During the early 1940s, every country was intent on making the fastest, highest flying fighter plane, as the importance of speed and energy were becoming more and more apparent. One country looked to a local racing aircraft designer to achieve this goal - the creator of the Falker.

The fighter was based on the Falker race plane. The fuselage structure was strengthened, wings redesigned for better high altitude flight, vertical stabilisers replaced with a simpler central one, and elevators replaced as well. The craft was fitted with 6 12.7mm (.50 cal) machine guns with 350 rounds each. There was no space in the engine bay for additional arms. 4 months after the program started, the plane was put into production, and fielded as the AF-1 Falcon.

The craft showed good success, and was well liked by pilots, though takeoff proved itself difficult. On the other hand, ground crews hated the plane, due to the lack of space in the engine bay and complexity of the engine design (pilots also tended to accidentally overheat the engines, which didn't help matters).

This particular model is an AF-1-C Falcon, piloted by the country's highest scoring ace. By the C model, the cockpit had also been replaced, providing much better visibility, though it was a little less streamlined.

Now, out of alt history mode, I've discovered I much prefer modifying planes to making whole new ones. This thing, obviously, is based off the Falker, and has a paint scheme based off War Thunder's P-39 N-0. This plane likes to nose over on takeoff (though it is more than possible at 100% throttle). One thing to note is that the elevator is angled at about half a degree (I think. Don't exactly remember) via a mod by the name of fine tuner. This helps to balance out the high centre of thrust. If you've read this far, have fun!