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This is the link that was posted on the Lone Star email forum to which I responded with the contra rotating XP-72 and Corsair.
Enjoy it or get creeped out, whatever spins your prop. Check out some of the other nations' designs too. The four engine Mossie grabbed me.

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

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Seafang or Spiteful- them's my kind of planes!

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturesm/ae67.jpg
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I would like to get me one of them thar Flapjacks, put 3350s on it and race it in the unlimited class at Reno.

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Great link! Thanks for posting!

It's actually a very comprehensive website. I'm planning on spending the next several hours... There are some beautiful airplanes, and some very frightening things.

Here's the main page for the website:

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/

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Cool sites! Much Grassy^$$!! I know the ARUP lead directly to the V-173 and the XF5U, it's a shame that the XF5 never flew, but it did demonstrate just how tough METALITE construction was when the Navy had a wrecking ball dropped on the airframe and it bounced off- :twisted: :twisted: :wink:

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The rest of the site....http://greyfalcon.us/

Has some pretty interesting readings !!!!!!

I cannot tell left or right......but there are definitively some interesting readings in there :wink:
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Scott, please delete this thread. When I started it I didn't realize that Eric already had it covered.

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bdk wrote:
Seafang or Spiteful- them's my kind of planes!

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturesm/ae67.jpg
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturesm/ae66.jpg


Find a Supermarine Attacker Naval Jet, in Pakistan or wherever, to donate the wings and you are more than 50% toward a viable creation of a Seafang. An engine and prop from an Avro Shackleton is a proven conversion. The remainder is well within the scope of the UK Spitfire 'industry'.

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xp75......... the biggest turkey of them all, a peverbial frankenstein made from a mish mash of warbird parts, piss poor performance, & the ultimate government boondoggle!!

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PeterA wrote:
Find a Supermarine Attacker Naval Jet, in Pakistan or wherever, to donate the wings and you are more than 50% toward a viable creation of a Seafang. An engine and prop from an Avro Shackleton is a proven conversion. The remainder is well within the scope of the UK Spitfire 'industry'.

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Dreams are well within my means!!!! :lol:
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