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Blakhart · 11-15-2003, 11:50 PM

I doubt the zero was designed by Fairchild, I think they (Fairchild) were into metal skins long before then. The fabric and wood construction of the zero lent itself to good performance, at the beginning of the war.

I am more interested in why "they" "let" Pearl Harbor happen when they had broken the Japanese code some time before...

11-15-2003, 11:50 PM	#5
Blakhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in harms way Posts: 2,768	I doubt the zero was designed by Fairchild, I think they (Fairchild) were into metal skins long before then. The fabric and wood construction of the zero lent itself to good performance, at the beginning of the war. I am more interested in why "they" "let" Pearl Harbor happen when they had broken the Japanese code some time before... Last edited by Blakhart; 11-15-2003 at 11:52 PM.