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Title: The Twin Mustang Flies Again!
Post by: MIGs on October 25, 2018, 02:47:11 PM: https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/double-headed-mustang-flies-again-180969517/?fbclid=IwAR25AHK5PvNsk0pe0FbFdIVLa59FiRdpnTHUSfQt8v38FcI4rUKVu7WvqXg (https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/double-headed-mustang-flies-again-180969517/?fbclid=IwAR25AHK5PvNsk0pe0FbFdIVLa59FiRdpnTHUSfQt8v38FcI4rUKVu7WvqXg)
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 25, 2018, 07:27:36 PM: Woohoo! A rare bird indeed!
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Post by: mirth on October 25, 2018, 07:28:58 PM: Very cool! :bigthumb:
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Post by: bbmike on October 25, 2018, 07:40:32 PM: I don't think I've seen that before! :o
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 25, 2018, 07:50:30 PM: Quote from: bbmike on October 25, 2018, 07:40:32 PM
I don't think I've seen that before! :o

IIRC, the first US military air-to-air kill in the Korean War was by an F-82.
Title: Re: The Twin Mustang Flies Again!
Post by: bbmike on October 25, 2018, 07:58:21 PM: What is the advantage to that configuration? Backup pilot?
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 25, 2018, 08:02:52 PM: Extreme long range due to having two pilots and all that extra fuel carried internally and also in multiple external tanks. It was designed to escort B-29s all the way to Japan and back, something no other escort fighter could do.
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Post by: MIGs on October 26, 2018, 07:43:31 AM: Staggerwing is right on top of his game - if you own a twin mustang I'm really going to be pissed ;-)
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Post by: Staggerwing on October 26, 2018, 08:00:03 AM: I wish!
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Post by: MIGs on October 29, 2018, 10:31:20 PM: This is an interesting fact :

"...in 1947 when a single F-82 rigged with fuel pods flew non-stop from Hawaii to New York — a distance of more than 5,000 miles. The Feb. 27 voyage, which took just over 14 hours to complete, still holds the world record for the longest non-stop distance travelled by a piston-engine fighter."
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Post by: mirth on October 30, 2018, 09:22:24 AM: ^that is cool :bigthumb:
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Post by: MIGs on October 31, 2018, 07:33:08 AM: I wonder if they thought about doing a Twin F-22 ;) Imagine how crazy that'd look !
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Post by: bob48 on October 31, 2018, 07:56:58 AM: ...or maybe a twin F35 if they could get two working at the same time..............
Title: Re: The Twin Mustang Flies Again!
Post by: MIGs on October 31, 2018, 10:25:42 AM: Quote from: bob48 on October 31, 2018, 07:56:58 AM
...or maybe a twin F35 if they could get two working at the same time..............

;D ;D ;D
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Post by: tuna on November 01, 2018, 04:08:26 PM: Wow. this is really weird, the other night dreamed I was near a crash site, and it was this plane
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Post by: bbmike on November 02, 2018, 08:37:59 AM: These forums are known for inducing nightmares.
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Post by: mirth on November 02, 2018, 08:40:34 AM: Quote from: bbmike on November 02, 2018, 08:37:59 AM
These forums are known for inducing nightmares.

QFT
Title: Re: The Twin Mustang Flies Again!
Post by: tuna on November 02, 2018, 11:02:42 AM: Just strange to have a dream about an obscure plane, and then to see a post the same week
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Post by: Staggerwing on November 03, 2018, 07:08:18 AM: Tuna, any chance you dreamed about a string of 6 random 2-digit numbers recently? Oh, and and an associated day in the near future would be helpful too.