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[Basket case]

The Japanese had some pretty sleek appearing fighter aircraft during late WWII. I guess they just didn’t have the production and powerful enough engines to make an advantage of them. I wonder if they started incorporating pilot armor and self sealing fuel tanks in their later aircraft?

They had some powerful aircraft, but like the Luftwaffe. they lacked properly trained pilots.

 

[Photon440]

They had some powerful aircraft, but like the Luftwaffe. they lacked properly trained pilots.

That's for sure, the Luftwaffe had a terrible training regimen. When they needed more pilots, they grabbed everyone, including the flying school teachers. After 1942 they didn't have much of a trained or experienced flying crew left. The planes kept improving but without proper pilots to take advantage of them.

 

[Photon440]

"Tower, sounds like we got a problem."

A Delta 757 loses a nose wheel before takeoff...
A fellow pilot told Boeing jet that its tire popped off before takeoff: 'It just rolled off the runway behind you'

 

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[snakeyes]

AH 56

 

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[Dave6T4]

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These things were pretty rugged. Like a tank with wings!

 

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[AR67GTX]

A lot of the later Japanese fighters almost look like they tried to copy a P47 in some scale.

 

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