PILOT / OWNER STEVE KILBON,
BUILT BY PETER LUMMIS,

scratch built from a Meister plan,
1/5th scale
103” wing span
ZDZ 90cc petrol engine,
robart giant scale retracts,
all hitec servos,
built by Peter Lummis,
frsky x20s radio,
28/12 carbon prop.
21 kgs weight
This was her second flight in steves possession !

Hopefully a nice 150cc 5 cylinder radial will fit inside her cowl one day,

The Republic P47 Thunderbolt is a World War IIera fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50caliber machine guns, and in the fighterbomber groundattack role it could carry 5inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 lb.
When fully loaded, the P47 weighed up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.

Top speed : 890 km/h
Wingspan : 12 m
Weight : 4,536 kg
Range : 1,290 km
Introduced : 1942
Engine type : Pratt & Whitney R2800 Double Wasp
Manufacturer : Republic Aviation

The Thunderbolt was effective as a shortto mediumrange escort fighter in highaltitude airtoair combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters. The P47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R2800 Double Wasp 18cylinder radial engine, which also powered two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. An advanced turbosupercharger system ensured the aircraft's eventual dominance at high altitude, while also influencing its size and design.

The P47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and also served with other Allied air forces, including those of France, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the USAAF also flew the P47.

The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable and the bubble canopy introduced on the P47D offered good visibility. Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P47 was noted for its firepower, as well as its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy. A presentday U.S. groundattack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P47.

Initial response to the P47 praised its dive speed and highaltitude performance, while criticizing its turning performance and rate of climb (particularly at low to medium altitudes). The turbosupercharger in the P47 gave the powerplant its maximum power at 27,000 ft (8,200 m), and in the thin air above 30,000 ft (9,100 m), the Thunderbolt remained fast and nimble compared to other aircraft.

The P47 first saw action with the 4th Fighter Group, whose pilots were mainly drawn from the three British Eagle Squadrons, who had previously flown the British Spitfire Mark V, a much smaller and much more slender aircraft. At first, they viewed their new fighter with misgivings. It was huge; the British pilots joked that a Thunderbolt pilot could defend himself from a Luftwaffe fighter by running around and hiding in the fuselage. Optimized for highaltitude work, the Thunderbolt had 5 feet (1.5 m) more wingspan, a quarter more wing area, about four times the fuselage volume, and nearly twice the weight of a Spitfire V. One Thunderbolt pilot compared it to flying a bathtub around the sky,

When his unit (4th Fighter Group) was equipped with Thunderbolts, ace Don Blakeslee said, referring to the P47's vaunted ability to dive on its prey, "It ought to be able to dive. It certainly can't climb." (Blakeslee's earlymodel P47C had not been fitted with the new paddle blade propeller). The 4th Fighter Group's commander hated the P47, and his prejudices filtered down to the group's pilots; the 4th had the fewest kills of any of the first three P47 squadrons in Europe.

U.S. ace Jim Goodson, who had flown Spitfires with the RAF and flew a P47 in 1943, at first shared the skepticism of other pilots for their "seventon milk bottles", but Goodson learned to appreciate the P47's potential:

There were many U.S. pilots who preferred the P47 to anything else; they do not agree that the (Fw) 190 held an overall edge against it.

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FILMED AT THE STOWE MARIES GREAT WAR AERODROME,
(WORLDS OLDEST SURVIVING WW1 AERODROME)
HACKMANS LANE,
FLAMBIRDS CHASE,
CHELMSFORD, UK,
CM3 6RJ,
ON 1792022,