Used in early production models of this aircraft, first saw action in North Africa flying with their RAF counterparts. Lack of a second stage supercharger, this front line fighter was inferior to enemy equipment, such as the Bf-109.
What is P-40 Warhawk
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Small and orange the engine is a rocket.
What is Bell X-1A
100
first flown in 1952, this long range bomber went on to deliver thousands of tons of ordinance 30,00 feet above Vietnam
What is Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
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lack of this modification during my early production years gave any aircraft fitted with my liquid cooled V-12 cylinder engine poor performance at high altitude.
What is turbosupercharger
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is the speed at which sound travels at sea level using the standard pressure of 14.7 psi or 29.92 inHg.
What is 769 miles an hour
200
only because of this number of engines, was the bomber able to carry 70,000 lbs of ordinance.
What is eight
300
armed with one M2 20 mm cannon, four M2 .50 in machine guns, small bombs and driven with two turbosupercharged Allison V-1710 engines
What is P-38 Lighting
300
man travels faster than sound for the first time that year.
What is 1947
300
Still flown today this branch of the armed services, remain the sole operator of the Stratofortress.
What is U.S. Air Force
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Was used effectively by pilots of the Soviet Air Force
What is P-39 Airacobra
400
I'm an American fighter pilot hero who broke the sound barrier at a place known today as Edwards AFB located in the desert in California.
Who is Chuck Yeager
400
They called me Smokey
What is Mik's dad
500
they replaced my engine with a Rolls Royce Merlin supercharged V-12 piston, I then went on to be the Allies premier fighter. Fitted with six M2 Browning .50 caliber machine guns, I made for a formidable enemy.
What is P-51 Mustang
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Commercial airline that travels at mach speeds, flown for over 20 years by British Airways.
What is Concorde
500
on display at this museum, "Patches" is the name given to the altitude stress ridden B-52 bomber flown by the pilot Smokey over Vietnam in 1968.