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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: evenhaim on September 20, 2007, 11:24:53 PM
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I wanted to revive this thread in a new light, I wanted to know WHY you fly the a/c you do.
Mine is the p51D, ilove its history and the fact that its an energy fighter, i was turned onto the mustang when i saw one at the israeli air force muesuem. Since then i have strived to learn all of its facets including reading about it and getting as knowledgable as possible.
Now its YOUR! turn,:aok
Freezman
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P38G Lightning.
I was not much of a 38 fan while growing up and diving into the WW2 history stuff. I was much more of a Spit and Mustang fanatic, Spit XII to be precise.
When I found Airwarrior I started in Spits but got to know some guys who flew 38s. That resulted in my becoming a 38 driver and the Nomads being formed back then. During that time my fictional pilot always had an early model P38 starting with a 38E and finally ending up with a 38H about the time Airwarrior died.
I had made a vow to myself that if AW ever got a small intake early 38 that's all i'd fly. Well it didn't happen but did happen in AH so I jumped in.
Considering the 38 Aces in the Pacific did most of their work in F,G and Hs and that the MTO guys were flying G's and H's as well into the middle of 44, it to me has more history to it then the later model 38s
Throw in that I have an aversion to the late war 'uber' birds and the 38G fills all my cartoon flying needs. ENY never affects it and it can keep up with most any bird in the game if I fly it right :)
Of course Corky Jr was the name of Corky Smith's 38G of the 80th FS Headhunters too.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/CorkyJr.jpg)
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wonderful reply thanks for sharing
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i happen to like the EF-2000 and i use the F-22 when ENY screws me over
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Il-2--best HOing tool
Me163-best vulch and run ride, ok for Hoing also, :requires some perks no skillz
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I fly everything to some degree....but the A-20 is suprisingly fun to fly. It'll put up a good fight vs most planes in the game.
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I have two, first choice will always be the P-51 series. Wheather it be a B/D model I still love it. It was love at first sight, and the first time I heard one in RL, it deepened my love for it. I love the speed and the high speed cornering of her.
(http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/assets/images/P-51D.jpg)
Next is the P-61 Black Widow, I am still learning about this aircraft, but again I seen one in person and was just drawn to it. Very unique lines and the technology was so advance for its day (or should I say night)
(http://www.tayyareci.com/amerikanucak/ww2/p61.jpg)
:aok :aok
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I used to fly many planes, oddly not much of the 38. I always found it interesting thoug. Being mostly a t'n'b type of guy, spent many days in spits, a6ms, and one of my fav, the ki. Oddly through fighting the older 475th and having some great fights with those guys, and my encounters with delirium, I ended up in the squad and learning the 38. I remeber a message from killnu that said something like "to bad you don't fly a 38." Got me thinking, why can't I? And long story short, now I rarely fly anything else. Once in awhile I'll jump in another, but it just doesn't seem right anymore. It's a great plane to fly and it is NEVER boring. Cons see you, and they want to make you lunch, fantastic. For me, flying another plane is fine and a nice change of pace once in awhile, but the 38 provides me with versatility and challenge, and reminds me of the great people I've flown with, and the ones I'm flying with now.
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Don't know if you've been to this site 5PointOh, but its the site for the restoration of a P61 that will probably be the only surviving Widow to get back in the sky.
it's a great story of it's recovery and the ongoing restoration
http://www.maam.org/p61.html
(http://www.maam.org/p61/images/Rambow88.jpg)
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Always loved the P40...thanks to EW/MW...it's viable. (for me :))
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Probably the B-26. Its tough, has a good bombload, is versatile, easy to defend, fast, manueverable. Its the "perfect" medium bomber.
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I like flying any U.S. Ride that comes off a carrier because for some reason I just like the whole Carrier battle scenario. I Love the Hellcat, I love the corsair (because I watched a lot of "Blacksheep" episodes. I guess I like the blue planes...Seafire is fun, but I like 50's. I like flying Zero's, but I feel like I'm disrespecting my forefathers...I basically am a complete dweeb that pretty much sucks at this game, but I have a lot of fun at times.
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F4U-1A
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I prefer the 109 K4 ,it's abit tricky to fly but I'm starting to get the hang of it.
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I fly lots of different planes, different tools for different jobs.
Quick buff interception 109k4.
Low furball close to base or carrier will find me in a A6m or Seafire.
When squadies are on I love doing a good P51 fighter sweep, clearing and covering each other.
Base attack will see me in a wide variety of planes depending on the situation and what I feel like flying.
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(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8498/risso4gh5.gif)
I've always had a thing for the Yak-9T.:cool: I like the challenge of only having 32 rounds of 37mm to use. I call it my aerial ack-gun. It keeps me in the practice of being conservative with my ammo. And when you land hits on your opponent, the eye candy is wonderful.;) :aok :D
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I have to say I love all my spitfire's equally. Just love how they they fly, you can rely on them in a turn fight, and you need some skill to fly it 'cause 2 20mm will take it's wings off. I also enjoy its history through the "Battle of Britain". If it wasn't for the spitfire the hurricane wouldn't have been able to do its job, and without the hurricane Britain would have lost the Battle of Britain.
I also like the P-47's and P-51's....just not as much :)
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FW190A series. A wonderful combination of brutality and sleekness.
Efficiently hampers my dogfighting skills from improving and at the same time keeps my commitment level to this game at appropriate level.
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IT always depends on my mood....but..
P-51, Tempest, Seafire, P-38...... I am sure these would show my top 4 rides in terms of time on AH.
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All the F4U's with a preference for the 1A, it's a challenging plane & fun to fly.
I will then take as a second ride the 51 when I'm tired getting killed in the above mentioned :D
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Don't know if you've been to this site 5PointOh, but its the site for the restoration of a P61 that will probably be the only surviving Widow to get back in the sky.
it's a great story of it's recovery and the ongoing restoration
http://www.maam.org/p61.html
(http://www.maam.org/p61/images/Rambow88.jpg)
Glad to see they're making progress. When I was there a couple of years ago all they had was the center fusalage and not much of that. Great read.
For myself I prefer the Hurri MK1, it can be outrun by practically anything out there, but when you pull them into you, then remove their wing with the 8 303's, you get the satisfaction of a kill you had to work for. Course for base defense with multiple cons on those occasions I can fly anymore I'll up a IIC.
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Archaius rides the 109 K4
It is such a beautiful aircraft.... Clean lines while still retaining that air of brutality.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/noseofbf109G10.jpg)
No engine can compare to the sound of the late war 109's either... It's all about that supercharger whine and DB roar.
As far as its in-game attributes go, it packs tons of speed and a marvelous climb rate, which is useful in the MA.
It also suits the way I fight, I like to fight in the verticle with the enemy trailing just out of reach for a guns solution on me.... then dumping flaps and rolling back on them.
The 30mm cannon is a work of art. Landing hits from 800 never fails to make me laugh.
I hate spraying ammo around (can't stand .50cal) and I love to get right in close with 1 or two well-placed rounds.
I love the way the 109s handle... all of their little ins and outs... Definitely the most enjoyable plane in the game for me.
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Been flying the Typhoon almost exclusivley for the last couple of tours.
Its a pretty good "jack of all trades"
Great ground attack platform and a pretty good fighter too.
My 4 favorite things about it are: Its damn fast at the right altitudes and--
Hispanos,Hispanos,Hispanos!!
The worst 3 things about it are: Roll rate,Roll rate,Roll rate.
Your Pal,
Boner
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Mosquito FB.Mk VI.
Love the history of the men and aircraft who fought in WWII, the variety of missions it was tasked with and could accomplish. It is also a very pretty aircraft.
The Spitfire Mk XIV is beautifully aggressive, but the Spitfire Mk VIII just feels right and is also great looking.
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109G6/G14 and 190A8s because they are challenging and sexy :aok
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The 109 series is my personal favourite. The 109f-4 and g-2 are great dogfighters and hold their own against most planes in-game. The F4U's and Typhoon are also some of my favourites.
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The FM2 is the only plane I'm really comfortable in. It's hard to catch anything in the LW arenas with it. You have to wait for a snapshot.
I like the Yak 9T for the 37mm sniper cannon and it's fun to fly.
I'm trying to get better in the P47 series but it's frustrating that most of the battles occur at low altitudes where the P47 is weak.
I guess the main theme on my favorite planes is that they are tough and take a lot of punishment. I tend to be a good target.
Cheers,
gusman44
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The D-stang because it is soooo pretty.... so very pretty.
Steve
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La Grosse Barcasse ... because it makes up for my small winnie :huh
(http://www.p47pilots.com/Gallery/thumbs/lrg-85-the-trojan-warhorse.jpg)
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Don't know if you've been to this site 5PointOh, but its the site for the restoration of a P61 that will probably be the only surviving Widow to get back in the sky.
it's a great story of it's recovery and the ongoing restoration
http://www.maam.org/p61.html
(http://www.maam.org/p61/images/Rambow88.jpg)
Thanks Guppy for the link. I looked at every picture for hours. Its such an amazing design and its good to see someone is taking the time to bring her back. (Cue P-61 Plug:aok) Now if we could get enough support to bring the P-61 to AHII. Please fine flyers let HTC know we need a Black Widow. (End P-61 Plug:aok) Execllent Thread Freezman
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I like the 110G cause it is the ultimate HO machine. Or the LA-7 cause it is the ultimate run machine.
Nah, just kiddin
I am partial to the Japanese planes for fighting, and the Jug (or Hog on a CV) for attacks. I'll never pass up an opprtunity to hop in a bomber and go flatten stuff, if only the KI carried more ordinance it would be a dream.
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My history was from Japanese squads - 27th Sentai back in Warbirds. Came to AH and flew in the 27th and 13th Sentai for a while. I liked the Tony quite a bit and always felt it was one of the more underrated planes in the game.
There just anything like the Lightning, though.
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For Just all dog fighting the Spit. Any model. I prefer the 16 for the punch, but I'll take an 8 anyday for the ride. This is about my all around ride. The 51 for escort. The 110 for NOE mission. Im starting to switch to the B25 for NOE though. Its a very fun plane. A little weak against a fighter, but oh so fun to fly. And the last for bomb runs B26 for small fields. B24 for Med-Large. The B24 to me is just an all around base capture machine. And I love it.
Cheers
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The C.205. I don't know why.
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US ride= P38
LW ride=G14 and A8
japan ride=Ki84
Italian ride= 205
Russian ride=yak 9u
British ride=Mossie and spit MK1
ohya
USN F6F
There are plenty of great planes in game but I find myself in the G14 and Mossie the most:aok
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I like all the corsairs but my favorite is the -1, because most people think it's an easy kill, and with me behind the controls it is.
The other plane that I'm partial too is the P38 though I'm an even easier kill in it than the hog.
The F6, and FM2 are fun too, and they are blue, and as everyone knows blue planes are just cool.
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The yak9u is the ride I tend to fall back to. When I started I moved around in planes, but used most of the stable. After a while I decided to choose a plane to get to know. I liked the visibility of the 9u and at the time it had a great perk earning settings in regards to env and cost. I also liked the short clip which made me get out of the spraying habit. I also love its small size, hard to hit and its fairly nimble.
What has kept me there is the incredible fights I get into with it. I probably fly it all wrong technically, but it gets me to the fight and sometimes it gets me back :)
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(http://www.btinternet.com/~fulltilt/white39t.jpg)
Because its uber?
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The pony (both models) and the skeeter.
One of my life goals is to own a P-51 so I need to get used to flying them.
One of my other life goals is to vulch freezeman with my pony as he pulls out of his driveway to go to work in the morning. :D
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Originally posted by SunBat
One of my other life goals is to vulch freezeman with my pony as he pulls out of his driveway to go to work in the morning. :D
:rofl :rofl
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Right now im in the P51(both) and the F6F-hellcat.Both great planes.
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Hands down Mossie.
Why ? Two words : "Plywood B*tchslap" :aok
Also love the 190-D, P-51, P-47D, F6F, IL-2 and Hurricane Mk1. Also like spits despite the dweeb connotation.
Most hated plane ? LA-7 (sick of seeing them everywhere)
Plane I wish I could fly competently but still can't ? P-38
Shamroc
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I keep coming back to the spitz. The XVI has been the ride of choice for the last few tours with the XIV once in a while. However, I've been upping the old La5 again I find myself being quite sucessfull as of late in it.
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234 FTW!
Don't know why I love it so much...I just do...
Most people think I am an idiot taking off from a semi-capped field...
Some funny words came out on VOX...
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Originally posted by SunBat
The pony (both models) and the skeeter.
One of my life goals is to own a P-51 so I need to get used to flying them.
One of my other life goals is to vulch freezeman with my pony as he pulls out of his driveway to go to work in the morning. :D
:rofl
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Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
La Grosse Barcasse ... because it makes up for my small winnie :huh
(http://www.p47pilots.com/Gallery/thumbs/lrg-85-the-trojan-warhorse.jpg)
:rofl
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Originally posted by Tiger
I like the 110G cause it is the ultimate HO machine. Or the LA-7 cause it is the ultimate run machine.
You feel like testing both of these theories?
Ki-61 Hien or the 38J.
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For general havoc raising: Typhoon
For attack runs: P38L
For turn fighting: Ki84
~CheezHed
Shillelagh Squadron
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well before AH i grew up hearing about the p51, it was my favorite as a kid but in AH, i must say the hurri 2c is amazing,
i know most hate it but the LA7 is also awesome i think that it is the all around best plane in game, for dogfighting. and being in a heavily out #erd situation.
but my all time favorite is the p 40 its by far the coolist looking ww2 fighter IMHO
all prop fighters are awesome.
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1. Mosquito
The most unique and wonderful plane ever. Unique concept, design, material and usage. I mean, what the heck is it? unarmed-bomber / attack / fighter, day and night? with a crew of two sitting side by side? built by piano and furniture factories?!
Served in the IAF too.
2. Hellcat
First model plane I built when I was very young. 1:32 scale, that I got for my birthday and didn't even know nor care what kind of plane it was. Only much later, watching the poorly glued model gathering dust on my shelf I got curious as to what it was and started reading. This plastic model sparked my interest in aviation so I have a deeply embedded fond for the kitty.
That hideous model is still in my parents house.
3. Thunderbolt
Ugly, ungainly, shadowed by the over glorification of the P51. I tried it our in AH after a few months in the game without knowing too much about it and got hooked. That was about 5 years ago and it is still my main ride.
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Hey booz forgot to tell you gmar hatima tova
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I like all of them really, every plane has something fun about it that makes me want to fly it. On any given night I'll fly as many as 10-15 different planes. Its not unusual for me to fly a different plane every sortie. My two favorites if I was forced to pick would be the Ki-84 and the P-40.
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My favorite World War II fighter has always been the P-47.
In AH2, though, I have found that my favorite ride is the Hurri I, just because it is ideally suited for the kind of fighting I most enjoy (you know, where you're close enough that you're firing your revolver out of the cockpit, and the other guy is throwing rocks back at you?). In practice, I don't get to fly it much, because we switch the plane sets around all the time in AvA.
- oldman
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The C Hurri. Hell on wheels in a furball.
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I like the Tiffy cause it flies like this:
(http://www.elph.com.au/thiesspl.jpg)
but it shoots like this:
(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/death-star-1.jpg)
What's not to love? :D
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(http://www.vfa32.navy.mil/hellcat.jpg)
When i first joined Warbirds,bout 11 years ago, joined a Hellcat squad
VF-33 Starfighters, always liked Blue planes as a kid also
as far as the game goes, Im about 70% toolsheder- 30% Furballer
and the Hellcat does both quite well, so if i could only fly one plane
F6F-5
the squad ive been in the last 7 years (367th) historicly flew jug D40's
which i think may be the best Jabo AC in the game, but i have a tough time dancin in it, I'd make that my #2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/P-47D-40_Thunderbolt_44-95471_top.jpg/800px-P-47D-40_Thunderbolt_44-95471_top.jpg)
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Hard to choose one. I like a number of planes for various reasons.
If I had to choose only 1, I probably pick the A20.
Its can hold its own in a dogfight when ords gone and fuel 50% or lower, vs GVs it can be a nightmare...for them. Its can take some hits and is fun to fly for me.
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I change favorites occasionally, for the first year or so I was a die-hard 109er (G6 is my favorite, especially when its got yellow crosses :) ).
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/post-2-1103283529.jpg)
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/White_13_profile.jpg)
Then I joined the 80th and flew the P-38J almost exclusively for quite a while (I never really liked the L and the G is just too slow for my tastes).
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/L_kills_typhoon.jpg)
Although more often than not, I ended up like this.
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/Damage_1.jpg)
Now I'm in the 4th and am a rabid P-51B driver, even though I waste its high-alt advantage by insisting on flying as low as I can possible get...
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/190burn.jpg)
(http://www.80thfs.homestead.com/flyby.jpg)
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1.109-G6 I think has to be one of the best all around fighters in AH2. I also love the spanish skin on it :D
2.F4U (all models) One of the most deadly aircraft on the deck. With flaps out on this bird, i could turn with an F22 :D
3.Hurricane2C Love the aircraft, can turn on a dime, good armament, good ammo if you can fly it right
4.Ki-84/Ki-61 2 best Japanese aircraft in this game (in my opinion), if not on par with say a Spit in turnfighting.
5.P-51 Great payload, good armament, one of the best dogfighters above 15 k
6.P-38J/L Great B-n-Z aircraft, not the best in a turnfight though. All models carry a great payload.
And last but not least.....
7.Mosquito God i live this thing for porking runs, vulching, townkilling, dogfighting.....
Just my 2 Cents
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Originally posted by Nilsen
190A8s because they are challenging and sexy :aok
Thats all that I fly because it has all of the tools needed to kill in this game:
1. HOing
2.Vulching
3.fighting
4. BnZing
just easy to stall at low speed. I if you can handle that then you are one of the best pilots in the game.
(http://www.white1foundation.org/graphics/Figure13.jpg)
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Typhoon/Tempest:
The 10 things I like most about my bird are:
1) Great Guns
2)Can turn with anything for 45 degrees w/ good throttle/rudder work.
3)One of the few planes in the set that can out-run what it can't out-turn and out-turn what it can't out-run.
4)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
5)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
6)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
7)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
8)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
9)Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...
10) Did I mention...Excellent Nose-Low deflection view for high deflection sniper shots...?
;)
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(http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/rattfink31/VF-31SkinByGreebo.jpg)
Hellcatt
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(http://www.flightgear.org/Gallery-v0.9.10/Large/seafire-nimitz01.jpg)
Seafire
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Originally posted by SunBat
One of my other life goals is to vulch freezeman with my pony as he pulls out of his driveway to go to work in the morning. :D
Freez works??? :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Originally posted by RATTFINK
Freez works??? :rofl :rofl :rofl
Dont tell anyone!:furious
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I am a self admitted 109 and 190 lover. Yep i said it, love the german rides. I love the speed, I love the handleing, and I love the Taters. :D
(though lately I have been trying the P-51D in an attempt to catch all the running La7s and Spit16s)