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CORRECTIONS TO THIS VIDEO:
Incorrect pronunciation of Eglin AFB
Clarification: When I make reference to "mixing it up" with other allied aircraft. I mean it as a hypothetical contest to determine which aircraft might maneuver better

My personal favorite WWII Aircraft will always be the P38 Lightning. Yes, in the late war it may have been outclassed and a little too large to really mix it up like a Spitfire or a Bf 109, but there’s just something about a good twinboom design that I seem to like.
That’s why when I discovered that Howard Hughes had tried to build a highspeed, overpowered, photo reconnaissance plane that could fly faster than a P5. I knew it was time for a new video.
As most of you know, just about anyone in the airplane manufacturing business (and some that should have probably stayed out) was trying to get a piece of that sweet, sweet, Uncle Sam money and get orders with either the Navy or the Air Corps throughout WWII. And, unsurprisingly, the story of the XF11 starts with Howard Hughes trying to get a piece of that pie

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