Short Straw is a tremendous book written by Captain Bernard W. Peterson about the Korean War and the The McDonnell F2 Banshee.

The Banshee is 48' 2" long, 13' 11" high and has a wingspan of 41' 8". The F2 Banshee has an empty weight of 13,183 lbs and a maximum weight of 28,500 lbs. It has 2 Westinghouse J34-WE-34 jet engines producing 3,250 lbs each. The Banshee has a cruise speed of 461 mph, a maximum speed of 527 mph, a maximum climb rate of 5,900 feet per min. and a maximum range of 1,170 miles.

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Made its appearance in 1949, having a longer fuselage than earlier versions in order to accommodate more fuel in the fuselage as well as as fixed wingtip tanks. They produced 334 under two contracts between Aug '49 and Sep '52, making this the most popular of all Banshee variants used by the U.S. Navy and Marines. Two J34-WE-34, 3150 lb thrust jet engines powered this fighter. It was equipped with four 20mm cannons, and some variants had refueling probes and cameras. I personally remember the Marine Banshee squadrons in Korea being used for photographic missions.

Excerpt from "Short Straw," by Captain Bernard Peterson..

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Why is it important to look at airplanes? Airplanes, especially planes like the P-47 thunderbolt show the rapid growth of technology in the world and in the United States that provided us with the great freedom that we enjoy today. With this freedom comes responsibility. The responsibility to learn all we can not only about airplanes or history, but about technology. Technology is the most important product of the United States has today. To keep our country on top of the worlds technology requires us to have the most trained workforce anywhere. Aviation is important because aviation and aerospace both exhibit the limits of our technology. If our students learn about aviation they will be able to understand any field of work. We must ensure that aviation, airplanes, aircraft and aerospace are words on all of our children's lips.

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