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Offline ZetaNine

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« Reply #105 on: February 12, 2008, 06:28:27 PM »
we used the F111's over Lybia, no?

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« Reply #106 on: February 12, 2008, 09:25:49 PM »
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we used the F111's over Lybia, no?

Yes F-111Fs from RAF Lakenheath

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« Reply #107 on: February 12, 2008, 09:46:36 PM »
In AH, nothing is better to get through enemy air defenses to bomb a critical target than the B-26 Marauder.




 






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« Reply #108 on: February 13, 2008, 01:14:06 AM »
So many!  For sheer classic beauty, would include at least these:
P-39
Hunter
Vulcan
Piper Cub
DC-3
Catalina
Draken
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« Reply #109 on: February 13, 2008, 06:00:50 AM »

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« Reply #110 on: February 28, 2008, 10:58:54 AM »
The Scooter

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« Reply #111 on: February 28, 2008, 03:03:27 PM »
Can't believe no one has posted one of the most beautiful civil airliners of all time....

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« Reply #112 on: February 28, 2008, 08:28:31 PM »
Yeah the Connie is stunning.  But always thought it bizarre that it needed those fuel tanks at the ends of the wings.
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« Reply #113 on: February 28, 2008, 08:57:58 PM »


My constant urge to commit to a fight forces me to the 109 though. Both sexy birds. :aok

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« Reply #114 on: February 28, 2008, 10:09:17 PM »
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« Reply #115 on: February 28, 2008, 11:21:15 PM »
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Yeah the Connie is stunning.  But always thought it bizarre that it needed those fuel tanks at the ends of the wings.


The 109 gallon tip tanks were optional on the Super Contellations.
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« Reply #116 on: February 29, 2008, 01:23:29 AM »