I think the list of planes left is another sure sign that fighting/combat is no longer the main theme of the game. If it were, people would have picked a fighter, instead we have bombers. Like most other "elections" the majority once again prove that they havn't got a clue.
You might have had a point...if there had been any fighter in that list with a profile and name recognition as high as the B-29 or invader. In other words, a P-47 or a Mustang or a Spitfire.
Not something relatively obscure like a Ki-43 or a YaK-3
Now that I hear some of you screaming... yes, I'm serious. How often do you think has the average young American subscriber has heard about the glorious B-29, and how often about the Ki-43?
(Another thing... since when is fighting defined as flying fighters only?)