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.
British pilot Eric Brown, who flew just about every type of fighter there was (both enemy and Allied) thought it was comparable to the Spitfire cockpit and even had a better view forward on the ground. Of course, the FW-190, BF-109, and Spitfire all had small cockpits. US evaluators complained about the limited head and shoulder room, and that with the canopy closed, a pilot would understandably feel like a rat in a trap. US fighters generally had roomy cockpits. British pilots joked that P-47 pilots would "run around the cockpit to dodge bullets."
You aren't trapped in there, you're wearing it!
ReplyDeleteGiven the choice, I might have gone another way.
ReplyDeleteFw. 190 Wurger. Fought just about everywhere.
ReplyDeletelooks like it fired the cannons through the props
ReplyDeleteBritish pilot Eric Brown, who flew just about every type of fighter there was (both enemy and Allied) thought it was comparable to the Spitfire cockpit and even had a better view forward on the ground. Of course, the FW-190, BF-109, and Spitfire all had small cockpits. US evaluators complained about the limited head and shoulder room, and that with the canopy closed, a pilot would understandably feel like a rat in a trap. US fighters generally had roomy cockpits. British pilots joked that P-47 pilots would "run around the cockpit to dodge bullets."
ReplyDeleteI would suspect it would be very difficult to check six in that cockpit, especially under G. That is NOT a good thing.
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