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@FRforcing Both the P-47 and P-38 were used as escort fighters for 8th Air Force bombers. After the P-51 arrived in Europe most P-47s were, indeed, diverted to ground attack roles, but I don't think the P-38 ever was. It was the shorter ranged bomber escort throughout the war and was a very eff...

Rockets were installed to fire forward and stop the plane while other rockets were to fire down simultaneously and ease the plane to the ground. Of course, if the downward firing rockets don't fire, bad things happen.

There are no waves to speak of here, just a noticeable swell. In a swell, the motion of the ship is very dependent upon the distance between swells vis-a-vis the length of the ship. I have 350+ days on the Vistafjord/Caronia and it rides rough weather very well, far better than Prinsendam, for ...

"more people got killed this year from airplanes than those on trains and buses"

Not true. I don't know if you are stupid, but you are certainly ignorant: there has not been a single faltality on U.S. airlines this year and fewer than 200 in the past 10 years. Ten years! About the number kil...

Safety rules require that a plane must still be able to reach an airport even with the loss of two engines at the furthest point from an airport. However, in the case of a propeller-driven plane, that assumes that the propellers of the failed engines have been feathered. In this case, one faile...