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Offline ysi_maniac

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SBD Dauntless ideas
« on: January 10, 2014, 01:24:37 PM »
What if Heineman designed a fighter derived from Dauntless?


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Re: SBD Dauntless ideas
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2014, 01:56:05 PM »
Looks like it would make a reasonable fighter/fighter-bomber for the period.

Intriguing... What if CAC had done it to supplement the Boomerang? ???

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Offline Daryl J.

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Re: SBD Dauntless ideas
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2014, 03:42:10 AM »
It was maneuverable enough when lightly loaded.
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Re: SBD Dauntless ideas
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2014, 04:27:47 AM »
It was maneuverable enough when lightly loaded.


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