Lockheed P-38 by Heller
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28 December 2012, 23:31
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Rivet heads? So this is where the attribute 'rivet counter' comes from?
Weren't rivets flush by the P-38?
28 December 2012, 23:34
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HA! I couldn't pull it up with a Google search, but I was just reading through the wiki piece on the P-38 and caught this citation:
"It was the first American fighter to make extensive use of stainless steel and smooth, flush-riveted butt-jointed aluminum skin panels.[21] It was also the first fighter to fly faster than 400 mph (640 km/h).[22]"
Note the 'flush riveted'....I thought so, even though it was designed and prototypes built in and around 1937. The source is a NASA publication on the history of flight, so I'm giving it a good deal of credibility.
29 December 2012, 05:47
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And that one is done. If you look carefully, you can see the crutch.
5 January 2013, 19:03
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Standard Pacific Theater olive drab with red spinners. Reputedly, the insignia with it corresponds to theater ace and the colors are his.