• From: Brandywine, MD
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Topic: This early fighter jet prototype is just friggin COOL!

http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthr … 942)/page2
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/Northrop-XP-79B/Xp79_3.jpg

http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/Northrop-XP-79B/xp-79b_08.jpg

I'd never seen it before. BADASS!!!

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Re: This early fighter jet prototype is just friggin COOL!

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Watch out for Indiana Jones.

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  • From: Hayward, CA
  • Registered: 2010-03-23
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Re: This early fighter jet prototype is just friggin COOL!

Northrup XP-79 Flying Ram. It was designed with very strong wings to be able to ram into bombers and shear off their wings.

the Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XP-79_Flying_Ram

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  • From: Houston, Texas
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Re: This early fighter jet prototype is just friggin COOL!

Looks like there's a Baby Mitchell Bomber in the background. I wonder what that things story is.

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  • From: Elburn, IL
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Re: This early fighter jet prototype is just friggin COOL!

Interesting that a magnesium leading edge on a prototype jet = battering ram to clip the wings of its opponents.

But a magnesium body on a racecar = lightweight death trap waiting to burn its occupant and spectators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster

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