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02-05-2005, 12:42 PM
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 | cool, i'll look later..............
__________________  "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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02-05-2005, 12:43 PM
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 | You could try making your own one, of course  |
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02-05-2005, 12:46 PM
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| but you know damn well what it's gonna look like.........
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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02-07-2005, 07:29 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Wow I have missed a lot here. I have to agree that the eliptacle wing was harder to produce and even the Germans knew this.
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03-20-2005, 04:19 PM
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 | Nice topic.... Such a topic is quite interesting... In my oppinion one of the best fighters of ww2, if not the best, was the Messerschmidt Me-109/Bf-109. It could manouver better then it's allied counterparts both the Spitfire and the Mustang...It's only weak point was it's visibility...the cockpit was a bit crowded and the glass didn't permit a very good FOV...But once the pilot spotted the enemy it was all most certain who the victor would be... The Spitfire was one of the most elegant...if you would allow me the oppinion...I am a Spitfire fan...but it had a weak engine, and it was easelly surpassed by it's german counterpart... I may be wrong but if the Luftwaffe would have managed their resources more effectively the ww2 sky would not have been taken from them... Their air supremacy would have lasted till the end of the war...and probablly many more years from then on... |
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03-20-2005, 04:23 PM
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| this's being discussed in the is the spitfire the best british fighter topic and it's been made pretty obvious that the spit was better than the -109........
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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03-20-2005, 04:27 PM
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| I am also proud to see that some people (cheddar cheese), have a clue about our(romanian) ww2 airforce, even though it was on the wrong side of the war for a good part of the war, due to poor political lidership, at the end, flying against the Luftwaffe, we did have some important Pilot Aces. And also against the Russian Airforce on the Eastern Front. I can't remmember their names right now, but I will look into the problem,  , and inform all of you. . I'm kidding, I'm shure you already know... I'm just a novice...what could I tell you that you don't already know??? |
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03-20-2005, 04:37 PM
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| well i'm sure you've got allot to say and we'll be more than happy to hear more from you............ just don't bad mouth the lancaster..........
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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03-20-2005, 04:46 PM
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| Ah, thankyou hellmaker and welcome!  (Youve started off in my good books..hehe) Ive always like the IAR aircraft. Know very little about them though. What were they like as fighters? |
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03-20-2005, 04:53 PM
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| No bad mouthing the lancaster... ... Actually I have greate respect for the english airforce...especially the bombers... They did the hardest job of keeping the natzi in their own bunkers... Breaking their moral... They were the best example of Beauty and Functionality |
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03-20-2005, 04:57 PM
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| why thank you, you're making your way into my good books too...........
__________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." |
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03-20-2005, 05:23 PM
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| Functionality yes, beauty no. The closest the Brits got to a good looking plane was the Hurricane. |
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03-21-2005, 09:06 AM
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| Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
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03-21-2005, 09:07 AM
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| Hows about the Mosquito? Surely you think that looked good
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03-21-2005, 09:11 AM
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| Well...the name is cool enough... True to the game...
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