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.
The MiG had a British Rolls Royce engine in it. The Brits gave them some to play with, and they were copied. The RR engine was better than the American engine, but we were not about to buy them. The Canadians did, I think, and their version of the F-86 was better than ours. One thing better on the F86 was the all flying tail, which was more responsive in a high speed dive than the MiG.
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ReplyDeleteVery nice to fly according to many that flew it and a favorite of Eric Brown.
ReplyDeleteI always found the parallel development and looks of the F86 and the early migs interesting. Almost like someone was sharing intel with our enemies.
ReplyDeleteExcept that the MiG 15 was the better aeroplane!
DeleteThe F-86, Fury series and MiG-15 were all based on captured German research hence the similarities.
DeleteThe MiG had a British Rolls Royce engine in it. The Brits gave them some to play with, and they were copied.
DeleteThe MiG had a British Rolls Royce engine in it. The Brits gave them some to play with, and they were copied. The RR engine was better than the American engine, but we were not about to buy them. The Canadians did, I think, and their version of the F-86 was better than ours. One thing better on the F86 was the all flying tail, which was more responsive in a high speed dive than the MiG.
DeleteThe USN apparently were keen to get their NAA Fury fighters into service, too late for the air war in Korea though.
ReplyDeleteUSN designation, FJ3 Fury
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