RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
I gave it away with that last clue, didn't I?
Might perhaps be a bomber, too....
Looking for an airplane.
1. Although the original prototypes were slower than desired, they were still faster than contemporary fighter aircraft, and an initial production batch was ordered.
2. The performance of the later production planes was such that a successor aircraft was cancelled
3. Late in its career it was modified for a role it was not originally intended for, but it was not very successful in this role
4. One of the teething problems this type faced was weak landing gear, prone to collapsing on hard landings, which were common given its high wing loading
5. For the most part, this aircraft operated with impunity, even in the face of improving opposition aircraft
6. It was a very studied aircraft aerodynamically, and considered to have some of the finest lines of its era
7. Its crew layout was dictated more by design requirements than any nod to crew efficiency