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.
It takes force to change the direction of airflow. There is a moment arm from the air intake to the C/G and the longer it is the more force is required to change direction. Moving that scoop back close to the C/G gave the 51 a huge maneuverability advantage over radial engine fighters taking cooling air from the very front of the aircraft. Notice on the F-16 the air intake is way back under the cockpit. One of the visible differences between the F-22 ATF prototype and the production model is the the engine intakes were moved aft.
"P-51 'Mustang', the Cadillac of the skies!", from the 1987 movie, "EMPIRE OF THE SUN", one of the finest war movies ever made, and sort of a happy tear-jerker.
It takes force to change the direction of airflow. There is a moment arm from the air intake to the C/G and the longer it is the more force is required to change direction. Moving that scoop back close to the C/G gave the 51 a huge maneuverability advantage over radial engine fighters taking cooling air from the very front of the aircraft. Notice on the F-16 the air intake is way back under the cockpit. One of the visible differences between the F-22 ATF prototype and the production model is the the engine intakes were moved aft.
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