My 1.07 guesses.

[Karnak]

I know this is a bit early, but I'm having a series of bad days and I wish to think of something fun.  Just for fun, I'm going to throw some longshots in.

Here goes:

Spitfire F.Mk.21
HTC will surprise us by giving us the best Spitfire of the war (although not the prettiest; goodbye elliptical wings) as a perk plane.  This fighter is to the Spitfire series what the Ta152 is to the Fw190 series.

Il2-M3
The most produced warplane ever and with gobs of loadout options.  Great ground attack capability and damage sponge extrordanaire.  This is one of the most needed VVS aircraft.

Ki-61 IIb
The late war, cannon version of the IJA's Ki61.  It was used with some success to down B-29As.  This would be a good aircraft to start the IJA planeset with.

Me410A
This is a unique looking (except for the Me210), versatile German fighter/bomber.  It would be a first as no other sim has modeled it.

Tu-2
This would be a great tactical bomber.  It is fast, carries a decent bombload and is reasonably defended.  It outclasses the B-26A by far.

Ki67
This would give the IJA a fast bomber that would also shine in the tactical sense (if I got the number right).  Another bomber that does the same job as the B-26A, but better.

F7F-3N
The first perk plane for the US will be the Navy/Marine's Tigercat.  With its thin body and two huge radial engines it is a very interesting aircraft.

A7M2 Reppu
Japan's first perk plane will be Jiro Horikoshi's successor to the A6M as he intended it, with the Mitsubishi engine.  With less than 10 production models produced it still manages to qualify as a production fighter in WWII.

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Bring the Spitfire F.MkXIVc to Aces High!!!

Sisu
-Karnak

[Pongo]

My guesses
Spit II.
Fw 190A6
P47N
F4u4
P51H
B24J
B29
BF109K4(finally!)
ME262

Should be the Best release yet!

[Westy]

Hope your not off at all. I like the whole list.

-Westy

[Nath-BDP]

Our G10 = K4.

[-ammo-]

 

Originally posted by Pongo:
My guesses
Spit II.
Fw 190A6
P47N
F4u4
P51H
B24J
B29
BF109K4(finally!)
ME262

Should be the Best release yet!

oh please not the P47N...we need the "M"

Karnaks list looks sweet

[Nath-BDP]

Me 262A-1a -/U4, 2x 250kg, R4Ms and option for Mk 214A 50mm.

He 162A-2

Me 163

He 177

Me 410

Bf 109E-4

190F-8 with 250kg on wings, panzerblitz and panzerschrecks.

Ki.84 I ko


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Nath_____
9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
 

A captured Bolshevik pilot once stated, "In battle, the fighters with the green hearts are generally in the minority. But when they're there, things realy heat up. They're all aces!"

[This message has been edited by Nath-BDP (edited 03-13-2001).]

[Zigrat]

P47-m
spit mk.ix late (non perk)
spit mk.xiv (perk)
ki-100
ki-61
il2m3
peggy (jap bomber)

thats my guesses

[Rocket]

My guess would be PTO planes.. any and all.
P-40N
Kate
Val
F4U-4
f7f or f8f(<G> )
Maybe the ETO guys will get one but I would wager more PTO than ETO this time  

s!
Rocket

[Vermillion]

My guesses are that we are getting the following:

*****
*****
*****
*****
*****
*****

*censored by the HTC insider trading police*

 

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Vermillion
**MOL**, Men of Leisure

[funked]

Karnak I like your list, but F7F and A7M never saw combat (A7M was a turd too), and Il-10 is more appropriate for our planeset than Il-2.

I would dearly love to fly a Tu-2 though.  

[juzz]

This is guesses, not wishlists right?

Japan-fest!

Ki-84-Ib
P1Y1 or Ki-67
D4Y3
Ki-102b

And for other countries:
Il-2 Type 3
S.M.79-II

Oh, wait - that's a wishlist...

[Karnak]

Funked,
I don't go by "It saw combat."  That panders to the Germans.

I go by "Production models were produced during the war."

Why do you say the A7M was a "turd"?  Everything that I have read says that it would have been Japan's best fighter.

Given, the A7M1 with the Homare engine was a crap, just like Horikoshi said it would be.  But once it had the Mitsubishi Ha-43.11 engine that he wanted, it was great.

Saburo Sakai praised it in his book.

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Bring the Spitfire F.MkXIVc to Aces High!!!

Sisu
-Karnak

[juzz]

Btw: Ki-61-II?! That's probably the least representative JAAF fighter. Only 69 could have even seen service. Another 30 were destroyed before delivery, and the other 275 had no engine and became Ki-100-Ia's. Besides that, is the fact that the Ki-61-II is slow, climbs like crap and is probably the worst-turning Japanese fighter. But yeah, it has (2) cannon.  

Ki-84-Ib(4 cannon) plz.  

[TheWobble]

yay, more luthwacker planes..we just got 3 and now we need more?

<BARF>

[Sundog]

My Guess's:

Ki-61/100
Ki-67 Peggy
::Maybe:: B5N2 (Jill?)
IL-2
Pe-2
SB2C Helldiver

Perk:P-51H

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Sundog
VMF-111 Devildogs
MAG-33

'Criticism is always easier than craftmanship.'