Eric R Snow wrote in
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Watching the history cahnnel about the P38. A plane which has
interested me since I was little. The design which uses a short
central fuselage with two long outboard ones (are those outboard ones
called fuselages?) which support the tail isn't used anymore, is it?
If not,why? Since this plane was, in it's day, considered a great
plane. Idle minds want to know.
ERS

A Vietnam-era bird that was quite similar was the OV-10 "Bronco".

While it's an excellent design for a propellor craft, it's not a good pure
jet design due to the issues of engine exhaust.

FWIW, those were called "booms".

BTW, Harold, that was the Northrup P-61 "Black Widow" - it had a 3-man crew
and could out-maneuver any other AAF airplane, including the P-38 and the
P-51.