Скачать или смотреть Taking a look at TWO Republic P47-D Thunderbolts (Walkaround, Cockpit View, and Flight)

Music: Energetic Hip-Hop
Musician: Skilsel
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Special thanks to the folks at the Tennessee Museum Of Aviation for the chance to film this video there and learn more about these beautiful and important planes.

Aircraft History

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine, which was also used by two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. The Thunderbolt was effective as a short-to medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters.