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To: US Navy Vet

A fragile little thing that did so much for NAVY pilots. An unassuming airplane for the ages.

20 posted on 11/13/2015 2:34:24 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Actually of all the planes available to the USN in 1942 this was the only one as good or better than it’s Japanese counterpart.


23 posted on 11/13/2015 2:57:52 PM PST by redangus
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To: central_va

I got to see and hear this thing run last time I went to this museum.

http://www.warhawkairmuseum.org/airplane/14

It’s huge, for a single-engine plane.


26 posted on 11/13/2015 3:08:19 PM PST by Disambiguator (Cis-American)
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