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Old 12-05-2009, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny M NL View Post
still wrong...

I'll tell, since everyone's moved on anyway... it was the me309.
Good one Danny. From what I've read on the Me-309, some versions even had a pressurized cockpit for high altitude intercepts, very unusual for a single engined fighter. Problem was that all that extra stuff made it too heavy and performance suffered. Here's a diagram showing how the nose gear would lay flat up under that big engine:
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