And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
According to Wikipedia (the source of all verified knowledge!), it was designed to be a recce aircraft. Had it been built a few years earlier, it would probably been very effective in that role.
F-12...doesn't look like a fighter aircraft but I'll bet it was fast.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia (the source of all verified knowledge!), it was designed to be a recce aircraft. Had it been built a few years earlier, it would probably been very effective in that role.
DeleteF was the designation for recce aircraft. The recce version of the P-38 was designated both F-4 and F-5.
ReplyDeleteRight. AAC/AAF used "P" for fighters (Pursuit) and F for Photo Recon.
DeleteFunny, though, I was just looking at a model of the Rainbow...
https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=4935&searchtext=rainbow&erl=RCM-1-72-Republic-XF-12-Rainbow