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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Mathman on July 28, 2001, 01:56:00 AM
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It has been awhile since there has been a thread about this. I was wondering what everyone's favorite WW2 plane is. Doesn't matter if you like fighters or bombers or cargo planes. List it here!
I'll get it started (and it probably surprises nobody :)):
F6F Hellcat. Why? Tough to really pin a reason down. The way it looks is part of it. Looks exactly like what it was designed as: a pugnacious killer. To me, however, what really makes the plane special to me are the stories behind it. Stories like Spider Webb's mission during the Turkey Shoot and McCampbell's 9+ kill sortie just bring the plane to life much more than any other plane I have read about. Of course, another part is my profound interest in the PTO, particularly the carrier war. Just very fascinating to me.
Oh well, thats my rambling... What are your favorite planes?
-math
Oh, and it doesn't have to be limited to the AH planeset. Meaning if you like the P-40, then say so!
[ 07-28-2001: Message edited by: Mathman ]
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Hey, My favorite plane would have to be the P-47 b/c I've always liked big juggernaut type airplanes that can take and dish a huge ammount of dmg. I also enjoy stories by robert from the 56th FG about his sorties vs. 190's and 109's. This plane just "feels" right and is a very fun plane to fly. If not challenging :). <S> sir.
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Favorite? One? That's so hard. There are so many neat aircraft. Spitfire, Me410 Hornisse, A6M Zero-Sen, Mosquito, B-17 Flying Fortress, Lancaster, ect, ect.
I can't narrow it down to one, but I can do two, painfully.
Spitfire F.Mk XIVc
Beautiful, fast and deadly. What more can you ask for. It is the most beautiful warplane ever built (IMO) and it still looks the part. As close to perfect as any WWII aircraft really got for air-to-air, fighter-to-fighter combat. The angry growl of a hungry Griffon, the stacato of twin long barreled Hispano cannon, the aircraft as an extension, as a part of the pilot. The very essence of a fighter.
Mosquito FB.Mk VI Series 2
The epitamy of versatility. Wave-top, tree-top, roof-top level flights at speed, 345mph on the deck. Gestapo killer. Elegant lines and curves, pretty stepped leading edges on the wings. Such clean lines, nearly unmarred by seam lines or panels yet tough and durable, damage absorbing wood. Machine guns, cannon, bombs, rockets...teeth. Twin roaring Merlins, 3,270hp rippling from the engines into the air. Vengeance. Striking against the aggressors.
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Hmmmmm, so many choices. Oddly enough, I gotta go with the Me-410 B series. You don't hear much about 'em in books, but from what Sqadron/Signal published they look like a load of fun to fly. From cockpit shots I've posted before there's plenty of view, and the canopy bulges out on the sides. No more downward view restriction. Plus you can't beat all those armament options!
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Me 410,Ki 102,He 219...It is hard to name 3 but to name one is imposable....
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Barrage Balloon.
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F6F for PTO
P51B (w/ Malcolm Hood) for ETO
F-15 Eagle outside of WW2
However, I don't really fly them in AH for a few reasons.
-Puke
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In the game... The P51D
Not yet in the game.. A26A Invader. It'll change the course of the war. :) All of 'em. Everywhere.
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Bf109G6
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i like the look of the 109
turning qualities of a zeke
toughness of a jug
firepower of a death star:-)
but overall id say the hurricane or the p-40 simply because of all the stories, more so the p-40 actually........yeah id say the p-40
rav
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A damned hard choice to make. For some stupid reason, I have always loved the F4F Wildcat.
On the Axis, the Fw190s were/are so damned sexy, every guy wants one.
Yeager
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Obviously the P-51 :)
the a-26 hardnose(it just screams to me, BLOW THINGS UP!) :D
109 e series, just something about the way it looks, with the squared off wings, the twin 20mm's. it just looks meaner than the F and G 109's
and the KI-43.
it has the turn radius of this --> :) <-- smiley face. enough firepower to shoot down a small sparrow :) and it's slow as hell. the ultimate perk harvesting plane :D
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Favorite in WW2 would have to be..
Bf109G6
Totaly changes looks from different angles. Very cool paint and markings.
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Fw 190A-8
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OK for looks, the P-40 really looked like a fighter aircraft. Liked it a long time, as well as the FW190. both have the look of dealing death and destrction :D
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Damn I just dunno, depends on my mood.
P51B has to be one of my all time favs, dunno why I like it more than the D I guess I just perfer the razorback versions same with the P47's.
In the PTO I just gotta agree with my squaddie, the F6 Hellcat just kicks too much boo-tay. :D
On the Axis side I allways liked the early 109 models (E, F).
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P-38J with olive camo.
THE most beautiful plane EVER built.
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The Jug. Hands down. A big, mean, destruction machine. Much like myself. :D
Johnson's book and other stories make it special to me. Especially the times when I have game situations that match the accounts I've read. That combined with one of the more challenging birds to fly properly in any WWII sim make it my choice.
Second is the F6F Hellcat. Oh that all my opponents would be Zekes. :)
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I always had a very soft spot for IL-4... nothing much but i love that plane :)
Another would be I-16 and Yak-3.... I-16 is the most advanced plane at its time... both fast and having exelent turning abilities it also carried a very heavy punch. I imagine that in this kind of planes like I-16 you recieve the true feeling of flight and unitment of a man with machine.
And Yak-3 - simply because this plane you cant resist loving :)
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1st P47 any model, big, fast, and dangerous. I cant wait till AH gets trains and I can do train busting missions.
2nd choices, P38 and A26. I'd fly the P38 more but it seems like I get shot down to easy in that plane, 1 ping and I'm down.
Please HTC give us the A-26 Invader.
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I would have to say my favorite plane of all time is the ME-410. A close second is the HE-219. Just something about them that makes me look and say wow!. Who would HO one of these planes? Why would anyone want to love something other then these beautiful planes? I know I don't.
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The Fighter that won the BoB...
... the Heinkel He-112 :D
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The Bf109G-6 or G-2. I've always loved the dangerous look of this plane and it suits my style of flying perfectly.
Drano
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Yak 3
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P61 Black Widow
Its black, its ugly, its bad, its got 4 cannon, it flies like a P38, it hunts at night.
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FW190D9.
Fw190A is a very close second.
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F4F-3, followed by the I-16.
-SW
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I like British err RCAF aircraft.
Hurricanes and Spits!
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P-51D all the way.
The 190-D series is quite nice too.
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Mosquito Fighter-Bomber
Spitfire 14 or 18
Gigant
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SpitIX, N1K2J and F4U1C
:D
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p-38l.. no question about it :D :D :D
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Fiat CR.42
Gloster Gladiator
Bring bi-planes to the AH!
Gripen