Interesting Article for WWII Aircraft Buffs

[Anomalocaris]

Everybody experimented with a twin-engine fighter.  Even the Italians built the RO-57.

Yes, but in most cases they were underwhelming except for specialized roles like night fighter.

[Anomalocaris]

I have been fascinated with the B-36 Peacemaker since I first saw it at the Air Force Museum as a boy. It was a year too late to see action in WWII and was rendered obsolete almost immediately because of jet fighters. I would love to have seen this thing fly, mostly because I love the heavy drone of large turboprops.

Next to a B-29:

that pic is missing the 4 jet engines the later ones had at the end of the wings... They must have had to have 2 refueling planes always connected to this thing just to keep it aloft.

The pure piston version was the original design. The 4 jets were only added as awkward, unconvincing afterthought and as cynical moral encouragement to crews who are about to be sent to almost certain doom in areas defended by jets like the Mig-15.

There was another all jet version, the B-60, which tried to add swept back wings and b-52 twin engine pods to the B-36 fuselage. It was over 100mph slower than the B-52 and had no chance to beat the b-52 for SAC money.

[TheRocketSurgeon]

Everybody experimented with a twin-engine fighter.  Even the Italians built the RO-57.

Yes, but in most cases they were underwhelming except for specialized roles like night fighter.

That's why I love the P-38. Early versions had compression shock problems on the elevator during dives from altitude, but the P-38 is the only twin engine fighter that could turn with most opponents, the range to do bomber escorts and over-water flights, and the performance in climb and at high altitude to be a top interceptor. One of the most overlooked planes of the war, I think. Others tried, but only the American design succeeded in the goal they were all trying to achieve.

[dyresand]

There is also this the F82  twin mustang 

[Minimalist]

Banzai!!!

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/restored...-in-japan/

Restored Zero fighter takes to the skies in Japan

The plane was found in 1970 in Papua New Guinea — the scene of fierce fighting during World War II — and restored, ending up in the United States before being brought to Japan in parts in 2014, the report said.

[TheoneandonlytrueGod]

I have been fascinated with the B-36 Peacemaker since I first saw it at the Air Force Museum as a boy. It was a year too late to see action in WWII and was rendered obsolete almost immediately because of jet fighters. I would love to have seen this thing fly, mostly because I love the heavy drone of large turboprops.

Next to a B-29:

The B-36 after the war was retrofitted with a huge body used to ferry parts from somewhere in Texas (as I understand it) to McClellan AFB outside Sacramento, CA and back. On more than one occasion I was privy to it landing at McClellan and let me tell you it didn't fly it floated. As it approached the base it seemed to be moving at a less than a   leisurely pace so slow in fact I didn't think it would actually land but float there so it could be unloaded and then reloaded . What sight.

[rado84]

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/28...tail=email
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Let me know if you find articles about WW2 tanks in English. Preferably about KV-2, JagdPanther 2, M12, FV304, SturmTiger and KV-4.
I don't know planes and I don't like planes. I find them boring, at best. A flying piece of junk with a calliber smaller than a regular Glock. Please...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Under-rated aircraft, in the post-war recollection? The Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Important in both theatres during the early and middle "crunch years" of the European long-range bomber campaigns, and in the long overseas flights in the Pacific, before the T-Bolts and Mustangs started getting longer legs.

Yamamoto Isoruku didn't much care for them. 

[Thumpalumpacus]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/28...tail=email

Let me know if you find articles about WW2 tanks in English. Preferably about KV-2, JagdPanther 2, M12, FV304, SturmTiger and KV-4.
I don't know planes and I don't like planes. I find them boring, at best. A flying piece of junk with a calliber smaller than a regular Glock. Please...

lol, someone's forgotten about the Il-2 and Hawker Typhoon. Maybe some old Panzertruppen might help you out learning about 'em?

[Doubting Thomas]

I always liked the P-40 Warhawk, probably because when I was a kid my brother had a small powered model of one. I always liked the mouths painted on the front of the P-40's fuselage.