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Old 07-09-2019, 04:19 AM
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Today's clue:

Looking for the name of a warbird.

1. It was named for a bird.

2. Flown by ten countries.

3. Popular enough with modelers that scale models are sometimes seen. But not as many as you'll see of P-40's, if that's the airplane clue no. 1 made you think of.

4. It was withdrawn from combat service very early when it was tried out in a major war.

5. It was a single-engine monoplane.

6. Its original military uses were reconnaissance and bombing. Having proved unsatisfactory in those roles, it was used as a trainer, a job for which it was better suited.

7. Its one military-related "first" involved bombing.

8. One of its weaknesses as a bomber was poor maneuverability.

9, Versions of this airplane were manufactured by a surprisingly large number of companies. Its designer and original manufacturer sued the first person to copy his design, but dropped the suit after the war began and made the design available to all comers.

10. Model kits of this airplane are still being made.

11. The two kits that I know of are sport-scale versions. One of their departures from true scale makes the models more maneuverable than the full-scale airplane was. It also simplifies construction. Another simplifies the landing gear. Some of the full-scale copies manufactured during the war also had simplified landing gear.