Let Let Let - Warplanes

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During the WW2 bitter fight were held in the sky above the Japan mainland. Reason for that could be found in the new heavy bomber Boeing B-29 which strafe Japan mainland target from the high altityde in many cases very hard to reach by standard fighter planes. “Superfortress hunter” digital art you see here is [...]

At first glance, this airplane can easily be mistaken for a modified version of the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter. In fact, it was no fighter a all, but a high-speed research plane to investigate laminar profile wings with a very high wing-loading. It was also the intention to break the world speed record. Initiated before [...]