This is my reimagining of the old, broken prop plane. Time travel is not really our thing here at TAS, but a quick hop in a “borrowed” time machine brought us back to the spring of 1942. The suprise attack on Pearl Harbour left the US pacific fleet in a mess, and it was obvious now that aircraft were going to play a huge role in this war. With nearly all of their aircraft destroyed on the ground, the Navy ordered an emergency fighter to be rushed into production. The result was the P-12 Firecracker, a multi-role aircraft built for the Pacific theater. It only served for a short time. As a stop gap measure, only a few hundred were built as land based fighters. Seen here in it’s long range escourt form, it is equipped with two drop tanks, 6 50 caliber machine guns, and a 20mm cannon. It was relieved from military service within two weeks of the introduction of the F-4U Corsair. This particular aircraft sat for years in some idiots hay barn in Texas. Picked for parts and souvenirs, and mostly reclaimed by rust, some parts of the aircraft look totally diffrent when it has been restored. This aircraft is one of only three known survivors, and is the only air-worthy craft of it’s type. So here’s a crash course, you know how to fly a plane, the controls are normal. The only special feature is the pressing of AG.1 to drop the fuel tanks. That reduces drag and this gives more speed. Safe Flying - TAS (P.s Happy 2021!)