| Re: OT Interesting video
On 23 Jan 2007 06:05:52 -0800, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
<peter@vecchios.com> wrote:
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>Can't really think of a general aviation A/C with liquid cooling tho.
>None of the ones I have flown, bunch of Cessnas from 150/2 thru the
>T-210. Military trainers, none were, T-34, T-28. Even WWll, except for
>the Merlin/Griffon types, most were aircooled radials.
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Dear Peter,
Your naval background may be deceiving you. The typical WWII fighter
used a liquid-cooled engine. ("Typical" in the sense of raw numbers
manufactured.)
Japan was alone in favoring air-cooled fighters, but was unusual in
that it was primarily a naval-based air force. Naval aircraft were far
fewer than land-based planes.
liquid-cooled
Curtiss-Wright P40 Kittyhawk-Tomahawk-Warhawk
P38 Lightning
Bell P39 Airacobra
P51 Mustang
Supermarine Spitfire
DeHavilland Mosquito
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Tempest
Hawker Typhoon
Messerschmitt Me-109
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony"
Yakolev YAK-9
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
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