Author Topic: We should have the P59!!!  (Read 720 times)

Offline MrWimpy

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We should have the P59!!!
« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2003, 12:20:55 AM »
You probably haven't seen me fly yet. ;)

Offline btone

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We should have the P59!!!
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2003, 10:01:07 PM »
PLEASE, PLEASE put the P39 in AH2!!!!!!!!!!!
It is one of my favorite planes because it is wierd.  (engine behind cockpit, doors rather than sliding canopy).  The Bipes would be sweet too.  Didn't the F3F operate from a carrier? If it did I would be more than glad to fly it.

Offline MrWimpy

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We should have the P59!!!
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2003, 10:45:40 PM »
The Grumman F3F was designed to operate from a carrier.  But as far as I know, it did not do so during the war.  Most, if not all the F3Fs that saw action, did so from land bases as part of the Chinese Air Force.  BUT, if it is included in AH2, I think it should be considered a carrier type.

It might interest you to know that Gen. Chuck Yeager thought the P39 was a really sweet machine.  I can't remember the exact quote, but I recall reading his auto-biography somewhere that he preferred it to the P51.