>>I'm not being nationalistic but the US fighters always looked a little stunted to me: either all snout and short tail or vice versa, and the chopped-off squared wings. Nothing had the beauty of the Spitfire.
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>I beg to differ - the P-38 IMO was far from your above description, and a thing of beauty in flight or on the ground.
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http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Dayton2003/Sampler/83ES9732.JPGI asn't even considering the likes of that. I referred more to the "classic" fighter type, like the ME 109, Spitfire, Mustang, Hurricane, etc.
Yes the P-38 is beautiful. Like the Mosquito:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito
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