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Offline Uriel

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« on: August 29, 2007, 12:09:09 AM »
Please, please, please
make just one of the WW1 planes available in the dueling arena.. it would be awesome to see where dogfighting started.. it would really show how it evolved in WW2
please.. Snoopy is still sitting on his doghouse, and thats just wrong
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Offline Jack16

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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2007, 12:32:00 AM »
Flying a WWI biplane would be interesting, but I don't think it will ever happen.
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Offline Saxman

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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2007, 12:46:31 AM »
You know what would happen, some dweeb would up a ElGay and run that Camel down. :D
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2007, 02:05:37 AM »
Pilot wounds would be a beyatch ;)

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Offline Tiger

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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2007, 09:36:27 AM »
Why not just add the British Swordfish ?  You want a bi-plane, theres one that actually saw service during WW2
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2007, 11:56:53 AM »
I don't think a swordfish would be much use in the DA, a Gloster Gladiator would though...

It is interesting to think that the RAF went from having a biplane fighter armed with 4 x .303's built by Gloster, to a jet fighter with 4 x 20mm built by Gloster within 4 years.
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2007, 03:39:04 PM »
Biplanes were in WW2, how about that CR.42 or whatever it was?
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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2007, 04:07:36 PM »
The P6-E "hawk would be a fun airplane to fly

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Offline 33Vortex

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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2007, 05:02:59 PM »
You know how it started don't you? Scout planes ran into eachother over teh front lines and their crew unholstered their sidearms, went downhill ever since. The term 'air duel' comes to mind. :D
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2007, 02:33:06 AM »
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Originally posted by Uriel
Please, please, please
make just one of the WW1 planes available in the dueling arena.. it would be awesome to see where dogfighting started.. it would really show how it evolved in WW2
please.. Snoopy is still sitting on his doghouse, and thats just wrong


well there was one mission in WWII where WWI bi-planes (brittish) were used to sink the Bismarck, the torpedo strike failed 2 torpedo hits, one to the hull doing basically no damage and one to the rudder. It ended up being the job of the brittish battleships to do the job, which they did. i think it'd be quite the site to see these bi-plane torp bombers flyin formation into a CV, i'm with it :]
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2007, 02:44:54 AM »
You mean the Fairey Swordfish, it's a slow bi-plane. They were not hit by the ack from the Bismarck simply because the AA crews were leading them too much, they were too slow! The Bismarck's crew were trained to lead fast fighters and were constantly shooting in front of the slow Swordfish bi-planes. Scared the heck outta the brit pilots I'm sure, but not really effective. :)
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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2007, 03:06:36 PM »
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You mean the Fairey Swordfish, it's a slow bi-plane. They were not hit by the ack from the Bismarck simply because the AA crews were leading them too much, they were too slow! The Bismarck's crew were trained to lead fast fighters and were constantly shooting in front of the slow Swordfish bi-planes. Scared the heck outta the brit pilots I'm sure, but not really effective. :)


not only that but because they were flying JUST above wave level so it was hard to get shots on em that low...
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2007, 03:13:20 PM »
"Latrobe landed 10 victories in a Swordfish of ~Gruppe Outlaws~"

:D  Bi-Planes would be fun
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« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2007, 03:18:20 PM »
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"Latrobe landed 10 victories in a Swordfish of ~Gruppe Outlaws~"

:D  Bi-Planes would be fun


they'd be a blast, only as furball said, pilot wounds...
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« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2007, 04:48:09 PM »
Hey, I wonder how a bi-plane would handle loosing a wing. Talk about redundancy, you could loose upper right and lower left and keep symmetrical lift, almost. :D
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