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Slice and Dice -- Aircombat over Japan in 1946...
Posted: 2009-08-22 07:32am
by MKSheppard
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The scene is entirely speculative and shows a what-if "1946" scenario high over Japan. Having slashed their way through the ramjet-equipped P-51D Mustang escorts, a pair of Japanese Manshu Ki-98 fighters is diving on a formation of B-35 flying wing bombers. At the time of Japanese surrender in August 1945, all three aircraft were very much in prototype status and none would ever become operational. The Ki-98 was never finished and, though extensively test-flown, neither the B-35 nor the ramjet-equipped Mustang were found suitable for operational service.
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Re: Slice and Dice -- Aircombat over Japan in 1946...
Posted: 2009-08-22 09:06am
by Laughing Mechanicus
The Secret Projects books are great, I have several of them and they are just chock full of unusual but (somewhat) practical design. I mainly use them as references for when I am designing vehicles for the mods I work on.
I really wish they would do a "Secret Tanks" style series. There seems to have been plenty of interesting projects along the lines of Object 279 over the years, but very little information about them is available online and even fewer have decent pictures - but I'm sure lots of information about them is tucked away in archives.
Re: Slice and Dice -- Aircombat over Japan in 1946...
Posted: 2009-08-23 10:02am
by Shroom Man 777
Hey Sheppo, how "stealthy" was the YB-35s RCS, anyway? And the B-49s also?
