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You could come up with some games but stil all that time in a little seat. The P-38 is not that big.
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| I found it interesting when I was reading the tactics manual written by Maj. Tommy MacGuire that he emphasized the importance of making sure you were comfortable in that seat. Nine hour missions were common in the Pacific and that is a long time to sit in a bucket seat.
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i'm sure you could make up some fun games, spot the fish, count the waves, yellow plane
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You could come up with some games but stil all that time in a little seat. The P-38 is not that big
| how much room do those games need??
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| I think he was talking about merely being cramped in a single-seat plane for 9-10 hours.
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Country:  | i would have flown for the allied because (one of many reasons) they had the spitfire: the only downside to the spitfire was the max ammo which meant that you had to concerve ammo instead of plug away
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#266 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | but that was true of any fighter.....................
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Country: | no i mean that the Spitfire that i think 4 machine guns and 2 cannons that fired pretty fast so they usually had to extend the ammount of ammo that was loaded into the Spitfire
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#268 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | the spit Mk Ve wing was god to go with guns and rounds. It was not that much less then other fighters.
Lanc, so you sit for 9 or 10 hours in a little seat, that you are flying over nothing but water. The games would have to be mind gimes excersises to keep you alert. It is like driving cross country in the US there are places that you can just zone out because there is nothing!
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Country: | The Mk. VIII and Mk. XVIII being the best Spitfires. 
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