Bell P-39 Airacobra by goodoleboy
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Captured back on 4/4/09, at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II. The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, and scored the highest number of individual kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type in the Eastern European theater. Other major users of the type included the Free French, the Royal Air Force, the United States Army Air Forces, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force.
Designed by Bell Aircraft, it had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller via a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage. Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, preventing it from performing high-altitude work. As such it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe but adopted by the USSR where most air combat took place at medium and lower altitudes.
Source: Wikipedia free encyclopedia.
Comments (9)
eekdog
Cool trick fx.
Faemike55
great photo and information
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
Love it
starship64 Online Now!
Nice capture.
DukeNukem2005
This is very beautiful!
helanker
Nice shots of these cute planes :)
bmac62
Like your innovative postwork Harry. Fine photos.
RodS
Cool photo and postwork on this classic, my friend!
anahata.c
when you first posted this, I was totally taken by your postwork. Tonight, I read the description more closely: It's so strange to remember that the USSR was an ally back then (and therefore used our aircraft). Amazing the partners war can create...with Stalin's record, it's stunning that he was our ally; but, as he defeated Hitler under almost impossible circumstances, it's understandable how he was considered a hero back then.
In any case, I love the grainy almost neon quality to the first shot---almost something from a poster. I love how you left the white so stark by contrast; and blacked out the ceiling so those beams stood out. It has an almost dayglo quality. Outstanding work, Harry. (And such fascinating details---from wiki---about the location of the engine.)
The second shot is toned down from the first, but still has a wonderful greenish tint, almost jaundiced green. And a touch of grain-texture. And we can see parts of the plane we couldn't see in the first shot. I love what you did with these. And the plane has a distinguished history too...