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04-13-2007, 08:48 PM
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| Hey Adler, just a quick question: what was in your opinion the best aircraft of WW2?
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04-13-2007, 09:20 PM
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#632 | | Minister of Whoopass
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04-13-2007, 10:01 PM
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Country: | Perhaps the question of the best WWII aircraft would be best broken down into different categories? And maybe years? I think there are too many variables and differences in roles to pin the best award to any one plane.
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04-14-2007, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by machine shop tom  Perhaps the question of the best WWII aircraft would be best broken down into different categories? And maybe years? I think there are too many variables and differences in roles to pin the best award to any one plane.
tom | Been there done that...
C-47 takes it...
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04-15-2007, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ Been there done that...
C-47 takes it... | Yep. I posted that before I wandered into the other "best _______ " threads.
Sorry.
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04-15-2007, 07:49 AM
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#636 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Tom, if I could, take the time and read around the board some, see whats been discussed... Theres alot of info in this here site... U'd be amazed...
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04-15-2007, 07:59 AM
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#637 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by machine shop tom Yep. I posted that before I wandered into the other "best _______ " threads.
Sorry.
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No problem..
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06-01-2007, 09:12 AM
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Country: | I would say the C-47 was the most Important.
Then the 262 the Best of the Revolutionary and the B-29 the Best of the Evolutionary aircraft of WWII. | |
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06-01-2007, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by drgondog I would say the C-47 was the most Important.
Then the 262 the Best of the Revolutionary and the B-29 the Best of the Evolutionary aircraft of WWII. | Well put....
As stated earlier, there's a lot more to military aviation than shooting down other aircraft and dropping bombs....
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06-02-2007, 01:06 AM
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Country: | Everybody's got their favorites, but my vote goes to the P-38. | |
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06-02-2007, 07:40 AM
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Country: | If you read most of the thread, this has nothing to do with favorites. My favorite WW2 aircraft is the P-38 as well but it was not the best all-round aircraft...
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06-02-2007, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ If you read most of the thread, this has nothing to do with favorites. My favorite WW2 aircraft is the P-38 as well but it was not the best all-round aircraft... | Well everybody knows that the best WWII A/C is clearly the Ta-152  I was inside one of Cavanaugh's C-47s at the airshow we had at Corpus - I couldn't believe the incline from the tail to the cockpit because of the tailwheel!
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06-04-2007, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by mkloby I was inside one of Cavanaugh's C-47s at the airshow we had at Corpus - I couldn't believe the incline from the tail to the cockpit because of the tailwheel! | We had one way back when i was in A&P school. After a day working on that thing you were walking around at a 30 degree list.
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06-04-2007, 12:03 PM
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Country:  | C-47 all the way baby! That is about the 100th time Ive said that!  I dont think I will say it again.
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06-04-2007, 02:33 PM
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