I read the entry for P-38 and it doesn’t mention in the summary at the start
that it was a virtual death trap. It had problems of compressiblity at high
airspeed which the engineers did not solve until well after it came into
service. I suppose the requirements of operations forced everyone's hand, but
such an aircraft would not be allowed into service today.
I do know Honington, as you say. Unfortunately it’s not a full-time airfield
now: it has been taken over by the RAF Regiment, and they don’t fly . . .
Chris
> On 26 Jan 15, at 01:53, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My father used to repair them during the war
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning>>
> as well as P-51s
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang>>
> He was stationed at RAF Honington from 1943-45 which Chris is quite familiar
> with.
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