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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: ra on October 19, 2002, 08:40:26 PM

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: ra on October 19, 2002, 08:40:26 PM

This site has some cool pics.  It's in Italian, but who reads nowadays?

http://www.amivirtual.com/home.htm

Go to the Technico part for the pics.




ra

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: whgates3 on October 19, 2002, 09:31:45 PM

Ja, thats-a good photos - the Technico section is in english.
also plenty of reggia pix @
http://www.vvs-regia-avions.com/regiaindex.html
(http://www.vvs-regia-avions.com/Regia/G50-003.jpg)

(http://www.vvs-regia-avions.com/Regia/CR42-002.jpg)

 (http://www.vvs-regia-avions.com/Regia/SM79-007.jpg)

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: brady on October 20, 2002, 02:02:12 AM

Nice link, I had the second one not the First ty:)

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: Urchin on October 20, 2002, 02:21:00 AM

God, they sure knew how to build em ugly.  

Macchi 202/205 and the Reggaine (or however thats spelled) Re-2005 were the only decent looking planes the Italians built I think.

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on October 20, 2002, 02:40:48 AM

Pinifarini wasn't born yet .

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: whgates3 on October 20, 2002, 02:54:56 AM

the 3 engine birds all look like anteaters

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: brady on October 20, 2002, 04:40:45 AM

Man O Man I love em:) all, I realy like their lines, I spent more time in front of the MC 200 at the airforce museum than any other plane, I gues it is the beauity and the eye thing, I would do the rat to given a chance:)

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: udet on October 21, 2002, 02:45:42 PM

I read about a combat between RAI and RAF in Tuck's biography. He said that the CR42 was very maneuvrable, and that his Hurris got into dogfights with the biplanes, and didn't have the easiest time of it. We REALLy should have the CR42 in Aces High!!!!!:cool:

Title: You like Italian planes?
Post by: whgates3 on October 21, 2002, 03:05:04 PM

i'd bet Hurri drivers, since they could out turn every axis bird they encountered before the Cr 42, probably tried that tactic even though they were > 70 MPH faster...anyone know of biplane vs. biplane WWII encounters (i only have read of one, in which a swordfish splashed 2 gulible Cr 42 pilots)? i'd love to know how the Cr 42 did against the Glaiator