I should say also that most of the 39 pilots I have talked to through the
years liked the airplane after flying it for a protracted period...and that
includes Yeager! The trick was to fly it right the first time through to the
last time....and I could say THAT about every airplane I've ever flown at
least!! :-)))
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/CFI
Retired
Dynamite paperback re the P39: "Nanette" by Edwards Park, Smithsonian
Institution Press, 1977. Really great.

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