades the test pilot thought something was wrong because the performance was so much better. ' Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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Tough old birds. They could take as much as they gave in combat. Many of their pilots had a great sense of security from the 47.. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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The P-47 is one of my favorite fighter planes from that era. It looks especially cool with the bubble canopy. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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The p-47 has always been one of my favorite aircraft. Most produced US fighter, it could dance at altitude thanks to its supercharger - and when the paddle blade prop replaced the toothpick, it really could perform. Faster roll rate than a 190 supposedly. That same aircraft could come down on the deck and take out a train or strafe some aircraft, the PW 2800 could lose a jug and still get type pilot home. 'Merica!  “Forigive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.” -Scottish proverb | |||
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| Legalize the Constitution |
Eight-50 cal. machine guns! I read they could spit out 7200 rds/min. That's a lot of damage _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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The P47 has always been one of my favorites owing to my grandfather working for Republic building them. He was a little guy so they stuck him inside the fuselage bucking rivets. He died of cancer in his early fifties and I have always believed being stuck inside those planes with the insulation and smoking 2-3 packs a day led to his early demise. Regards, Kent j You can learn something from everyone you meet, If nothing else you can learn you don't want to be like them It's only racist to those who want it to be. It's a magazine, clips are for potato chips and hair | |||
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Mr. Kent, I've always admired your avitar. Now I better understand it's significance. Bob | |||
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| Legalize the Constitution |
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
+2. God bless him. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Political Cynic |
awesome sound [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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A P47 is a big plane. My dad, a P51 pilot, used to joke that when things got bad a P47 pilot could run around inside the fuselage to dodge the incoming. | |||
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Striker in waiting |
God bless your grandfather, who may have built the P-47 my grandfather flew. I'll find a pic and a story later. -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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To the best of my knowledge, unlike the Hellcat and Corsair, the P-47 never used anything other than a 4 bladed prop. | |||
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Alienator |
She's ugly but fast. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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