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05-31-2005, 03:55 PM
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| The Piaggio is quite a unique looking plane isn't it? As are all Italian ones in fact ...
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05-31-2005, 03:55 PM
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#107 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese A normal landing in a 109 was hard enough!  | Actually, during 44-45 ,pilots crashlanded 109s all the time, and I think most times they got out ok. So maybe it WAS an ok aircraft to crashland after all. Remember that the difficult landing was mostly due to the landing gear, which makes no difference in a wheels up landing. On the other hand, the fw 190 must have been a handfull in such situations! High stall speed.  | I am sure the crash landed them quite a bit from 1939-1944 too 
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05-31-2005, 04:07 PM
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#108 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Originally Posted by Chocks away! The Piaggio is quite a unique looking plane isn't it? As are all Italian ones in fact ... | Yep. I really like the Italian planes
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05-31-2005, 05:37 PM
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#109 | | Der Crewchief
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05-31-2005, 05:41 PM
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05-31-2005, 05:50 PM
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#111 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-01-2005, 01:53 PM
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06-01-2005, 02:42 PM
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06-01-2005, 02:52 PM
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lanc are you ok? The Gannet is British...
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06-01-2005, 02:58 PM
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#115 | | Master of Ewes
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06-01-2005, 03:05 PM
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#116 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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06-01-2005, 07:39 PM
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#117 | | Der Crewchief
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__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-01-2005, 09:16 PM
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06-01-2005, 09:40 PM
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#119 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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06-02-2005, 01:36 AM
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