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Offline stephen

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« on: March 27, 2007, 04:01:39 PM »
I am herby giving my vote to the A26, and opening a forum to discus the merit/short sitedness of this action,,

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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2007, 04:24:52 PM »
Wartime use limited to a few squadrons at the very end of the war in Europe from November 44 to the end.  No Allied use.  Extremely limited use in the Pacific, limited to one Group from July 45 to the end.

If the goal is for MA Latewar use only then it makes sense, but it's scenario use or special events use is also extremely limited.

It would probably put the Mossie, B26 and A20 in the hanger.

A20G is a much more suitable aircraft that fills all the roles the A26 did at the end, and with the  Boston and A20 that we have, the scenario use is much greater.


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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2007, 05:44:56 PM »
blahhh Dan.

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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2007, 10:06:27 PM »
vader has my vote,heck perk it for all i care. give us something else to spend bomber perks on :D


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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2007, 10:19:37 PM »
The A-26 was my favorite ride in Air Warrior :)

And I think it would get alot of use in the Main Arenas.......

As much as I would like to see a A-26 I would rather see a B-25 with
several varients for scenario use..

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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2007, 11:15:18 PM »
With the A-20G and it's Boston III brethren, plus the B-26, The A-26 becomes somewhat redundant. Sorry fellas, the A-26 probably won't make it past the first or second round of voting.

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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2007, 01:55:45 AM »
Why not vote instead for the Vader's black leather panties brethren the Me 410? :D

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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 02:19:24 AM »
If only we could test fly them before making our choice..
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 02:34:45 AM »
The fact it was serving in the COIN role as late as Vietnam and later to current day as a Borate bomber should be merrit enough to its design.


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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2007, 05:14:59 AM »
B25, is gonna give it a run for its money,
funny thing is if we ended up getting an H model B25, well that wouldnt hurt my feelings a bit either, just so long as that brewster doesnt make it, whew everyone knows that thing is junk right?
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2007, 05:32:08 AM »
bah!
Another 1945 "deployed a week before the war ended and attacked routed enemy" plane. As cool as it may be, give us planes that actually fought WWII !
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2007, 05:43:38 AM »
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Why not vote instead for the Vader's black leather panties brethren the Me 410? :D


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Offline TexInVa

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« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2007, 05:49:19 AM »
That would be nice to have.

14 foward facing 50cal M2's
4 more in turrents
6K# in bombs
355 max speed and a 1K+ft/min climb rate.

vs the b-25

..... can carrier launch?
only 12 guns total
same bombload, but much slower, with an 800ft/min climb rate.

Even if the a-26 isn't going to happen, it's what I'll vote for tonight.

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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2007, 05:55:20 AM »
A 26  :aok
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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2007, 06:07:23 AM »
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Originally posted by TexInVa

..... can carrier launch?


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