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That P47 never got near the 760 mph and
lived.
It had a tendancy to tuck under and no matter of
strength could put it out.
The same thing happened with the Lightning, Corsair
and other AC where
Control Lock occurred over the rear stabilizer.
Several WW2 Fighter AC
sucessfully exceeded .80 mach(608mph), but
ath was under 20k, carefully.
For comparison, today best of the souped up WW2
Reno Racers
are near .75mach
(570+mph) in level flight.
One Korean Corsair Pilot broke his hip in the
process of not becoming a permanant casualty.
Yet the plane was written of as permanently bent.
(This is a fact.)
One reported characteristic of the F86A was when
they got bent a little in
High speed Dogfights pilots reported that the AC was a little faster.
(I do not know if this is a fact.)
Dan
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