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Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Halo on August 04, 2003, 11:08:58 AM

Remember the old TV show You Bet Your Life?  Tour of Duty might be like that.  What ONE plane will you bet your life in for your first Tour of Duty?  

What single plane will get you the best chance of not only accomplishing many missions, but letting you complete your Tour of Duty intact?

Forget the plane selection name calling and perk debates -- just choose the one plane you really would feel most confident with in real life.  

Choose from the entire spectrum -- no telling when each tour may start, i.e., early, mid, or late war.  

Depending how TOD is set up, we may or may not get to choose exactly what we would like.  But if we could, what will you select?

For me, considering speed, range, weapons, agility, versatility, ruggedness, climb, cockpit vis, overall survivability to fly another day ... it would have to be the ...

P-51D

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: XNachoX on August 04, 2003, 11:32:29 AM

BoB : 109E
Eastern Front : 109G-2
Late War : Since I'll be flying Axis I guess I'll say 109G-10, but it's really not up to snuff with the pony.
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Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Kevin14 on August 04, 2003, 11:42:58 AM

Early: Bf-109E
Mid: Fw-190A5
Late: Fw-190D9

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Furball on August 04, 2003, 12:01:57 PM

Early : Spit I or V
Mid : Spit IX
Late : Tempest

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Octavius on August 04, 2003, 12:41:09 PM

Allied:

PTO Early:  P40 // P39
ETO Early:  Hurricane Mk I

PTO Mid:  F4U-1 // P40
ETO Mid:  P51B

PTO Late:  F4U-4 // F4U-1C
ETO Late:  P51D

Axis:

PTO Early:  A6M2
ETO Early:  109E / F

PTO Mid:  A6M5b // Ki61
ETO Mid:  190A5 / F8

PTO Late:  Ki84
ETO Late:  109K4 // Me410

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: RedDg on August 04, 2003, 01:00:07 PM

Jugs!

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: HavocTM on August 04, 2003, 04:37:06 PM

For all around porkability and getting back home for supper:

Pony

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Ack-Ack on August 04, 2003, 04:42:59 PM

P-38.  Ewes dig dudes in P-38s.


Ack-Ack

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Mathman on August 04, 2003, 05:23:35 PM

C-47

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Kevin14 on August 04, 2003, 08:46:46 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Mathman
C-47

No, C-46 all the way

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: B17Skull12 on August 04, 2003, 09:57:15 PM

B17
Lanc
STUKA
JU88 FW190A5
;) :) :D :cool:

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Wilbus on August 05, 2003, 02:41:01 AM

190's all the way.

Pony is better for close combat than the 190 D9 but I'm a 190 guy till I die so 190's it is. A5 and D9 best to survive in.

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: maik on August 05, 2003, 05:59:26 AM

190D9

Title: You Bet Your Life!
Post by: Furball on August 05, 2003, 07:14:32 AM

i forgot to say mossie too (if its modelled properly;))