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#4619741 - 02/02/23 03:22 AM Restored A-26B Test Flight  
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Kermit Weeks 30 year A-26B Invader restoration culminates in a first test flight..... with a surprise.


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#4619748 - 02/02/23 05:13 AM Re: Restored A-26B Test Flight [Re: F4UDash4]  
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That would of scared the crap out of me. Super impressed the canopies did not blow off!

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#4619750 - 02/02/23 09:39 AM Re: Restored A-26B Test Flight [Re: F4UDash4]  
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I wasn't expecting that! I'm wondering why the mod hadn't already been put in place.

Beautiful aircraft though.

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#4619757 - 02/02/23 11:26 AM Re: Restored A-26B Test Flight [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Almost all of those WWII era cockpits look super-small to me.

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#4619769 - 02/02/23 01:30 PM Re: Restored A-26B Test Flight [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Almost all of those WWII era cockpits look super-small to me.

They are super small. I almost feel claustrophobic when flying them in VR and when I see them in a museum it shows that the VR experience is very accurate.
#4619770 - 02/02/23 01:33 PM Re: Restored A-26B Test Flight [Re: wormfood]  
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Originally Posted by wormfood
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Almost all of those WWII era cockpits look super-small to me.

They are super small. I almost feel claustrophobic when flying them in VR and when I see them in a museum it shows that the VR experience is very accurate.


I distinctly remember having the privilege of looking inside up close the cockpits for several WWII fighters at an air show that I attended in 1998. Only the P-47 had a cockpit that was large enough for me to fit inside comfortably!

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