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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2007, 12:43:56 AM »
Its kinda like a TBM had sex with, well - a turboprop engine Whats with the British and the hideously ugly designs post WW2? Bombers being the exception? I mean, its as if they were trying to live up to the ugliest design competition and coming home to mom and dad saying "Hey look pa, I got an F!"

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« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2007, 04:13:05 AM »
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Wasn't a beauty contest so much as being practical about what the job was and what needed to get packed inside the plane to get it done.


Well, sometimes something could not be packed inside:

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« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2007, 09:31:09 AM »
Ah... the link did not work, let's try this:

« Last Edit: November 20, 2007, 09:35:48 AM by gripen »
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« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2007, 11:17:40 AM »
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« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2007, 02:36:44 PM »
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somebody located the worlds largest terd and stuck wings on it..


:rofl :rofl
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« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2007, 03:28:48 AM »
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Originally posted by Karnak
Ganet I believe.

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Yup, Fairey Gannet:



Post-war though.


I perfer the Fairey Swordfish myself :]

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« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2007, 12:21:03 PM »
I like the Fairey Firefly:


Unfortunately the post war examples with the stepped, wing-root radiators are much prettier than the wartime ones.  Still a good naval attack plane.
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« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2007, 12:35:08 PM »
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I perfer the Fairey Swordfish myself :]
 


Such a plane crippled the Bismarck, and lead to her sinking though...
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« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2007, 10:34:21 PM »
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Such a plane crippled the Bismarck, and lead to her sinking though...


The swordfish's didn't do any damage, well, minimal damage.

Only 2 torpedo's hit, one to the armor belt, and one to the rudder, which made it unmanuverable allowing battlecruisers to catch up to it and sink it :]
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2007, 10:51:09 PM »
Karnak: Thats an awesome looking plane! :)

And may i ask what did the wartime ones look like?
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« Reply #25 on: November 24, 2007, 11:52:10 PM »
Not really seeing any good pictures via google.  Here are a few though:



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« Reply #26 on: November 24, 2007, 11:56:41 PM »
Wiki's entree on the Firefly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Firefly
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« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2007, 12:20:42 AM »
Thanks Sir,

And your right, Postwar looks a lot better! :aok
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« Reply #28 on: November 26, 2007, 04:18:52 PM »
i've stood next to and touched a firefly in Yoevile fleet air arm museum. Such a great aircraft .
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« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2007, 05:37:15 PM »
Any plane that has the name 'fairy' in it no matter how its spelled, i'm definetly not gonna fly it :rofl
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