Author Topic: Kinda cool (Read 1406 times)

Edbert · « **on:** May 02, 2006, 12:20:20 PM »

I stumbled accross this today, sorry if it is old news but thought it was worth posting.

http://www.spanishcastle.com/justplanefun/ww2fighterguide.html

Airscrew · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:31:52 PM »

good find Ed, theres some funny stuff there, but I dont think I'll be throwing any of my books away

He mentions that the Tempest had a problem of loosing their tails, I think though it was the early models of the Typhoon that had that problem.

Airscrew · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:46:51 PM »

Ok, I took some time and read some more of the site. He has a lot of interesting stuff there, especially on the aircraft colors and links, definitly a keeper. It also gets funnier, check the Toy Airplane buy guide

Brenjen · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2006, 02:11:43 PM »

WOW...that has some very comical anecdotes!

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The D.520 was th best fighter the French had when the armee de l'air went to war with the German luftwaffe. 15 minutes later it was the best trainer the luftwaffe had.

I don't care who ya' are that's funny right there. The ones about the aero-cobra flat out slayed me....

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37MM cannon in the nose conserves ammunition by jamming periodically.

I just might like to buy that book

68DevilM · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2006, 02:12:19 PM »

thought this was preety funny

fritzthefox

Airscrew · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2006, 02:35:56 PM »

you can almost see whats coming with the leaf falling down

makes me wonder if this guy flys AH

68DevilM · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2006, 03:15:26 PM »

hes missing alot of aircraft i noticed

Simaril · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2006, 03:26:28 PM »

Another gem, for anyone who remembers the earlier Japanese imports:

"Like all Japanese vehicles, the Ki-84 was small, nimble, went forever on a tank of gas and had bad brakes."

Edbert · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2006, 03:46:45 PM »

Hehehe...there's little gems hidden all over in there...keep digging.

Check out the "why I hate IL2" essay on realism.

Brenjen · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2006, 03:58:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Edbert
Hehehe...there's little gems hidden all over in there...keep digging.

Check out the "why I hate IL2" essay on realism.

Yeah I read that one too.....made me shoot coffee out my nose & start looking in here for the guy who wrote it:cry

DoKGonZo · « **Reply #10 on:** May 02, 2006, 06:36:34 PM »

The remarks on the 262 are priceless. Same for the d520.

I really like the presentation, though. Something like that for AH could really help the n00bs grasp the differences in the planes.

Hap · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2006, 12:58:37 PM »

Fritz flying the Me-163 is funny. Very funny.

Watch it to the very end and imagine yourself having nursed the jet down etc . . .

~~hap~~

68DevilM · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2006, 10:31:50 AM »

I wrote him

Aaron,

Thanks for your interest in Fritz the Fox! I’m glad you enjoyed my site.

I tried a demo of Aces High a while back, but I prefer Il-2:Forgotten Battles for online play. It’s free, and I’m notoriously cheap :-)

Happy landings!

On 5/2/06 3:04 PM, "McIntyre, Aaron (US SSA)" wrote:

just checked out your fritz the fox website.....thought it was pretty cool....

have you ever heard of aces high.......you should check it out sometime, and give a review there's a two week free trial. hope to see you up there.......

http://www.flyaceshigh.com <http://www.flyaceshigh.com>

Meatwad · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2006, 11:50:04 AM »

Thats a keeper, its in my favorites until i can read all of it