More Barracuda then Mosquito.A crew of two.
Wood, Glue and a top speed over 400 mph.
Carried a weight in bombload equal to the B-17.
Two stage supercharged Rolls-Royce Merlins of 1700 hp a piece could take her to the thin air above 41,000 feet.
Right: Two heavyweights in die-cast. B MK XVI DH Mosquito 'Moncton Express III' by Corgi in 1/32nd and GMPs P-51 'Glamorous Glen III' in 1/35 scale.
The US Navy's equivalent to the RAF Mosquito and the Aircorps Mitchell B-25; Lockheed's PV2 Harpoon, lacking in grace or high performance; still, a good spray platform, shattering the dawn at 180 kts indicated 50 feet off of the deck mile after mile. Left: Spraying grasshoppers, Utah, 84 '85. Photo of author taken by Carl Dolbeare:...miss you dude, guess we flew one 99 too many. Lost along with his co-pilot in a P2V-7 Neptune ( Tanker 99,) accident 2003.
PV2 Harpoon (lockheed) This is an Air Tanker out of Wyoming.
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Still doesn't come close to my Ziggy doll collection!
Ha!
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