Placing the Bell P39 Aircobra.

[Graham Boak]

I believe so, yes. This may depend upon a definition of "close", but as aircraft lacking airbrakes such as the Avenger were capable of "glide bombing" up to around 60 degrees, the use of airbrakes suggest the presence of something much steeper.

As to the thread being out of control, it does seem to have strayed far from the subject of the P-39, and gone rather theological. Tcolvin's recent posting shows a total refusal to rationally consider any of the evidence presented against his initial rant, continual slander of anyone with different opinions and continued repetition of extravagant claims and unsupportable bias. As a child of the Enlightenment, and not having any wish to be burnt on the stake of his fundamentalism, I'm ducking out.