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10-28-2006, 03:41 PM
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  | And remember to use the term 'flyable' very loosely when describing the Ba.88  |
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10-28-2006, 04:04 PM
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| Yep! 
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10-29-2006, 12:48 PM
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| Whatever you say about the Ba.88, do not be so quick to dismiss those you may not have heard about. The Breguet 270/271 was one of the fastest ways of bringing about manpower reductions that has yet been discovered. Look at this!
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10-29-2006, 01:20 PM
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| It looks like a flying broom... But remember, that was an observation aircraft designed in the late 20s. The Breda was supposed to be front line equipment at the opening of the war. Look at the normal performance of the aircraft and it could barely get out of its own way...
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10-29-2006, 01:24 PM
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| what a beauty! 
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10-29-2006, 02:32 PM
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| Just because it is French lanc... Agreed on the Ba-88, it can almost not be classed as an aeroplane...
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10-29-2006, 02:44 PM
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| seriously what's wrong with it? cute short legs, a thin waistline, bulges in all the right places and nice curves!
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10-29-2006, 03:30 PM
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| And an "Oh Merde! We have forgotten the tail section so lets just stick a bit of metal on the back and put it on there" attitude to the back end |
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10-29-2006, 07:43 PM
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| Newbe here I would have to agree that the Blackburn Roc is one of the worst designs to ever get off the drawing board of one of the worst aircraft design companies to ever exist. The idea of putting a turret on the back end of a Skua is simply stupid. You can bet none of the designers were ever going to fly that into combat. |
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10-30-2006, 04:59 AM
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| That Br270 above actually flew on ops in 1939-40. Not very often, though, about once each, in fact. I'd have thought that a good qualification for being the worst aircraft of WW2 would be killing the pilot almost every flight - so how about the Me163? At least you'd go out with a bang, not a whimper!
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10-30-2006, 05:46 AM
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 | brewster buffalo i would submit all time worse aircraft WW2. CAC wirraway not much better. unfortunately haven't pics to show you |
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10-30-2006, 09:42 AM
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| i agree with ndicki the me163 i wonder if it killed more of its own pilots and ground crew than those it was fighting against |
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10-30-2006, 11:43 AM
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10-30-2006, 12:18 PM
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| yes there are some big fans of the buff on here and she most cirtainly isn't the worst of the war, and i hardly think tonto's bashing of the Blackburn comany's very justified, the Roc and Defiant are victims of pre-war thinking on the part of the RAF not the companies..........
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10-30-2006, 12:39 PM
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| Although the RAF, RAAF and FAA (over Crete - its only use in Western Europe) got chopped to bits flying the Buffalo, the Finnas did well with it. I expect that's already been said. The initial versions of the Buffalo were not at all bad, apparently; it's when they started sticking all the 'accessories' like armour plate and dingies on that it dropped off.
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