Bell P-63 Kingcobra Flight Demonstration- BIG ALLISON SOUND!

This is a nice video of a flight demonstration of the Palm Springs Air Museum's Bell P-63A Kingcobra. Not the greatest aircraft of WWII, but a significant one nonetheless, especially to the Soviets. This is one of the most wicked looking fighters of all time, in my honest opinion. This thing also really scoots off the runway despite the reduced, low-octane-fuel power settings that need to be used these days!

This is typical, everyday (well, not quite) SoCal, USA warbird activity, ha! We are very, very lucky out here, and I certainly appreciate it!

The Allison engine really never achieved a high state of development during WWII like the Rolls Royce Merlin. There were major problems, even several years into the post-war era. The Allison soldiered on into the early 1950s in the F-82 Twin Mustang and actually became a real solid powerplant by then, but by that time, who really cared anyway?

That is the Palm Springs Air Museum's chief pilot Jim Dale at the controls.

Enjoy the video!
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