Saturday, March 9, 2013

P-80.


Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. Another Papa favourite in the air battle over Korean skies. Often used as a chase plane at the Muroc Army Airfield in the late 1940's, a P-80 flown by Bob Hoover was airborne to witness Chuck Yeager smash through the sound barrier on the 14th October '47.

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