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Gregg Germain wrote:
ArtKramr wrote:
: I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra. Any more?

I've often wondered about the Aircobra:

Westland Whirlwind, maybe - went nowhere much (apart from
France, repeatedly, at low level until they ran out of
examples) because the Peregrine engine was an early
orphan.
Fairey Barracuda was a "nearly" - if only it had the
Fairey P.24 Prince double-engine (same could be said for
many mid-war designs - it might have been a better developmental
bet than the awful Vulture, and possibly better than the Sabre)
- for naval a/c, particularly, the option of shutting half the engine
down for cruise was appealing.
Any of the late WW1 designs left orphaned by the ABC Dragonfly
debacle.

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