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Title: New perk planes
Post by: Grits on November 20, 2005, 11:53:00 AM
Here are some planes I saw week before last at the Blue Angels homecoming airshow that AH could use. They would all be heavily perked of course.

New perk Goon:

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00167.JPG)

This is a perk Luftwobble ride, but also RAF and Italy could use it:

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00168.JPG)

CV perk bomber

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00171.JPG)

For when you just cant find that $@$%^& Panzer in the woods!

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00172.JPG)

This is automatically issued to anyone who runs a mission. It will be available from both CV's and land bases

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00177.JPG)

And last but not least, so 999000 and Tatertot can find and sink CV's more efficiently

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00187.JPG)



A couple of pics of the Blues

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00180.JPG)
(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00182.JPG)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Tails on November 20, 2005, 11:58:59 AM
Nice photos. I'll take that Bronco, thankyou very much :aok
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Grits on November 20, 2005, 12:00:01 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot this one. :)

(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00164.JPG)
(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00165.JPG)
(http://www.the-gunfighters.org/DSC00166.JPG)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Hoarach on November 20, 2005, 12:06:06 PM
Lucky you to see the Blue Angels.  

(Favorite air group to watch).
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Zazen13 on November 20, 2005, 12:08:56 PM
What is that on the F4's right wing?
Title: New perk planes
Post by: ghostdancer on November 20, 2005, 12:11:46 PM
Probably a radar pod the period. I think I remember some of the F4Us being converted / modified to be night fighters. I could be wrong though.
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Grits on November 20, 2005, 12:12:57 PM
Its a radar. Thats a night fighter version, I think this is an F4U-5N which is a post war plane, Dec '45 I think. It first saw combat in '50 with VMF(N)-513 in Korea.

Just for grins, what do you think a 4x20mm cannon F4U-5 would be perked at?
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Zazen13 on November 20, 2005, 12:15:12 PM
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Originally posted by Grits
Its a radar. Thats a night fighter version, I think this is an F4U-5N which is a post war plane, Dec '45 I think. It first saw combat in '50 with VMF(N)-513 in Korea.

Just for grins, what do you think a 4x20mm cannon F4U-5 would be perked at?


AHhh weird, looks like it would be bad for aerodynamics.
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Morpheus on November 20, 2005, 12:18:34 PM
Nice pics Grits.

that is a radar pod on that F4u. Woudl be a neat little option to have in game when Radar goes down in the MA. :)

Here she is at a show here Connecticut
One bad arse plane.
(http://www.furballunderground.com/freehost/files/1/chog.jpg)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Lye-El on November 21, 2005, 02:22:41 PM
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Originally posted by Tails
Nice photos. I'll take that Bronco, thankyou very much :aok


Me too. It looks like it would be a fun airplane to fly.
Title: New perk planes
Post by: icemaw on November 22, 2005, 03:27:46 PM
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Originally posted by Zazen13
What is that on the F4's right wing?


Thats an insulated beer keg cooler
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Iceman24 on November 22, 2005, 03:42:00 PM
The navy/marine dual engine plane u are talking about being issued to mission controllers looks kinda like a P38 platform :)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: yayyyy on November 22, 2005, 07:28:24 PM
blue angels were up in jax a few weeks ago.....trying to surf and the blue angels flying overhead low killing ears. was kind of cool though, they had a bunch of planes and a cool boat thing
Title: New perk planes
Post by: AKFokerFoder+ on November 22, 2005, 07:32:48 PM
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Originally posted by Grits
Its a radar. Thats a night fighter version, I think this is an F4U-5N which is a post war plane, Dec '45 I think. It first saw combat in '50 with VMF(N)-513 in Korea.

Just for grins, what do you think a 4x20mm cannon F4U-5 would be perked at?


Little known fact, but the F4U-4 could replace the 50 cals with 4 20mm hispanos.  This was a day one option as far as I know.  I am not sure why the -4 doesn't have the 4 20mm option in AH2.  Maybe just an oversight on HTs part, or maybe it would just be too good even as a perk.

I doubt if any 4 20mm F4U-4s made it into combat, but I have no proof one way or the other :)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: storch on November 23, 2005, 06:06:26 AM
who was the only USN ace of the Korean war? what did he fly?
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Hornet33 on November 23, 2005, 03:36:11 PM
Forgot one we need.

(http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b1_mk82.jpg)
Title: New perk planes
Post by: Grits on November 23, 2005, 06:20:06 PM
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Originally posted by storch
who was the only USN ace of the Korean war? what did he fly?


Guy Bordelon had 5 kills of La11's (all of which were at NIGHT) and he flew an F4U-5N in VC-3 off of the USS Princeton the same squadron as the one in the photos above. He was also the last pilot to get ace status in Korea.
Title: New perk planes
Post by: storch on November 23, 2005, 06:27:23 PM
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Originally posted by Grits
Guy Bordelon had 5 kills of La11's (all of which were at NIGHT) and he flew an F4U-5N in VC-3 off of the USS Princeton the same squadron as the one in the photos above. He was also the last pilot to get ace status in Korea.
 yup. that's what brought the question to mind, those nice photos.