When the Zero met the first Hellcat...

[Olham 164]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmetZQfSMJI

[JFM 18]

Cool. Wound up watching all of it. Thanks!

[Hauksbee 103]

Agreed! This is one of my favorite "Dogfights" chapters. This is the one that taught me what "superior rate of climb" meant. I always took it to mean that Zero would simply climb up and away from the fight, when, in fact, the Zero was watching over his shoulder, waiting for the Wildcat to stall out. I imagine the Hellcat was a very big shock to a lot of Japanese pilots who were used to having things their way.

[Olham 164]

I imagine the Hellcat was a very big shock to a lot of Japanese pilots who were used to having things their way.

 

Before they learned the difference, even aces fell.

[ShrikeHawk 384]

Love the Dogfights series. I learned a lot about Air Combat Maneuvering from watching. This stuff works even in sims.

[JimAttrill 24]

Often you get topics about what won the war - from various aircraft including the C47 etc.   But personally I think the Pratt and Whitney R2800 had a lot to do with winning the naval war in the Pacific as it was fitted to the Hellcat and the Corsair.  "A total of 125,334 R-2800 engines were produced between 1939 and 1960.^"   

[Dutch_P47M 9]

Not my fav series always that endless repeating.

[Olham 164]

Good point, Jim.

 

Dutch, the whole layout of that series is quite bold and stagily, and as you said, many repetitions.

Found this one quite interesting though.

[Hauksbee 103]

Not my fav series always that endless repeating.

Look at the bright side, Dutch. At least they cut out the commercials that (ostensibly) made the repeating necessary.