Th so called Hanger Queens.

[Flayed]

  Just started thinking about this a bit this morning and thought it might make for some entertaining stories. When the I-16 came out I saw a bunch of posts about how it was going to be the next hanger queen and this may be true but I have to say even though the queens don't get flown much they have made for some of the best memories I have in my years of playing AH.

  I'll kick this off with a few examples I can remember right off the top of my head and then if you guys could add in your own favorite hanger queen moments I think it would make for a good read. 

 Lets see back in AH1 I was doing a 10k run in a flight of JU88's (I think of these as the hanger queen of the heavy side bombers) and after doping my ord on the intended  target I then had to fly the gauntlet of LA7's, P51's, 109 and 190's if I recall correctly back to base about 2 sectors away.  To make this one quick and because it was so long ago I can't recall all the details I lost both drones and was missing so many parts and had so much smoke coming from various parts of the plane I never thought I would make it back but I managed to land 8 kills that run in my 88's.

 Next would be my lone torp run with a B5N on a cv..  I was flying along minding my own business when I happen to look back and see a P51 racing along behind me closing in for the kill.  I think to myself "Oh sugar cookies I'm dead."   The pony comes screaming in on me and as soon as he gets close enough I open up with the massive firepower of my B5N's rear gun and the first ping or 2 hit the pony and pilot kill him instantly.       I almost crashed my plane into the water, I was laughing so hard.  I'm sure the pony pilot thought I was hacking the game or something lol.

  Hmm following the Japanese theme here I had decided to up a D3A to go fur balling in and found somebody in an uber spit16 that didn't view me as much of a threat. (come on really would you?)
After several rounds of trying to get on each others tail I finally latch on and after pumping almost all of my ammo into him finally took a wing off.   Ahhh the smile I had on my face, well until I realized that I was to slow to get away from the fight with my hard won kill and went spinning into the ground with no tail. 

  And the last one I can remeber right off the top of my head would be the time I upped a 205 (I know I know not a true hanger queen)   Any way I fly over to a base where a good fight is going and right away I took down an LA of some type and started to chase a an LA7 that was on a squad mates tail..   I worked like hell to keep up with them and pumped round after round into it wondering why the heck it was taking so much dang ammo to kill this guy.  I finally kill him and run away with my hard won kills and made a safe landing only to see this pop up (FlaydONE landed 2 kills in a C202)   LOL   That explained some of the issues I had during the fight but made me feel good that I even got my kills and got out alive.

  Any way these are the most comical or impressive ones I can think of right off the bat though there are a few runs in a Hurri1, spit1 and P40 that were excellent and people even saluted me for.  Always makes me feel good to fly the queens and see that someone respects me for coming out for a fight in such a substandard ride.  <S> to all of you hanger queen pilots and please post your favorite stories.

[Wreked]

Well just a plug here for one that WON'T become a Hanger Queen altho some may have thought so :

The Brewster!!! vs  my 190A8 a day or so ago  - he's low on the ground and I dove in with speed/alt advantage  - excellent evasions and round and round we go - him doing repeated horizontal turns each time putting himself just out of my gun range and myself doing vertical loops that he won't try to follow - round n' round we went like 2 circus ferris wheels - 1 vertical and 1 horizontal - each waiting for the other to make a mistake - 10...20+..turns we musta made and neither of us falling for the others bait....

and then another knight came in and blew him (rook) away...don't know who the Brew was but sent him a <S> on 200   

....yep - that Brew will likely NOT be seeing much hanger time eh!!

[1Boner]

The night I downloaded the new version, I upped a Brewster.

Base was being attacked by a Cv.

Imho the Brewster is ideal for that kind of fighting in the Lw arenas.

I quickly got 2 kills, and in my excitement I immediatley landed them!

Re-upped right away and got another kill before gettin jumped by something that knocked something off the plane that was apparantly important to staying airborne.

I managed to land on the runway anyhow, but was killed by what I think was a gun from the Cv.

The plane was a blast to fly, seemed to turn on a dime and yet stay airborne and controlable.

I don't think I would fly it into many higer alt. confrontations, but it is a tool that has its place in the game.

I originally thought that it would be a hanger queen.

I was wr

Wro

Wrong.

Really cool little plane that can hold its own even in the big bad reality of the Lw arenas. 

[BaldEagl]

Before the arena split I was in EW.  There was a GV battle going on between bases; 3 Bish against 4-5 opponents.  I happened to be flying a Ju-87 when I spotted this battle.  I was carrying a 500 and 2x 250's (think that's the Stuka loadout).  I got 3 kills right away.  I kept flying home to re-arm and flying back to the GV battle.  I ended up landing 10 kills in a Stuka.   

That camp I had 26 kills (2 air to air... one of those a Spit, the rest GV's) with no deaths in the Stuka.

[GREric]

Before the arena split I was in EW.  There was a GV battle going on between bases; 3 Bish against 4-5 opponents.  I happened to be flying a Ju-87 when I spotted this battle.  I was carrying a 500 and 2x 250's (think that's the Stuka loadout).  I got 3 kills right away.  I kept flying home to re-arm and flying back to the GV battle.  I ended up landing 10 kills in a Stuka.  

That camp I had 26 kills (2 air to air... one of those a Spit, the rest GV's) with no deaths in the Stuka.

lol wtg bomb**** 

[BaldEagl]

I forgot but I think it was that same camp I was flying a Stuka in LW when I got pinned down at a v base by a P-38 and a 110.  I fought with those two for 5-10 minutes pinging the 110 without ever taking a ping myself until two friendlies showed up and freed me to rtb.  I still think I would have won that fight.

I've loved the Stuka ever since that camp.

[thndregg]

Long ago, I took off in an A6m2 in defense of our airfield under heavy attack by loads of P38's. As they were slowly gaining cap, I weaved & turned as much as I could low over our deacked base that (if I recall) five or so P38's slammed into the ground trying to knock me down. I do not recall if I landed. I highly doubt it.

[Ruler2]

then there was the time thndregg had that D3A mission about a month ago,about 10 of us in total,me escorting in an A6M2,we all dove in on town,got about half of it down,and spixteens were upping like crazy thnking they could do something,I bagged 4 of em within the first 3 minutes of the fight then had to rtb ammo,39 pts for 4 kills

there was another time when the knights had an airbase all but captured,they had LVTs everywhere and a cloud of fighters above the base,there was a 262 in the area and it was killin EVERYONE,so I'm just listening to the chatter about the 262 in my SBD and I finally see it,he headed straight for me thinking he was gonna HO me,little did he know the .50s on the SBD were in the nose and went right through him 

[Soulyss]

As anyone who knows me can attest I'm really just a big history dweeb, that's what keeps me playing the game.  There are moments in the game where everything lines up and you get sucked back in time, for me that was a few weeks back CorkyJr and I upped P-39D's and headed out from our seaside base, as we climbed over the mountains it was suddenly 1942 and we were two of the lonely defenders of Port Moresby, flying outdated worn out aircraft against the cream of the Japanese air force and navy.  As we crossed the mountain line we came to a great furball and even a couple Zekes which just completed the image.  We got a couple kills, I got shot up pretty good and we limped home and made the most improbable of landings.  One of my favorite sorties in recent memory. 

the P-39D is one of my favorite aircraft in AH right now, right alongside the P-38 and the B-25.

[Ruler2]

P-39D is nobody's fool,it surprises me every time

[Enker]

96Delta and I flew P-40s one time, I know it was before the update. We grabbed as much altitude as we could, around to 10k. We flew southeast to 77, and saw nothing, so we turned back home and spotted two Spitfires on the climb out. We closed and dove through their small vee, one of my .50 cal hitting one's oil, causing him to run home and to leave his buddy to the mercy of Delta and I. I overshot the second, and pulled him down, setting up a shot for Delta, but lo and behold he augers as soon as he sees Delta's tracers flying above his canopy. Apparently, I gave the first one a pilot wound, as we hear a dull poof as he dies from blood loss. We return to base and land, 1 kill each, with me missing a flap and him missing several rounds of ammo.

That P-40 is a beautiful plane to fly.

[John Curnutte]

 My squad mates in (+) Precision and I fly what we call crazy plane sundays the rules are simple eny of 20 or above , and we very often take hanger qweens and go forth among the areanas in which we fly . P-40s , A6m2 , D3a's , and like that , find a furball and have fun . The squad member with the most kills wins and picks the next plane . In case of a tie who lands or lasts longest wins . Its fun and you learn alot too .
                         Nutte

[Guppy35]

Seems like it's not the plane so much as the right attitude to fly em.  I've seen more 39s lately.  I've seen a fair amount of P40s.  Lots of Brewsters and some I-16s.  There are some die hard FM2 drivers too.

I think part of the problem is folks don't want to take the time to learn the ins and outs of a less then uber bird and many are convinced that 'dying' is a bad thing even when no one is really dying.

The guys who get the most out of the least are the guys who are willing to 'risk' it finding the edge.  Those who aren't willing, are missing out in many ways.

To each his own i guess.

[thndregg]

I think part of the problem is folks don't want to take the time to learn the ins and outs of a less then uber bird and many are convinced that 'dying' is a bad thing even when no one is really dying.

The guys who get the most out of the least are the guys who are willing to 'risk' it finding the edge.  Those who aren't willing, are missing out in many ways.

Agree 100%.

[Iron_Cross]

Well, there was the time I killed a 262 with a Spit I

It was a long time ago, when NDIsles was still in rotation. I was enamored of the Hurri I, and took it up for comedy purposes.  I decided to take up the spit I, and see what laughs it would provide.  I'm climbing up, and range lights up with 262 sightings.  He comes in to perform a drive by on the field, and I'm the target.  I'm there for comedy so I turn towards him and fire my .303s figuring this is going to be a short sortie as any second a 30mm will slam into my spit.  He misses I don't.  It wasn't a insta kill, I just got his port engine.  Apparently jet engines don't like being fed .303s very much, and the 7 51s and La7s following him finished the job.