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Old 02-03-2019, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickgm60 View Post
Twin Mustang! Interesting. 2 cockpits. For long missions, 2 pilots could take shifts?

The two props are running counter (same as with the P-38, except inwards, rather than outwards.)
Yes, on the long-distance ones they had dual controls. The radar interceptor had a radar operator in the right cockpit with no flight controls. They started out counter-rotating and had to go to rotating the same way. You can see it in the startup procedure.


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