Word: gabelschwanz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sessions at the drawing board, he completely redesigned the plane to meet British specifications. At that time he was also working on what would become one of the most celebrated U.S. fighter planes in World War II, the twin-boom P-38 Lightning, which awed Luftwaffe pilots called der Gabelschwanz Teufel (Fork-Tailed Devil). Even before the first Lightning took off, Johnson shrewdly anticipated a problem that would soon plague all high-speed aircraft...
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