The P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II fighter aircraft built by Republic Aviation from 1941 to 1945. In response to a USAAC requirement for a new fighter...
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The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was...
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Air Force (USAF). In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, but is commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or simply "Hog"...
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military aircraft, including its most famous products: World War II's P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, the F-84 Thunderjet and F-105 Thunderchief jet fighters. The...
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advanced AP-10/XP-47 which eventually became the P-47 Thunderbolt. When the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine intended for the new P-47 was not yet available...
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Alexander Kartveli (section P-47 Thunderbolt)
was also consultant at Fairchild Republic and was the primary designer of the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The Republic P-47 was Alexander Kartveli's brainchild...
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Folgore (Italian "thunderbolt"), a WWII Italian fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Macchi Aeronautica Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a United States...
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In 1944, Republic Aviation's chief designer, Alexander Kartveli, began working on a turbojet-powered replacement for the P-47 Thunderbolt piston-engined...
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all-metal version designated the Model RC-1 Thunderbolt Amphibian. On November 30, 1944 the first RC-1 Thunderbolt Amphibian, registered NX41816, made its...
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Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were...
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War II, after the North American P-51 Mustang and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built...
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provide thrust. The entire engine nacelle was nearly as long as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Research showed that a force roughly equivalent to 250 hp (190 kW)...
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Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp (section Variants)
naval rival, the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the US Army Air Forces' Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (which unusually, for single-engined aircraft, used a General...
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published by Jaleco. Set during World War II, players control a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft to face against the Nazis, who are occupying...
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credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Johnson was the first USAAF fighter pilot in the European theater...
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Specialty Press. ISBN 978-1-58007-111-6. Keaveney, Kevin (1987). Republic F-84 (Swept-Wing Variants). Arlington, TX: Aerofax. ISBN 0-942548-20-5. Wilkinson, Stephan...
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being able to carry up to 8 "60 lb" RP-3 rockets. For the US, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the key ground attack planes. It was armed with eight...
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by Major Heinrich Bär reportedly intercepted and shot down a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. However, the internal mounting of the rocket engine limited internal...
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Republic Aviation requested that the F-105 be named Thunderchief, continuing the sequence of the company's Thunder-named aircraft: P-47 Thunderbolt,...
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Hawker Tempest (redirect from Vickers 47 mm Class P)
La-7 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Nakajima Ki-84 North American P-51 Mustang Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Supermarine Spitfire Vought F4U Corsair Focke-Wulf Ta 152...
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development Republic P-43 Lancer Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Seversky A8V Seversky XP-41 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss P-36 Hawk...
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of 504 mph (811 km/h; 438 kn) by a special high-speed variant of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Contemporary pilots, when transitioning to pioneering...
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32-272 Republic F-84E Thunderjet 49-2348 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 51-9480 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash 53-7595 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 44-90447...
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Tri-Pacer Piper PA-23 Aztec Piper PA-31 Navajo Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt Republic F-84E/G Thunderjet Republic F-84F Thunderstreak SOCATA TBM-700 SEPECAT...
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even to slow high-bypass turbofan jets such as the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II or the Lockheed S-3 Viking. Similar patrol aircraft include...
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2023-11-05. "Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2023. The Insane Engineering of the P-47 Thunderbolt, August...
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for the Republic Aircraft Corporation. He flight tested the company's P-43 Lancers and P-47 Thunderbolts. In April 1943, Spencer left Republic Aircraft...
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then turned to the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. In early 1943, the USAAF also decided that the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51B be considered for the roles...
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April 1939, and the Republic XP-47J (a variant of the P-47 Thunderbolt) is claimed to have reached 504 mph (811 km/h). A North American P-51H Mustang managed...
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the P-60A was stopped after 20 December 1941, when the USAAF recommended that Curtiss concentrate on license production of Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. The...
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