Author Topic: What is your favorite aircraft, and why? (Read 1573 times)

midnight Target · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2003, 03:04:09 PM »

F4U-whatever

Big, Blue, fast, big, and blue! What a cool plane!

Modern era...

I always thought the B-58 Hustler was the coolest bomber ever built.
http://www.b-58hustler.com/

Puke · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2003, 03:11:21 PM »

F4-B/J Phantom II and the F-8 Crusader.

F-15 Eagle and F-14 Tomcat.

WW2: F6F-3/5 Hellcat, F4U-1A Corsair or P-51B.

2stony · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2003, 03:24:58 PM »

My favorite fig at the moment is the Yak9U. My K/D ratio the first full month I flew it was 5/1.
My favorite attack(even though it's classified as a fig)is the Me110. What firepower from the bombs/rockets to the guns. You can pretty much destroy a town with one and it will tear up any planes.
My favorite bomber is the B-26. Although it doesn't carry the bomb load 17s or Lancs do, it can be used as a fighter. One sortie I dropped my load and then got four kills before they got me.

Gunthr · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2003, 03:41:24 PM »

For the purpose of accumilating perkies, I currently like the Mossie with the hitting power of the 4 - 20mm hispanos and relatively good turning ability. In spite of the slow climb rate, I especially like the Mossie against bombers. Off a carrier, I almost always use the agile FM-2 for the perkies.

My favorite planes overall,however, are the Me 109's and FW 190's. I just like them, period. Their relative performance has almost "niche" qualities when compared to some of the other aircraft that can generally do everything well, but excel at nothing.

Some planes like the pony, the LA-7 and the Nikki and Spit are marvelous aircraft that I love, but don't fly much because it seems like everybody else is flying them, and they don't reward you with very many perkies.

(I'm always scrounging for perkies so I can crash the jet

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Thud · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2003, 03:42:47 PM »

Hurricanes and a bit more recent, the Thud.... doh...

The hurri looks rugged and mean, nothing like that feeble sissyfire. And the 105, well if there ever has been one aircraft that immediately makes you think of one thing; raw, uncontrolled power... and it's a beauty besides all that

loser · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2003, 04:33:57 PM »

Spitfire MkVIII. Hell, any spitfire.

Got to actually see a spitfire at the con in august. It's size blew me away.

I thought that the spitfire was a fair size plane but that thing was TINY!

Hangtime · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2003, 04:49:21 PM »

100 years from now, 150 years after WWII they will still remember the North American Aviation P51-D Mustang and the Boeing B-17.

They were legendary then, now and will remain so forever.

Replicant · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2003, 04:50:28 PM »

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Originally posted by loser
Spitfire MkVIII. Hell, any spitfire.

Got to actually see a spitfire at the con in august. It's size blew me away.

I thought that the spitfire was a fair size plane but that thing was TINY!

If you think a Spitfire is tiny you wanna see a 109!

loser · « **Reply #23 on:** February 25, 2003, 04:57:05 PM »

yeah nexx there was a 109 there too. Incredibly small. THe 109 was parked next to a hurricane and a p51d (that plane is frickken huge.)

icemaw · « **Reply #24 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:00:40 PM »

The f4u-1 I just love landing perkies 25 or 30 at a time ;}.

No what am I saying the f4u-1 sucks no one should every fly it. Fly the d or the c or better yet jump in a pony. Besides its slow you cant see out of it. It stalls and wallows when you turn it slow and since its not fast you gonna be flying slow all the time. It climbs slower the a lanc. Did I mention you cant see out of it.

Damn if every one starts flying it the emy value would get screwed up. Move along nothing to see here.

Elfie · « **Reply #25 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:09:39 PM »

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Originally posted by icemaw
The f4u-1 I just love landing perkies 25 or 30 at a time ;}.

No what am I saying the f4u-1 sucks no one should every fly it. Fly the d or the c or better yet jump in a pony. Besides its slow you cant see out of it. It stalls and wallows when you turn it slow and since its not fast you gonna be flying slow all the time. It climbs slower the a lanc. Did I mention you cant see out of it.

Damn if every one starts flying it the emy value would get screwed up. Move along nothing to see here.

LMAO!!

Elfie
Armageddon Pile-it

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #26 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:14:38 PM »

Bf109G6 The fighter of the greatest aces of all time!

midnight Target · « **Reply #27 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:17:41 PM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Bf109G6 The fighter of the greatest aces of all time!

leather panty wearin, right wing reactionary wannabe Hi Grun!

-ammo- · « **Reply #28 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:27:10 PM »

P-47 Thunderbolt, far and away. Destroyed an experienced, well-armed LW, and the P-51 comes along and tries to get the credit.

air_guard · « **Reply #29 on:** February 25, 2003, 05:35:23 PM »

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Bf109G6 The fighter of the greatest aces of all time!

LOL you gotta be kidding grunherz, the bf109g6 was orginated to kill boomers rofl

And when seeing your signature I guess my grandma who was a norwegian jew had somthing to do with the wtc disaster ?

she was blond very blond and turnded out grey as a 28 years old after 5 years occupation and my grandpas doing under those years. not fun at all.

my granpa was fiting them for all it was worth for 5 years and the help we got was from the brits.

And as you say the Us is always been giving us help where in the hell was they then ?. it took a PH to get em wake up