Great Fireballs

(1944 Army Air Force Training Film.) The P-39-and-a-half Fireball ranks with the most sophisticated fighter planes in the air today. It's up to you to learn what all its knobs and dials mean. Now, even though this is a twin engine fighter, it is not any harder to fly than a single engine fighter. Both engines are connected to one steering wheel. Nor do its two engines make it fly twice as fast as single engine fighters. Its propellers are much smaller. The P-39-and-a-half is a good, solid airplane. You won't have to worry about bailing out, as long as no one shoots at you. Just to be safe, make sure you wear your parachute. And contrary to popular belief, the metal canopy cage on a P-39-and-a-half does not trap the pilot in the cockpit. Each fighter is equipped with a hacksaw in the glove compartment, along with a squirt gun for use in the event that the cockpit is engulfed in flames. Ernie Buckshot is an experienced P-39-and-a-half pilot. Here he is in an interview. Buckshot: When we Fireball pilots got the command to go up, we always asked if there was anything else we cold fly. But none of the Lightning pilots or Mustang pilots or even the Thunderbolt pilots ever wanted to lend us their planes. I mean that Fireball is just a floating bomb. Did I say floating bomb? I meant flying bomb - unless it's in the water - after getting shot down. And the only problems with its performance are during takeoff, landing, and combat.
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