On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:44:01 PM UTC+1, Bill D wrote:

That P-47 wing had a self-sealing fuel tank, 4, .50 cal gun mounts with ammunition trays and numerous hard points for bombs and rockets. It also had a main gear leg to support all that weight. The fuselage had pilot armor and heavy vacuum tube avionics. "Civilianized" WWII fighters often weighed a ton less than the GI versions after they were stripped of the mil-stuff..

Minor detail - P-47s didn't get internal wing tanks until the late-war P-47N model. If this is a C, it wouldn't even have wing bomb/drop tank racks.

Still a big hunk of metal!

Kirk
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