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4. I was recently watching videos on WWll fighters like the...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 21, 2022, 07:32 PM

Sep 2022

P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang, and once the test pilots put the pre-production versions of the planes through rigorous tests, and subsequent design adjustments were made, great physical strength in flight wasn't required.

In fact, after the war, surviving P-51s were, and still are now, prized by women and men airshow and air race pilots.

About the bombers, I don't know.

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Did it take lots of physical strength to fly WWII war planes? [View all] raccoon Sep 2022 OP

Yes. When they landed the pilots would rely on ground crew blm Sep 2022 #1

See post number 2. brush Sep 2022 #5

Different planes and missions. blm Sep 2022 #6

General Hap Arnold said it best..... paleotn Sep 2022 #2

As with most things, I believe the correct answer is "it depends" RockRaven Sep 2022 #3

I was recently watching videos on WWll fighters like the... brush Sep 2022 #4

Could women fly those planes in WWII? Staph Sep 2022 #7