Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "The B-26K Counter Invader; Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks" video.

 @thunberbolttwo3953 Plus they changed the F designator from Photo to Fighter
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I'm actually surprised they did not upgraded the engines to a turboprop. Or were there gobs of new R-2800s sitting around in warehouses.
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@blackrifle6736 Possibly. I wonder if Pratt & Whitney still has NOS repair/rebuild parts in stock. Or if they sold them off yo a third party decades ago. Would have sold most likely as they would have to pay inventory taxes over the years. Inventory taxes is one of the things that killed a lot 8f the US machine tool industry. The US government let foreign companies ship in complete machines and warehouse them in the US. But as they had not cleared customs they were not "officially" in the country. Mazak and others could have brand new machining centers sitting ready to ship as soon as the customer had the foundation ready. US builders such as Kearney and Treker and Ingersoll basically had to build to order with the attendant lead time.
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