Posted 1/28/2012 04:26 (#2190704 - in reply to #2190121) Subject: Re: VFR flying again
Yeah, it's possible. P-47s took some real punishment and made it home. He probably only needed to generate 20 or 30 percent power to keep the thing airborne at low level to get home. The airplane was built to be efficient in very thin air at 25-30k.