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Offline icepac

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2012, 12:22:53 PM »
The question would be how many negative G should the lancaster tolerate before losing a wing in game.
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Offline PR3D4TOR

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2012, 04:01:48 PM »
Here's an interesting story on a dive-bombing B-17 in the PTO:

http://www.dba-oracle.com/dive_bombing_b_17.htm
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2012, 07:42:39 PM »
Quote from: PR3D4TOR on May 28, 2012, 04:01:48 PM
Here's an interesting story on a dive-bombing B-17 in the PTO:

http://www.dba-oracle.com/dive_bombing_b_17.htm

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2012, 07:51:29 PM »
This documentary on the Lancaster is quite interesting, also has a bit on the Corkscrew:
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #34 on: May 28, 2012, 09:07:15 PM »
See rule #4
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2012, 06:45:29 AM »
See rule #4
« Last Edit: May 30, 2012, 02:32:30 PM by hitech »
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Offline titanic3

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #36 on: May 29, 2012, 08:11:08 AM »
See rule #4
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #37 on: May 29, 2012, 08:25:20 AM »
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #38 on: May 29, 2012, 08:25:45 AM »
Fort Pillow  :old:
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #39 on: May 29, 2012, 08:32:57 AM »
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Quote from: guncrasher on August 16, 2012, 04:48:31 AM

  the game is concentrated on combat, not on shaking the screen.

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #40 on: May 29, 2012, 08:35:13 AM »
was commenting on the turn this thread took in general  :old:
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Offline Shuffler

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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #41 on: May 29, 2012, 09:42:32 AM »
See rule #4
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #42 on: May 29, 2012, 10:34:33 AM »
Come on, knock that off  :old:
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #43 on: May 29, 2012, 11:57:15 AM »
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Come on, knock that off  :old:

Always much friendlier fighting in a game than in real life.   :aok
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Re: Lancasters Turnfighting?
« Reply #44 on: May 30, 2012, 06:06:38 AM »
See rule #4
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