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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: whels on February 20, 2002, 09:29:11 AM
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We want 1 of these :)
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHsounds/files/flbcat.jpg)
whels
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I only see a red x.
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THATS THE SNOOPY PLANE I GREW UP WITH!!!!!
xBAT
P.S. I miss my snoopy.
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I'm not sure what this does for you but....
Here ya go whels:
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Hooligan
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F8F?
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Fw190? :D
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Sweeeet Ride Whels!!!! F8 Bearcat ... started asking HT about one more than a year ago :) . I mean, if we have the 262, why not the next plane in the Grumman Series?
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Originally posted by eng3firemn
Sweeeet Ride Whels!!!! F8 Bearcat ... started asking HT about one more than a year ago :) . I mean, if we have the 262, why not the next plane in the Grumman Series?
The F8F and Ta152 would be in the saem situation but fo1 1 thing,
we were fighting over Germany so the 152s saw action easy. The F8F was having to travel 3000+ miles to the enemy, and the war vs Japan ended before the Langley made it to the front lines.
But F8Fs were combat operation, and on CVs otw to front.
I think If planes were in production and approved for combat Ops
they should be in AH, the late late war planes and limited
production #s due to end of war would be Perked of course.
whels
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Fw190? :D
What the FW190 wanted to be when it grew up :O
A Bearcat :)
whels
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F4F is what I want...
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I had to cut & paste the link before it would appear.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHsounds/files/flbcat.jpg
Though the Bearcat is one of my favorite planes, I'd prefer the game start working on some early-war aircraft. But if we do see the Bearcat, I'd think we could see the P-80 as well considering it was flying over Italy during the war though so no combat.
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Probably be perked at 100 pts.
10 pts for flight characteristics, and 90pts for being, well you know, Blue! LOL :D
AKEagle+
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i got to sit in an F4F sirloin:D
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:)
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Originally posted by pimpjoe
:)
"Excuse me young man but if you don't get out of that plane we will contact the authorities".
;)
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Originally posted by Steven
I had to cut & paste the link before it would appear.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHsounds/files/flbcat.jpg
Though the Bearcat is one of my favorite planes, I'd prefer the game start working on some early-war aircraft. But if we do see the Bearcat, I'd think we could see the P-80 as well considering it was flying over Italy during the war though so no combat.
wonder why some can see it, and some cant. hmmmmmmm.
we should have both the US and British jets included that were
in operations in ww2. although the 262 i think would eatem up.
whels
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Whels, i think yer info is incorrect on the Langly and her squadrons. She was actually carrying 2 squadrons of F7F Tigercats, the bearcat didn't make delivery till after the war was over. I'm at work so i don't have my references with me, but when i get home tomorrow, i'll post it.
P.S. I'd still love to see it in AH, don't get me wrong, as well as the Tigercat. (Man that thing would be an awesome JABO plane)
:D
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The Bearcat was on a CV en route to the combat zone when the war ended. I think the Bearcats might have actually been hindered from combat waiting around for some delivery of something important...maybe drop tanks or something. I'm sure someone else will pop on with details. I do know the Bearcats were on CVs and en route or in the combat zone but never saw combat.
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Wow! I searched the F8F on the web and found a way cool web page with all kinds of math mumbo-jumbo that some of you may understand.
http://nasaui.ited.uidaho.edu/nasaspark/safety/f8f/f8ftechnical.htm
Also... (to quote the article)
As soon as enough of the new fighters had been produced, two squadrons, VF-18 and VF-19, were equipped with F8F-1s. Their training was expedited in order to get the new fighter into service against Japanese kamikaze suicide attacks in the Pacific. The Bearcat-equipped VF-19 was onboard the carrier USS Langley, enroute across the Pacific, when the war ended on August 16, 1945. There is little doubt that if the war had continued, the Bearcat’s fantastic climb and acceleration would have been invaluable in combating the kamikaze menace.
As a final demonstration of the Bearcat's fantastic climbing ability, an F8F is reported to have set the record for a climb of 10,000 feet from a standing start in 91 seconds. It is said to have held this record for almost three decades, until finally beaten by an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The author witnessed a maximum performance takeoff by a civilian Bearcat in the late 1960s, and the airplane went up straight and out of sight.
(end quote)
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My question is whats with the kids hair? Polka Dots?
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IIRC, the first airplane was delivered to the US Navy's VF-19 squadron on 21 May 1945.
The USS Langley steamed to San Francisco from the Pacific war zone, arriving 3 June 1945 for repairs and modernization. She departed 1 August for the forward area, and reached Pearl Harbor 8 August 1945. While there, word arrived that hostilities had ended.
VF-19 with Bearcats were aboard Langley with trained, qualified pilots and ground crews on that voyage. They were ready to go to war.
Now.. for a certain contingent... that would be enough to introduce the aircraft IF if was marked in a different nationality. ;)
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Okay startin to feel old, or sumthin because my memory is failing or whatever, you were right whels/toad/Steven, i even said so my self some time ago when i was first researching the 2 planes the thread is here:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26446 (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26446)
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Hey Pimpjoe...who's that little boy in the cockpit of that there aireoplane? :p
SOB
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almost squeeled like a little girl when i got to sit in it SOB:D
BTW stat2000/tard....thats dust on the camera