Time to start making Bets: Aircraft added in 1.05?

[Vermillion]

Ok, 1.04 is all over except for the cleanup work   So lets start the wild speculation for 1.05!!

Here is what we know. 1.05 will center around "the Navy".

So what do you think will be the new aircraft or vehicles added in the next version? Remember that PTO is a probably a good choice.  

My bet:

F6F Hellcat (already have Zeke, and F4U, so its the most famous late war carrier fighter that we dont' have)
HellDiver or Dauntless (we need a torpedo/dive bomber to sink those nice shiny new CV's and the TBF has been done to death)
Kate (need a IJN counterpart & the kate can torp/bomb where the Val can only bomb)

and the suprise entry

Ki-67 "Peggy" (outstanding late war Japanese medium bomber, that fills both the Japanese bomber role, and was also an excellent historical torpedo aircraft)

So whats your bet?

And remember to stay on topic. This isn't a "I want XXX, my favorite aircraft". Its a "what do you think will be added in 1.05" thread  

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Vermillion
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[Rebel]

ME-163 Komet.

To deal with 30K+ buffers  

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[RAM]

Navy coming, so naval planes...my guesses are:

F6F3 Hellcat. Indisplensable For USNavy
HElldiver. Fits better in latewar period, and has bigger load than Dauntless (but it its UGLY   )
TBF Avenger.

For japanese nuts, Judy and Jill.

For german nuts Ju87R2   And Ju88's torpedoes  

And Fw190D9  

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[Nath-BDP]

Ju88C-6

[Ripsnort]

I'm betting another Jap, er, JPN fighter, like the KI-61 or KI-84, maybe a Betty bomber,  or Dinnah.

[Westy]

 Brisfish!!!!

 OH. Wait,,,, that's Gnatz's line  

 Um.

 No other aircraft ideas beyond yours Verm other than maybe the Italian trimotor torpedo carrying bomber or the superb late war Japanese torp plane Ryusei. I doubt we'd get (or need) a Seafire or Sea Hurricane. Any French CV based aircraft were early, early war types. Can't think of what the Italians had for use off hand. The Soviets didn't have anything. And the ME-109 carrier plane would be an early war dog.
 How about the RNAF like the Swordfish, Barracuda(?) and Walrus (<GGG> )

 We're kind of limited naval aircraft to the IJN, USN and RNAF (and the RNAF had alot of F4F, F6F and F4U's in use)

  -Westy

[Apache]

Hmmm, good list Ram. I bet you are close. F6F for sure.

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[Nath-BDP]

note: we need aircraft that saw the most service, for scenarios.

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[YankeeStation]

Pic beneath is hereby nominated to be the first crate to be presented by HTC for next update. And for you Navy people:"SEA-HURRICANE"!!  

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Oh Jeez, if I only had a rearview mirror!

Bies

 

And bring the A26 and Hurricane (Mk IIC/D) to AH!!!

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[Tac]

IMO, AH needs more planes that are NOT american. more than half the planeset is US =(.

I would like to see:

German Planes:
He111
Me-110
Stuka

Italian
I dont know much about Italian planes... but i'd like to see 2 more fighters and a bomber or 2.
Fiat Cr. 42

British:
Hurricane (2 models please)
Fairey Swordfish (lol)
Wellington Bomber

Japanese planes:
Ki64
Val
Betty

Russian planes:

La-7
IL-2 Shturmovich (DIE %$#$# flakpanzies!)

And Finnish, Swedish, Swiss, Norwegian planes would also be nice.

Navy planes? Bleagh. Get something OTHER sims dont have first, then get more US planes  

[Replicant]

Erm...

Wildcat or Hellcat methinks.  Also I guess they could do a Seafire considering they must have almost all the data for it already.  Avenger could be in with a shout too.  F4Us will get arrester hooks.

Anti-ship?  Could this now be the time for the Mosquito or the Beaufighter which I would dearly love to have!

I would also love a Hurricane.... sigh... my favourite WWII plane  

I really don't mind as long as we get new things!    

Regards

'Nexx'




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[Chango]

If we get the F6f which is very possible.  I hope its not the Warbirds F6f.  I believe that Funked had a USN comparison of the F4u, F6f and the FW.  It was very informative and hopefully HT and Pyro see it.  A PBY and to pick up downed pilots would be nice 8). They should add that feature to the C47 also.  

Controllable CV group or ships oh, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!  

We obviously need a torpedo plane.
As long as we have 1 torpedo plane we can do the scenarios!!

Hopefully they make the water portion of the world ready for Submarine action in the future so that the sim will have a fighting chance against WWII online and others.  

Frank "Chango" Smaltino FMTO

[leonid]

Really starting to get the itch for the La-7.  Hope it makes the planeset soon.  Nothing against the Yak-9U, that plane is amazing now with the new FM.  It's just I'm a Lavochkin fan  


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[Nath-BDP]

He111? Once early war planeset starts sure.

Ju87G with 2x 37mm under wings would be nice.
*drool*
 

We need this for those '43 US bombing scenarios:

 

[Nath-BDP]

Oh and don't forget about the perk system.

My bet will be that the Me 262 will be in 1.05 as perk.