Little known / experimental aircraft

[Griz882]

The Super Phrog, Boeing Vertol 360.

I thought it was the Phast Phrog! 😀

 

[Randy Daytona]

Sorry to quote Tom Cruise, but it’s not the aircraft, it’s the pilot! The average naval aviator of late ‘44 or early ‘45 would have had vastly more experience than the average Luftwaffe pilot. An interesting way to look at it this…the P-51 (and good pilots) proved to be a superior design to German models but the Corsair proved to be superior to the P-51 during the “Football War!” On a more serious note, you can read about the Navy’s analysis (1944) of the two aircraft from the Pax River team here, https://militaryhistorynow.com/2021...-up-between-the-two-fighters/#google_vignette it briefly notes testing that was done against some axis fighters…both the Corsair and Hellcat could turn inside the German models, something the P-51 could not do.

The video from Greg’s airplanes was set in 1943 - so an F4U-1 time frame. The American fighters compared quite well, alot to be said for the massive R-2800.

Good article about one of the only piston engine fighter that could engage the ME-262 in airborne combat were the 500 mph hotrodded P-47M’s flown by the famed highly experienced 56th Fighter Group known as “Zemke’s Wolfpack.”

Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts Took The Fight To Hitler’s Deadly Me-262 Fighters

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. However, the name was more generally appropriate—like a wild boar, the hulking single-engine “Jug” was tough and hard-charging, and its eight .50 caliber machine guns packed...

nationalinterest.org

 

[sevenhelmet]

I’d like to see the VA disability claim for hearing from those nacelle gunners!

It was denied as “not service connected”.

 

[zipmartin]

Sorry to quote Tom Cruise, but it’s not the aircraft, it’s the pilot!

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it.


Manfred von Richthofen

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it.


Manfred von Richthofen