On 9 Dec 2016 04:56:58 GMT, Jess Lurkin <NiceGuy@3456.com> wrote:
>joet5 <joet5@optonline.net> wrote in
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>Anyone?
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>My first guess was icing tests. But what's the
>spaghetti hanging off the left wing and weirdly
>contacting the fuselage?
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>Second guess was playing with the wing-plane/foil.
>Came up with nada. Not a good guesser I guess.
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>Anyone?
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>At this point, you could tell me it was contoured
>wing tanks for cold beer deliveries. I'd believe it.
Lockheed P-38E 'Swordfish'
"P-38E Ser No 41-2048 was converted in 1942 as a two-seater with an
elongated central nacelle extending aft of the wing trailing edge.
This aircraft was intended as a research vehicle to find ways of
reducing drag.
It was the only P-38 to have a full dual set of flight controls. Later
in the war, this experimental aircraft was fitted with enlarged
laminar-flow wing sections just outboard of the engine booms, complete
with slots and boundary layer control by means of exhaust bleed air."
- Joe Baugher
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