Alan Minyard wrote:

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:32:52 GMT, "Gord Beaman" )
wrote:

Mike Marron wrote:

(Corey C. Jordan) wrote:

If any WWII fighter was least likely to get near Mach 1, it was the P-38
with its 0.68 critical Mach.

And as any truthful RAF Sea Vixen driver would attest, not to mention
the P-38's relatively dirty twin boom design.

-Mike Marron


Two booms?...isn't that the signature of an a/c achieving mach
one?. So the P-38 IS supersonic then?.

Actually, it must have been hyper-sonic since both booms arrived at
the same time :-)

Al Minyard

....plus they were likely parallel booms too, eh?


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-Gord.