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Offline Steven

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Are Spitfire #'s declining?
« on: May 30, 2002, 10:38:12 AM »
Other than my F4U-1, there are two non-Spits in this image.  This has me concerned about the lack of Spitfire usage in the MA.

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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2002, 12:06:51 PM »
nope no spits there, very strange too strange if u ask me :)

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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2002, 12:59:25 PM »
hmmmmm i suppose you and that zero cleaned the clocks of those EEEEEEEEEVIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL L spits

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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2002, 02:52:24 PM »
For base defense ... there isn't a better plane than a Spit to do the job ... simple as that. If I am correct, that looks like A29 last night (Knights attacking Bish).
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2002, 02:55:42 PM »
Wow where is that?? Only 10 spits and 2 other planes! That is amazing :D

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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2002, 05:03:34 PM »
The snapshot is a little misleading because it's just one angle and one moment in time...there were more Spits out there!   LOL.  And, there were lots of LA7s out there too.  

I can't remember what base that is, but it's our Knight's CV attacking a land base to the NW of the map Wed evening PDT.  So the green "Spits" are actually Seafires, but there were a good deal of green F4Us and F6Fs.  It was a great fight.  The picture is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but this place is becoming Spitfire's High IMO.

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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2002, 05:14:12 PM »
Come on ... let's not start with the "Only real men fly ..." crap again.

It is such a droning WHINE. Worse than the air raid and base under attack sounds put together, except I can't rename it to put an end to it.

Jeesh, you fly what you want to fly, and leave everybody else to fly what they want to fly.

Also, if I am defending a base that is under heavy attack, I will roll the 'ole Spit IX out of the garage and go to work.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2002, 11:44:47 PM »
Slapshot,

The only whining going on is your whining about what others post.  It's no knock against the Spitfire fan or pilot and it's quite insulting to twist this into a "plane choice has bearing on your manhood" debate.  No where is that even remotely mentioned.  Fact is, there are a lot of Spitfires in the arena and I thought this was a funny picture from a recent film I was viewing.

Don't whine about what people want to post.  

What's funny is that I posted the wrong picture anyway.    This one has 13 Spits, 1 Zeke and my F4U.



I do fly what I want to fly.  
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2002, 04:33:15 PM »
EDIT : Forget it ....
« Last Edit: May 31, 2002, 04:48:52 PM by SlapShot »
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