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Old 5 November 2009, 07:29 PM   #37 (permalink)
Ransom E. Olds
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Another thought to keep in mind is that the German fighters with inline engines were larger and heavier than their Allied counterparts, largely because the heavier German engines required greater wing area to provide a wing loading comparable to the Spads and the SE's with their lighter Hisso engines. Ransom
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