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ash_274 t1_ir0sthu wrote

Reply to comment by JuzoItami in TIL that Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" aircraft had no front window due to fuel tank placement. The only forward vision was by a periscope. by p38-lightning

He also downed several Japanese fighters as a civilian when he was sent to the Pacific theater to improve the fuel economy of American fighter planes. He was a bit of an expert on that subject, and he drastically improved the performance on the P-38 because the both the AAC and Hughes Aircraft didn’t fully utilize the engine’s and supercharger’s abilities

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