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Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: paintmaw on February 19, 2002, 01:05:32 AM

screen saver for a squid

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Seeker on February 19, 2002, 05:08:56 AM

Ooh---  I do hope that one landing makes a good trap...:)

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Wilbus on February 19, 2002, 07:56:13 AM

Look how UGLY they are :D

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Ripsnort on February 19, 2002, 07:59:55 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Seeker
Ooh---  I do hope that one landing makes a good trap...:)

The angle to the deck he is at was normal...they came in for approaches turning for better visibility.  Right before wheels touch, that plane would be straight on.

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Hortlund on February 19, 2002, 08:35:56 AM

Bah, they look like pregnant tie fighters.

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Superfly on February 19, 2002, 08:50:50 AM

How about one for us Hurricane IIc dweebs?  :)

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Creamo on February 19, 2002, 08:51:56 AM

No.

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Apar on February 19, 2002, 09:29:11 AM

LOL Creamo, :D

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: eskimo2 on February 19, 2002, 11:16:40 AM

TubbyCat.

(Coinage credit to Hangtime)

eskimo

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Steven on February 19, 2002, 12:14:38 PM

Beautiful!

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Superfly on February 19, 2002, 11:34:21 PM

Oops, sorry Creamo.  We need somethin for the 'tards too. :D

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: WildBlue on February 20, 2002, 12:34:43 AM

Hmmmm... F6's.......ugly? Not any more ugly than a few certain other birds (coughspitfirecoughtyphooncoug hnikicough)... big? Yup, but deceivingly agile... Tough? You bet....  Adaptable to multi-role (good guns and loadout)? Yes again...  from a certain point of view, they look pretty good to me! :D  Of course, I'm a "squid" in the game, so I guess I BETTER like it, lol!

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Swoop on February 20, 2002, 01:20:04 AM

Excuse me?  Spitfire?  Ugly?


Go wash your mouth out.

(http://www.swoop.com/images/logo_small.jpg)

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Wilbus on February 20, 2002, 04:17:15 AM

HA! Allied UGLY thread!

*shrug*

Title: Niiiiice
Post by: rpenzel on February 20, 2002, 09:59:16 AM

Paint,

Thanks for the pic. Us F6 pile-its shore 'preciate-it.

Nuthin like the sound of that big radial coughin to life, knowing you're about to rain fire on the enema!

G-Man  :D

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Viper17 on February 20, 2002, 10:29:51 AM

If they look like pregnant tie fighters i woul hate to see one give birth to an F8F- Bearcat:D

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: H. Godwineson on February 20, 2002, 02:19:57 PM

The slender, graceful, ballerina-like fighters were undoubtedly better "dancers" than the F6F but they didn't have the legs, muscle, or sturdiness needed for extended carrier operations.  

Besides, high-speed flying characteristics were more important in the Pacific Theater of Operations (and in the ETO as well) than low-speed manuverability.

The F6F devastated Japanese airpower.  Period.

Title: f-6 pilots only
Post by: Steven on February 20, 2002, 02:59:42 PM

The F6F was simple to build and had very few modifications/variants due to a concentration on mass production rather than experimentation.  It was basically an easy to build aircraft that would overwhelm the combat theater with numbers which is an important quality in its own.  A real war of attrition is much different than a combat arena game where one can re-up continuously.  Still, the Hellcat has very few odd bumps and bulges and really does have graceful lines and to me she is a very beautiful aircraft...especially in that 3-tone blue/gray/white scheme.  
:)