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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Guyver on February 04, 2009, 04:12:23 PM
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ok. what are ppls Favorite aircraft.
mine is the Spitfire.
i think it the most beautiful plane ever built. it looks the part.
even though the hurricane shot dowm more enemy aircraft the spit seem to capture the hearts of the british ppl in the battle of britain.
iv seen many of these fly when i lived on mainland england and you can't beat the sound of one of these sexy planes flying over.
so what are you're Favorite and if poss tell us all why?
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109G6 :noid
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f4U1A. corsairs have been one of my alltime planes since I was a kid watchin baa baa blacksheep on tv. Just look at it. Plus its just an all around good plane. next up is a 38, but I don't have the skilz for it.
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Mosquito. Lines, Speed, maneuverability, sound of two Merlins, guns.
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In the real world, it's a hard decision to choose between the F6F and the P-38 as my favorite plane. I love the history behind both of the planes and their pilots (they are also some of the most beautiful aircraft). In game, I really don't have a "favorite." Some tours I spend more time in particular fighters, but I try to spend an equal amount of time in others. Like I've told many players, you will almost never see me in the same aircraft 2 sorties in a row.
Also, if I would really have to choose out of all the aircraft, the B-17 would be my favorite both in game and in the real world. The B-17 played a large part role in WW2, but the main reason is my hometown was a training base for B17 pilots. I wish I could find some pictures of "back in the day"
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ok. what are ppls Favorite aircraft.
mine is the Spitfire.
i think it the most beautiful plane ever built. it looks the part.
Real life? You're right, Spit is clearly the most beautiful plane ever built. But my real life favorite is, and has always been, the P-47. It won the air war in Europe.
- oldman
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My first love would have to be the F4U. In the game I enjoy the 205. F4U's are challenging but to fly the 205 and survive (don't do that as offen as I like) you really do need skill.
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Mosquito.
What can I say, I like jack-of-all-trades things in my games.
In RL I like the Spitfire and Mosquito for their history, performance and looks.
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SBD
A truly remarkable little bird. Tough sturdy and forgiving with more punch then you may give it credit for. While its not a fighter its got the raw capabilities to hold its own both in real life as well as the game.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS299US303&sourceid=chrome&q=Stanley%20W.%20Vejtasa&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv#q=Vejtasa+SBD&hl=en&emb=0
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Messerschmitt AG's Bf.109G-6 'Gustav'.
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f4U1A. corsairs have been one of my alltime planes since I was a kid watchin baa baa blacksheep on tv. Just look at it. Plus its just an all around good plane. next
:aok +1
:salute
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P-51D, 190 A8/A5, 109 G6/14, MOSS, P-47D-25, B-26, A-20, Me-262, F6F-5
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F4U-1A
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Spitfire, 190A-8, 109K-4, F6F-5 in that order and then everything else.
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Rl P-63 or Spit Mk XII
In game
FM2
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all of them. there's simply something awesome about prop fighters.
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The Bf 109, in all variants. But if I had to choose one, it would be the E-7, F-2, G-6/AS, or G-10, simply because we don't have these necessary 109s in the game, yet. ;)
I like the Bf 109 because it was the greatest fighter of World War II, of course. :aok
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P.S. The Spitfire looks like a plane meant to appeal to women, like a Mazda Miata. :devil
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three favorites in game F4U-1 (like all F4u's but 1 my favorite), BF109G2, and A-20. In real life I think the 190 Dora is one of the most sexy planes out there.
:salute
BigRat
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Fw-190A series....just looks like a fighter. And despite its reputation ingame, its R/L performance scared the pants off the Allies when it first debuted. Dora is nice too. Big bad Wulf is THE "bad guy" plane for me.
P-47-This is "America's plane" as far as I'm concerned.
P-51-You know why I say it? Just to make all of you groan!
Y'all are going to be real surprised when you get to Armageddon and see God's P-51D shooting down Satan's Dora!
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P51d. In rl and in the game. Listening to how yeager flew it and seeing it fly is awsome to me. I started the game in a spitfire for the beauty of that plane as well. Still can't help but click the pony button on the clipboard even before joining the 412th.
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in game the val it really gives me a laugh
IRL Beaufighter
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Real world...P38, P47, B25
Game...Ki-61 (new found love :D ), P38, F4U1, 109F
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P-38
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B17 and P51D
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B25H Flies and shoots like an A10.
Me410 Exotic.. Great looks and guns, great cockpit. Very slick design.
Ta152H Closest thing to what I'd have designed myself. Flies like I mean to. A couple of flaws but otherwise perfect for me. D11/13s and 152Cs are very close seconds. Like thoroughbred horses.. real lean designs.
F7F One of those designs that's not quite perfect but very much at the pinnacle of prop warbird design.. Functional and beautiful.
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Too many of them ... 109, 190, Tempest, 51, Hurricane, Ki 84...
But there's only one plane in AH2 which I sometimes fly only to admire the beauty of her long wings when looking out of the cockpit.. flying over the landscape, looking to the side, gently rolling a bit left & right:
(http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2817/ahss12at3.jpg)
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I have to agree with Lusche there.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/152swing.jpg)
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/152vB173.jpg)
Otherwise it has to be the post E-series Bf 109....
Particularly the ones without the cowl bulges... F, G2, G10 and K.
It's just a staggeringly mean looking aircraft. As a warbird it looks and sounds the part like no other aircraft ever built.
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i253/plague_06/Aces%20High/109Krun1.jpg)
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.. flying over the landscape, looking to the side, gently rolling and yawing a bit left & right:
TFTFY :D
The 152H would have been really nearly perfect if it had gotten larger tail surfaces. Aestheticaly and functionaly.
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F4u1-a and 190-a8/a5
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P.S. The Spitfire looks like a plane meant to appeal to women, like a Mazda Miata. :devil
Bwhaaha :lol
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Since time frame was not specified ... :noid
Mirage 2000
(http://landman.vif2.ru/images/Mirage-2000N-1.jpg)
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My historical favorite is the Mosquito. Coolest plane ever built and most interesting history - both development and service, plus it served in the IAF (first single-model squardon).
I have a special place in my heart for the Hellcat. First plane model I have built when I was very young - too young to know anything about it. Got it as a present, built it like a puzzle and left it on the shelf as a useless dust collector. One day I suddenly became curious about what was this plastic plane that sits on my shelf - and so my interest in aviation was sparked.
In game I have more hours in the P47 than in all the other models combined. A typical American machine: brutal, massive and esthetically so tasteless and lacking in finesse, that it becomes beautiful again.
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Love the P47. She's a big girl but she knows how to work it.
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P-38 Lightning.
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ok. what are ppls Favorite aircraft.
mine is the Spitfire.
i think it the most beautiful plane ever built. it looks the part.
even though the hurricane shot dowm more enemy aircraft the spit seem to capture the hearts of the british ppl in the battle of britain.
iv seen many of these fly when i lived on mainland england and you can't beat the sound of one of these sexy planes flying over.
so what are you're Favorite and if poss tell us all why?
Guvyer,
Totally agree with you :aok ;)
Even better is a whole wing of spitfires with your buddies cruising for a bruising. With customised sounds to hear the roar of the merlin. I'll never stop playing this game unless the lights go out.
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FW190D (http://www.flugwerk.de/fotos/071231/big/dia-Langnase.htm) and the Ta152H.
The Ta152 design was never finished still it performed spectacularly in the hands of experienced pilots. Aerodynamically neither was truly optimized for speed but looking at the engineering work both of these a/c are quite amazing, and it all began with the FW190A.
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A typical American machine...esthetically so tasteless
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/27/591927/1/79352376.gLn3TwOb.2847.JPG)
WTF are you talking about? That's just beautiful right there.
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F4U-1a, F4U-1d Very versatile planes.
Plus they just look cool.
Speed
Manueverability
Firepower
All good
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One Oh Nine
A more beautiful aircraft was never produced.
(http://hsgalleries.com/images/bf109g6asbb_composite.jpg)
Close second = BMW-powered 190's.
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For me during the WWII timeframe, it's absolutely the P-38. It's just a beautiful aircraft and doens't look like anything else out there.
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P47 it's got all the jugs and i still cant fly em :cry.
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Any Corsair, 'cept the -1 really sticks out in my heart. The birdcage just makes my plane feel sturdier, leading me to not care about the repercussions of my terrible flying. Plus, I went to an airshow, and there was a Corsair...the engine sounded whinier than I imagined, but when I saw it take off...wow, just wow. Although, the pilot did take a large take-off run.
Modern Era: F-14 Tomcat. First airplane I ever know, first one I ever loved.
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i have to say, now this makes me sound old. they dont make them like they used to. the old prop aircraft where gorgeous and sounded amaizing.
the jet age dosent have the same feel. though the smell is still good around the airfields lol.
although if i was to pick a jet. the Dassault Rafale is a very sexy looking jet. along with the SR-71.
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F4U-4,P-51,P-38
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F6F, F4U and 109 all tied. Although I really like a bunch
In game F4U and F6F.
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P-38 :)
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A footprint#9 bench.... or footprint spoke shave....
Oh you meant airplane.... :devil
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The most esthetically pleasing plane in WW2 was the Italian Reggiane Re. 2001. Like I said before, the most plane that I fly in AH is the 109G-6. I fly it for how hard it is, and the fun of people underestimating your talent in a 109 that can turn a lot like spits. It must intimidate someone fighting it after they got shot down in their spit.
Real life there are 4 planes that I personally love for the history of it. My first has to come the Do-335, was a true airplane that probably could have changed the war, if they just designed it and produced it more for squadron use. A close second comes the 109D, I like to call it the most adversely fighter in WW2. I could fight, bomb, shoot down bombers, and attack.
Third plane has to come the F6F, highest kill ratio in WW2. Aw some plane to learn about, and has a great story behind it.
Last plane is a moder day fighter. I would choose the Rafale (which is a Mirage just redesigned). I like how pleasing it looks in the air, and it looks very stable as well.
It doesn't come to think that two of those that I picked are the ones that I built models of. :noid
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In game...
FW-190a/5, P-47, 109G/6
IRL... TBM (There's a restored one making the midwest flight show rounds in the summer that is based out of the local airfield. Have had the chance to crawl all around and in it. HUGE bird.)
BF-109e
Riceball.
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You buy em - I'll fly em
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IRL, I love the F4 and the jug. But I also like how beautiful the spit is (in all it's variations). But I like the stories of the pilots far more than I'd ever admire the aircraft.
In the game, I don't have a favorite.
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WW2 would be the SBD for all it did.
Other than that probably the F4 Phantom. Its just a mean looking plane.
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yaks , all yaks, waiting for the yak 3 please, please
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Sexy (http://www.mediafire.com/?ndmxxoychxh) :rock
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A6m5B
Killer Zero movie
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjjmi3zywdn
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Spit and Mossie; beautiful, effective, innovative tech :aok
for jets, F-16 for the same reasons :)
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Any 190, any Corsair, and any P-47.
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The most esthetically pleasing plane in WW2 was the Italian Reggiane Re. 2001. Like I said before, the most plane that I fly in AH is the 109G-6. I fly it for how hard it is, and the fun of people underestimating your talent in a 109 that can turn a lot like spits. It must intimidate someone fighting it after they got shot down in their spit.
Who underestimates the 109? :rolleyes:
And while we're on the subject of underestimating. Don't underestimate a GOOD spitfire pilot. Just because it was among the very best in WWII doesn't mean the pilots were dweebs. :aok
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P-40, beautiful in every way...whats not to love.
(http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/images/P40-warhawksformation.jpg)
P-51, amazing history, goes fast, smooth lines, excellent visability
(http://www.flygplan.info/images/P51.jpg)
and the
P-61, big and ugly, what more could you ask for!
(http://www.aviationartbymarcstewart.com/files/P_61BlackWidow72.jpg)
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<-- still loves the P-47's.
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Mine will always be Corsairs but lately 109K4
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg66/choker41/DSC00082.jpg
How about a Tiger cat
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg66/choker41/DSC00080.jpg
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Real life - F15 in all its variants - just an awesome looking plane
Ingame - Spit, all of them (I dont generally fly the 16 tho - no idea why, I just dont!)
That said, I have a very special place in my heart for the P38 - there is just something about that plane - It drags me into flying it when I get the urge (I really really suck in it mind - ask Silat :D)
Wurzel
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my new favorite plane ingame would be the arado 234 with forward facing 20 and 30 mm cannons
please please :pray
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/scan0016.jpg)
just a thought :aok
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my new favorite plane ingame would be the arado 234 with forward facing 20 and 30 mm cannons
please please :pray
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/scan0016.jpg)
just a thought :aok
They're night fighters. That's what the radar's for ;)
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Spitfire!
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Who underestimates the 109? :rolleyes:
And while we're on the subject of underestimating. Don't underestimate a GOOD spitfire pilot. Just because it was among the very best in WWII doesn't mean the pilots were dweebs. :aok
I'm not saying Spit pilots are terrible bunch, but I can beat most of them because of my skill. :aok
Bruv would kill me though Spit V. G6 :noid
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I have the most fun in a fighter mode A-20, though I do lousy in it. But then again I do lousy with every aircraft in AH.
P.S. If I could own any aircraft in real life it would be a Fokker D.VII.
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I like the F-86. Its just such a beautiful aircraft. Lets not forget the great paint schemes it had. :aok
(http://www.military.cz/usa/air/post_war/f86/f86richthoven.jpg)
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I'm not saying Spit pilots are terrible bunch, but I can beat most of them because of my skill. :aok
Vulch 'em? Aren't you special.... :D
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In game - 190A5
RL WW2 - P-47's are very prominent to me, mostly because one of Republic's manufacturing sites of the P-47 is close by, as well as the B-17, B-25 and C-47.
RL Korea - Vietnam : F-86, Mig-21, F4 Phantom, most importantly the B52.
RL 1980's - Present: F-14 Tomcat, YF-23 (it never got into production but it is easily one of the sexiest looking fighters ever built), Su-35, Mig 1.44, and foremost the Dassualt Rafale and the Saab J-35 Draken.
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WHY do you force me to pick ONE!
Yes I agree, spitfire 1st, corsair 2nd, p51 3rd
I NEVER fly spits in this game, someday maybe.
The corsair in this game is either too much or too little
The p51 is pretty elite.
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Supermarine Spitfire Mark V in real life and The Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX & VIII
The reason is as follows
Mark Five Because it has the looks and feel of a spit 1a but has the sting of hispano cannons and My In game favourites the 9 and 8 because of their handlling and Fire power
Plus to further on the Dweeb debate i will challange anybody who doubts my spit driving
And they ARE SEXY
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If I had to choose a plane to make love to it would be the p38 hands down.
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If I had to choose a plane to make love to it would be the p38 hands down.
that p-38 is a heartbreaker pawz, dont be too serious with her.
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The Bf 109, in all variants. But if I had to choose one, it would be the E-7, F-2, G-6/AS, or G-10, simply because we don't have these necessary 109s in the game, yet. ;)
I like the Bf 109 because it was the greatest fighter of World War II, of course. :aok
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P.S. The Spitfire looks like a plane meant to appeal to women, like a Mazda Miata. :devil
+1 :aok
Spot on there man.... :rock
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Sexy (http://www.mediafire.com/?ndmxxoychxh) :rock
Yuppers Nick!!! if only,if only. the 152C is 1 of the nastiest looking A/C to come off the drawing boards of K.Tank.. :aok
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P38L A20 and 109E4 are my favorets
although usually when i click on the hanger i cant seem to get past the first plane listed so i fly it :P
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Yuppers Nick!!! if only,if only. the 152C is 1 of the nastiest looking A/C to come off the drawing boards of K.Tank.. :aok
Yeah, I believe only 2 C prototypes flew though. It had a armament of 4 x MG152/20 and if I'm not mistaken a Mk103 firing through the hub. It may have been another 20 in the hub though I'm not sure but the armament was very impressive. The aircraft was heavy and the H model was made the priority for its high-alt performance. The best armament for the Ta152 would have been 5 x MG151/20s imo. Devastating firepower all using the same ammo and ballistics, makes firing all guns easier. In the H model you pretty much have to choose between 20 mm or 30 mm, there are very few situations in which you can hit with both. I usually fire only 20 mm and keep the 30s for any bombers that might come around, or if I happen to run out of 20s.
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In real life, my three favorite planes (no no particular order) are the Fw 190, F4U, and the Typhoon.
For me there's something special about the development of an aircraft that when first flown has major issues, but then is refined into an excellent design. Each of these planes had significant design issues that had to be addressed before they went on to become stellar aircraft.
In game, I've never been able to settle on one particular favorite, I like them all.
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mk108, not 103 and the 4 20's. I went looking for the C model. No good intel on number produced but everybody agrees the H was the big production model.
Yeah, I believe only 2 C prototypes flew though. It had a armament of 4 x MG152/20 and if I'm not mistaken a Mk103 firing through the hub.
Since we have an H, what are the chances we might get the C?
Oh yeah.........
In no particular order......
Spit 8, 190a8, 109g14, 110g2, B24, ta152H, any F4u
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Anything with USA stamped on it....... with one engine.
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B-24 and hurri C and on occasion the zeke
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the TSR2 was a great aircraft. way ahead of its time but as always was scraped due to cash flow and prob politics.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/bigphil1/misc/TSR2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/bigphil1/misc/tsr2_inflt02.jpg)
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To be added soon.
(http://ram-home.com/ram-old/l-39-action43p46.jpg)
:noid
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To be added soon.
(http://ram-home.com/ram-old/l-39-action43p46.jpg)
:noid
no no no no no no no no no no no no :D
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I like the F-86. Its just such a beautiful aircraft. Lets not forget the great paint schemes it had. :aok
(http://www.military.cz/usa/air/post_war/f86/f86richthoven.jpg)
Eric Hartmann flew F-86's?!? ;)
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Eric Hartmann flew F-86's?!? ;)
He headed JG71 of the new West German Luftwaffe, equipped with F86's, after he was released from Russia.
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P47N...P47N....P47N
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I believe this little bird has some very sexy lines herself......
(http://415thsquad.com/images/avayak4.jpg)
She's a bewitching, low ammo'd temptress, whose siren call
I can't ignore in the hanger.
The upshot is she rewards you by forcing you to learn the fine art of gunnery and timing.
No such thing as "spray and pray" in a Yak-9U. :aok
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Here's mine! :O
As a young boy, I was enchanted by the Robotech/Macros saga, especially the veritech fighter jets! I had the movie on tape and would watch it almsot every single day of the week. Ever since then the F-14 Tomcat has been burning in my hart and will do till the day I die!
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9663ED776082F8ED < moive.
(http://66.45.238.155/uploads/photos/629.jpg) (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u314/fat32miami/Macross1DP_1600.jpg)
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Here's mine! :O
As a young boy I was enchanted by the macros/robotech saga, especially the veritech fighter jets! I would watch the movie every chance I could, ever since then the F-14 Tomcat has been in my hart and will be till the day I die.
(http://66.45.238.155/uploads/photos/629.jpg) (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u314/fat32miami/Macross1DP_1600.jpg)
Cmon... your dancing around to "danger zone" right now. :P
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I listen to that song Bronk everytime I up my FM2 :aok
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P-38 :rock
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I believe this little bird has some very sexy lines herself......
(http://415thsquad.com/images/avayak4.jpg)
She's a bewitching, low ammo'd temptress, whose siren call
I can't ignore in the hanger.
The upshot is she rewards you by forcing you to learn the fine art of gunnery and timing.
No such thing as "spray and pray" in a Yak-9U. :aok
off the world war 2 stuff, I agree the Yaks are to me what a fighter should look like
(http://www.airpages.ru/img/yak9ut2.jpg)
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P-47D-40
best plane in game
-BigBOBCH