Why we fly what we fly

[streetstang]

Hey all... This question has probably been asked in the past once or twice before... But I was just curious as to what your favorit rides are in AH... What do you fly most/like most and for what reasons?

I for one like the P51-D... Its a nice plane over all... Although from stories and talking to others, I feel its a bit under powerd, but is still a very fast and nimble plane... you can Jabo with it if you need to and its a very well suited fighter platform for turn fighting or E Fighting... I have many other reasons why I fly it but those are the first ones that come to mind... Im most intrested in the Hog squads out there also.
All!
Morph

[Urchin]

I fly the N1k2 or the Spit IX or the La7, because they are 1337.

[Nod]

Fw 190 a-5 because roll rate in a 1 on 1 dogfight can change the way the fight is going easily and then the firepower is decent and the turning radius is better then the spit 14 the only real drawback of the plane is its range.....

[streetstang]

Originally posted by Urchin
I fly the N1k2 or the Spit IX or the La7, because they are 1337.

hehe urchin... I know your real love is the 109... Common now;)

Maybe im slow but... 1337?
Morph

[Urchin]

1337 = leet = "elite".  Good/great, whatever.

[DYGCaps]

My favorite ride is the P-51D, just because it combines great speed, decent roll rate, good climb, and a moderate gun package.

Lately though I've been flying the P-47D...Just for a bit more of a challenge, not to mention 8 .50's make a nice aerial chainsaw

[LWACE]

id say 80% of the time i up, i take a G-10 or G-6, the G-10s climb is amazing it also has a pretty good speed to it, G-6 is like G-10 cept without so much power also more nimble than the G-10 but it is also a great plane. Ta-152 and D-9 i also fly quite abit.

[Sway]

Urchin really likes the spit14/tempest i bet

[Raptor]

None other than the P38 Lightning.
Turns like a spit9 and great speed. All guns on the nose, so 1 gun is hitting a plane, so are the rest.

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning racked up an impressive series of "firsts." It was the first:
-Lockheed-designed military aircraft to go into series production.
-twin-engined interceptor to serve with the USAAC
-production fighter powered by the Allison V-1710 in-line engine
-modern fighter equipped with a tricycle landing gear
-American plane to use butt-jointed flush riveted external surfaces
-plane to make extensive use of stainless steel
-fighter to use a bubble canopy right from the start
-fighter with speeds over 400 mph
-US twin-boom fighter to go into production
-USAAF fighter to shoot down a German aircraft
-USAAF fighter to carry out an escort mission to Berlin
-USAAF plane to land in Japan after that country had surrendered
The P-38 was also the:
-heaviest US single-seat fighter of World War II
-only American fighter in production at the time of Pearl Harbor to be still in production at the war's end
-The Lightning also accounted for more Japanese aircraft destroyed in combat than any other USAAC fighter.



quote:
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"Some pilots are good, some pilots are great but the best of all flew the P-38!"
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Agreed:aok

[Puck]

This month?

The UBER Spitfire Mk 1.  

It rolls like a cow, it's slow, it has all the stopping power of an anemic kitten, it's as tough as wet newspaper, the engine dies on negative Gs...what's not to like?

Several reasons:

1. The SPIT tag is the next best thing to a perk neon
2. You learn to pick your fights, or you die fast
3. You learn to manage energy and angles, or you die fast
4. You learn SA, or you die fast
5. You lean trigger control and gunnery, or you get no kills

I've knocked off a couple LA7s, N1K2s, even a P47 and a B26 in that beast.  Last time I checked I still had better than a 1:1 K/D in it against all those late war monster rides.  Hoping to up that to 2:1 by the end of the month.

[hawker238]

I'm allergic to anemic cats......



I like flying the A6Mb5.  Since I'm only H2H, the Zero is the only plane that will give you near full performance just off the strip.  H2H rarely goes above 10k feet, and the majority of players seem to think every plane can TnB a Zero.

[simshell]

right now its the P38 because the climb is good the stall is great the turn is as good as a spit9 the guns are great

nice speed and insane instant speed in a dive or level

i hate P51's because it takes them so long to get to speed and they cant replace E and there very weak to gunfire


by the way raptor

the ARMY picked the P40 over P38

[brady]

1337, never head of that huh........

[Puck]

I forgot two of the the best things about the Spit Mk 1.

You get a LOT of assists...
Expect to die from killshooter.  I've got more killshooter deaths/bails/captured in the few days I've flown the Spit I this month than the two years I flew previously.  It's astonishing how many people pull in front of my aircraft, even when I'm tracking a straight line.

Doesn't take much to shoot the tail off a Spit Mk 1, even when you're only hitting with 4 .303s...

I did manage to kill another La7 dweeb tonight, though  

[RTR]

Actually the F4U was the first american fighter to exceed 400mph in level flight I believe, not the P38.

RTR