P-47: "OK, we got us a big honking engine! Now let's build an airframe around it!"
P-51: "OK, we have this terrific airfoil with laminar flow. Hey, what do you suppose would happen if we swapped out that Allison power plant with a 2-stage supercharged Rolls Royce Merlin 66? I bet we could coax a few more mph out of it."
DeHavilland Mosquito: Hey, I am made of wood and could still outrun German fighters.
It is better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness- Sir Terence Pratchett
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”