yuriOctober 23, 2010, 1:26pm
I belong to the Aircraft Engine Historical Society and there are many things that are interesting. One is the P47 encounter reports as they were running top cover and also strafing and bombing missions. These are the actual combat reports of these. Very interesting reading for some of you.
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/p-47-encounter-reports.htmlIf the pages come up small just move your mouse over the report and click to increase the size.
theecoopOctober 23, 2010, 2:43pm
interesting ,thanks for sharing
Perfect Practice makes perfect!
BlueMaxOctober 24, 2010, 5:15am
yes, thanks for sharing. ok I admit I read every one from gabreski!
Chris
When in doubt just use full throttle.... it might not help but it will end the suspense.
cliffOctober 24, 2010, 6:05pm
Wow, it does'nt take long to burn up an hour reading these. Thanks for sharing. Another great read is about the PBY guys in the South Pacific, these guys had some cajones.
yuriOctober 24, 2010, 6:15pm
Yeah Cliff, the "Black Cats" certainly did their share of fighting there. One of the guys there said "takeoff at 90 climb at 90 cruise at 90 and land at 90" I have a huge amount of material on mostly old engines but figured these actual combat reports would be of interest to everone. There are ones for P51s at the bottom of the page and lots of other info on the 47 operations.The Pratt and Whitney R-2800s on the 47 did a wonderful job once the early A and B models got their problems worked out and the water injection systems and props were perfected. In some of the reports you read the pilot talking about "I turned on the water and caught up with him".The whole 47 force here and in Europe was grounded for a period of time while Pratt got them fixed early in the war. The Corsairs and the Hellcats had the same engines and had teething problems as well. Interesting to read all of the things that were done internally to get them working right. The R3350s on the B-29s had more problems that Wright finally got worked out. The 29 engines would barely make 75 hours before removal where after developement on airliners 2 to 3000 hours before removal was not unusual, although much of this was procedures. These are what was on the AD Skyraiders also. I got to turn up an AD in school and the noise and vibration was fantastic for a 20 year old from Pleasant Grove, Ms.
(unknown)October 25, 2010, 11:45am
Great reading! Thanks