Friday, March 16, 2018

Grumman F9F-2 Panther Length

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2 April 2018: I've added some additional illustrations to explain the length change. Well, there's your problem. The F9F-2 Pant...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Grumman F9F-2 vs. F9F-5 Wing Root Comparison

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On my 2009 post comparing the F9F-2 with the -5 ( http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/10/grumman-panther.html ), "davedd" comm...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sword 1/72 North American FJ-2/3 Furies

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12 November 2021: A review of the FJ-2 rerelease:  http://www.hyperscale.com/2021/reviews/kits/sw72138reviewgc_1.htm 26 October 2017: Added ...
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Monday, September 25, 2017

Douglas A3D-2P/RA-3B/ERA-3B Skywarrior

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27 October 2017: Added configuration comments by Joe Hawkins Douglas built less than 300 A3D Skywarriors but its family tree had many bran...
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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Things Under Wings - Before Douglas High-Speed External Tanks

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 I've updated my post on the 150 and 300-gallon tanks in use before the introduction of the Douglas high-speed tanks thanks to resear...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

F-4 Phantom ACLS Radar Reflector

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ACLS is the initialism for Automatic Carrier Landing System. For more, see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/07/look-no-hands.html Up unti...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Relying on Museum Pieces for Accuracy Part 3

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6 December 2022: Oops - I relied on an inaccurate Douglas drawing that showed the vertical fin with  cambered airfoil that was lifting to th...
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