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Re: Neal Melton's P-47 A2A

Posted by AIRIC on Mon Jan 26, 2004 03:48:22 PM

In reply top Re: Neal Melton's P-47 A2A posted by Jacques on Mon Jan 26, 2004 09:29:03 AM

Jacques,

We were part of a 12-15 ship formation in stream flying around Detroit so the fighters had to keep the speed down. I was in Jim Greeson's T-6 and we were just jumping from formation to formation. Greeson id the best for this kind of work and really pushed the T-6.

Eric

: : For those that are interested I have added a page of pho
: to
: : s to my website featuring Neal's P-47.
: :
: : Eric
:
: Nice pics Eric... As usual!
: What type was your camera plane? Wasn't it fast enough to
: explain that both P-47 & P-51 have one notch of flaps down
: ? Or is lower speed more convenient and suitable for nice
: air-to-air photo shots?
: Thanks again,
:
: Jacques.

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