 | Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued)| Aviation Discuss Worst aircraft of WW2? (Continued) in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by Parmigiano
Another contender : General Motors (Fisher Body Division) XP 75 'Eagle'
Gawd, I had forgotten about this ... |
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11-15-2005, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Parmigiano Another contender : General Motors (Fisher Body Division) XP 75 'Eagle' | Gawd, I had forgotten about this abortion. I do have to admit that during the war the US came up with some pretty strange designs.
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11-20-2005, 01:51 PM
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| In my opinion the B-17 could either be one of the best or one of the worst depending on how it was armed.
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11-20-2005, 02:17 PM
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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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11-20-2005, 03:01 PM
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| Well its pretty useless unarmed eh? Haha.. got you! (and your probably thinking, "Wow what an idiot..." dont worry i get that a lot)
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11-20-2005, 03:11 PM
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11-20-2005, 04:02 PM
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| I've yet to realize it but a few years ago I think I lost my sense of humor.. well I'm off on vacation.. I'll be back in a week or two I think.
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11-20-2005, 04:11 PM
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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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11-21-2005, 09:54 AM
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11-21-2005, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass although if he means payload i can see his point about the B-17 being uselessy armed | Well the USAAF did send B-29s with only thier tailguns to do fire raids over Japan.
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11-21-2005, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass although if he means payload i can see his point about the B-17 being uselessy armed | Well the USAAF did send B-29s with only thier tailguns to do fire raids over Japan.
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11-21-2005, 05:42 PM
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11-22-2005, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass although if he means payload i can see his point about the B-17 being uselessy armed | Umm Lanc the B-17 could carry as much as the Lanc, but it did not for range reasons.
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11-22-2005, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet No I am not thinking that, but they would not send an un armed bomber out over Germany. | The British sent unarmed (well they had bombs obviously) Mosquitos over Germany.
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11-22-2005, 09:59 AM
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Country: | adler you know as much as anyone that the lanc carried not only more on average per sortie than the B-17 but the lanc also had a greater maximum payload..........
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11-22-2005, 10:13 AM
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