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02-06-2004, 08:27 AM
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Country:  | sorry lads the lancaster is still my pick as heavy bomber just because it did what it said, that is, carried heavy bombs. a heavy bomber that only carrys the same weight as a medium bomber is just a four engined medium bomber so you have to get 1 1/2 B17s to the target to match the delivery of the lanc. however flying half a plane takes some doing . as for losses i believe you will find that even with guns sticking out in every direction and mustang escorts the B17 losses where about the same as the lancs (30,000 crew approx) for each model. Obviously having a large crew the loss of one B17 was equvelent of 2 lancs in terms of fatalites. I have to agree though the lanc was not exactly pretty but the only aicraft i would describe as pretty in the whole war must be the spitfire in my opinon the most elegant plane ever built. | 
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02-06-2004, 12:49 PM
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#47 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | i'm gonna have to say the concorde was the most gracefull plane ever | |
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02-06-2004, 01:48 PM
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#48 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country: | Nah...............The Spit 
Or B-17 of course 
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02-06-2004, 04:12 PM
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| Spitfire was the most grafeful plane ever.
The B-17, of course, was still very much so 
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02-06-2004, 06:12 PM
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| Most graceful plane is definately the Corsair :P
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02-06-2004, 09:10 PM
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| hmmm, the 262 is pretty good looking, but the Spit still wins out
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02-07-2004, 04:16 AM
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#53 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | WHAT!!!!!! the concorde looked fast just sitting there, unlike the B-17
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02-07-2004, 11:48 AM
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#54 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
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Country: | Instead of the Lanc v B-17, why don't we decide which is better out of the B-24 and Halifax 
I say the B-24.......................hate the Halifax 
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02-07-2004, 12:47 PM
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#55 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well, i'm tempted to say the halifax cos it's brittish, but the B-24 was the better plane
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02-07-2004, 01:59 PM
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| B-24 because it was also designated the PB4Y-1 Liberator..and everyone knows Navy planes are better than Air Force planes :P
And Lanc, the Concorde may look fast sitting on the ground, but after one 'landing' on a carrier it'll be nothing more than an ugly wreck
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02-07-2004, 04:03 PM
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Country:  | ok, im gonna say somethat will upset the lanc.......... but ive been pondering over its looks for sometime now and ive finaly realised what it looks like. an upended telegraph pole 
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02-08-2004, 06:58 AM
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#58 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | the lancaster or concorde?
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02-21-2004, 12:16 PM
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| i think he means lanc (hopefully so ) | |
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02-21-2004, 01:32 PM
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