Most everybody knows the story of the P-51 Mustang, at least in
broad brush: asked by British buyers to commit to production of
more Curtiss Kittyhawks, or Curtiss's P-46 improved version (which
found no room on the New York company's production lines), the
brash executives and engineers of LA-based North American Aviation
sneered at Curtiss's data package.
The last two H-3 Sea King helicopters made their last
operational flight Jan. 27, taking to the air before making way for
their replacement, the MH-60S Knighthawk.
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