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Dark Alley Dan said:
Before the Lanc, before the Whitley, there was the Fairey Hendon:

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They were sure counting on those two engines to power a beast that big, huh? 1400 HP total. Lose one engine? Better start looking for someplace large and flat.

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Brought on service in the early '30's, and blessedly retired before the big dust-up.

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Ugly enough to be a Blackburn product.
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Losing an engine and looking for a someplace large and flat??? with that much wing area they’d be lucky to get that kite down in a strong headwind!
 
America's revenge for WW2 European losses:

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Here we see the remaining Luftwaffe F-104s. The ones that didn't sprinkle themselves over the landscape at speed. Great looking (and sounding) aircraft, but used outside their operational parameters and for too long.
 
Here's a rare bird - the Supermarine Seagull:

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Dig that crazy counter-rotating prop. Like a Catalina and a late-model Spitfire had a torrid weekend away together and this popped out months later...

Two and a half built. Cancelled 1952 and sent to scrap.
 
When did Canada retire the 104? As a teenager in I think 1977 I walked out on the dock at the lake. One came screaming over just above the treetops and I damn near jumped in the lake. A few seconds later a second one followed, I don't know if they were mock dogfighting or what but it was a sight to see.
 
mr.e moose said:
When did Canada retire the 104? As a teenager in I think 1977 I walked out on the dock at the lake. One came screaming over just above the treetops and I damn near jumped in the lake. A few seconds later a second one followed, I don't know if they were mock dogfighting or what but it was a sight to see.
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March 1986.
 
Sharps '74 said:
Didn't the Americans start clipping the wings of their Corsairs after the Brits did theirs and proved it's worth?
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Not that I'm aware of. I think the US started using the Corsair for carrier operations after the Brits figured out the circular landing approach to get around the lack of forward visibility on the F4U.
 
I recently saw the nicely preserved F4U in the Pima Air Museum. They also have an A-7 Corsair II on outside display. The USAF certainly profited from adopting both the A-7 and the F-4, both Navy designs. In contrast the troubled F-35 was designed by a committee which will wind up satisfying no one it seems. :rolleyes:
 
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