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.
Grumman F3F?
ReplyDeleteBoeing F4B - it's on the tail. Love to get in one
ReplyDeleteErnst Udet sure enjoyed his...
Deletewait, are we still not 'sposed to mention political gifts
Lexington?
ReplyDeleteTophatters make another flyby. Do wonder, aside from latter days, was this Boeing's last go at fighter production?
ReplyDeleteCan't answer your question directly, but there is an interesting discussion
Deleteof the header photo in comments at the link--
https://www.virtualmirage.org/just-read-the-instructions-4/
There was the XF8B in WW2 that lost to the Douglas Skyraider. Only 3 prototypes were built.
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forgetted to ask! Is the carrier pictured the Lady Lex or the Sarah?
ReplyDeleteVertical black funnel stripe was on Saratoga.
DeleteHandy looking plane, and has a certain ruggedness to it, very stable with super low stall speed, do a kiss your arse turn on a dime too I bet.
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