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Offline Sikboy

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« Reply #90 on: May 10, 2002, 09:12:30 AM »
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the spitfire is undoubtedly the most 'beautiful' world war 2 fighter.

my personal favourite of WW2 is without a shadow of a doubt the 190 due to the fact it looks like a hunter.It has that 'about to fire' posture and is also among the best of the war.


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« Reply #91 on: May 11, 2002, 12:37:54 AM »
The stang is a mass prouced cheap thingy,
when u compare it to the P38 it looks like the lightning comes from the skunkworks.

P38 looks just most interesting and it flys like it.

The idea u between two engines with ur nose free for all the guns is just to sexy to be.

The P38 is definitly no wanna be mustang
coz the P38 can do more
at least it's got some pay load .

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« Reply #92 on: May 11, 2002, 11:40:11 PM »
THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANE!!

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« Reply #93 on: May 12, 2002, 01:39:40 AM »
Besides the Spit, I also like these:

A6M5 Zero-Sen.  This is just such a proportional aircraft with such elegant lines.  It is the only radial engined aircraft that I can say that about.  I also understand that the A6M is a pilots aircraft, no vices at all.  It has weaknesses as a warplane (to put it lightly), but from just a flying stand point and a beauty stand point, Horikoshi did a superlative job.

Fw190A Series.  These fighters just look like fighters.  Stocky, aggressive and to the point.  Tank did a great job on this aircraft, it looks like it should.  Where the Spitfire is the elegant duelist that wins by agility and grace, the Butcher Bird is the brawler who wins by meaness.  I agree with Urchin, the Dora horribly distorts, like a caricature, the nature of the Fw190.

Mosquito FB.VI.  This aircraft is sleek and clean.  Nicely rounded tail and stepped wings create and thoughbred look that makes it look like one would imagine a successful multi-role aircraft would look given the technology of the day.  This was the aircraft used for pinpoint strikes in cities and on parts of buildings in WWII.
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« Reply #94 on: May 12, 2002, 03:00:15 AM »
here's a challenge
which is the best looking FRENCH plane?



here's a challenge

That's fair question, if you limit the WWII plane choices from all other Countries to pre- June 1940 planes. France did not produce many fighter planes while it was occupied.

Judging by BenDover's 2 replies and signature, I judge him to be a complainer.... but hey, that's just me.

Best looking plane: P-51

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« Reply #95 on: May 12, 2002, 08:18:41 AM »
wow, 2 posts, that is enough to form an opinion on someone:rolleyes:

and it was a ment as a joke, french planes are ugly, but i did want to know how ugly the best looking french plane

as for my sig, up until the begining of this month, it was a joke, but then i found out there was alot more american stuff then any other country

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« Reply #96 on: May 12, 2002, 08:33:07 AM »
The P51 was the most modern looking fighter of World War II.  It did not have curved lines like the antiquated Spitfire, nor was it bulbous and fat like radial engine aircraft.

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« Reply #97 on: May 12, 2002, 08:53:46 PM »
The most beautiful WW2 fighter is the Hurricane,followed closely by the Spitfire with a deserving 3rd for the P40.
I don't like the Mustang at all,how it looks or how it handles :p

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« Reply #98 on: May 12, 2002, 09:46:46 PM »
24k dialup here...modem icon on taskbar slowly disentigrated, phone line went up like a Looney Tune's TNT wire  and after all that received the Blue Screen of Death loading this thread :D

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« Reply #99 on: May 12, 2002, 10:12:18 PM »
F4F...I just like the lines of it..
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« Reply #100 on: May 12, 2002, 11:37:27 PM »
Take a look at this,

Gloster Gladiator:D