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Old 03-23-2012, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Insuber View Post
I've seen that photo several times. But it looks that all the reports/pictures of "half a wing missing and flying straight" regard only a handful models of planes, namely heavy and stable ones (P47, TBD Avengers ...). I would be curious to know if swift & unstable planes (109, Spitfires, Hawker Hurricanes) would offer the same behavior, from an aerodynamic point of view. But this is a bit OT

Hurricane swift and unstable? Not any I've ever flew in IL2 or Cliffs.



But I admit, it's been a while.
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