Greatest Fighter Aircraft of All Time - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

FLYBOYJ · 01-29-2006, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese

On the MiG-25 issue, as crap as it was you cant help but love it.

Agree, like most Migs!

cheddar cheese · 01-29-2006, 05:12 PM

Yep!

Gnomey · 01-29-2006, 05:21 PM

Agreed.

lesofprimus · 01-29-2006, 05:39 PM

I voted for the F-15 Eagle..

FLYBOYJ · 01-29-2006, 05:41 PM

Saber for me - although the F-15 is close....

pbfoot · 01-29-2006, 06:33 PM

fokker DVll?

Gnomey · 01-29-2006, 08:17 PM

Red Barons Plane...

pbfoot · 01-29-2006, 09:55 PM

I wasn;t aware he flew the DVII

102first_hussars · 01-29-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Okay well here is my take on the matter. I really dont think you can compare any of these aircraft to one another. Well some you can like the Spitfire to the Fw-190 and the P-51 which in that case in my opinion would go to the Spitfire very closly followed by the Fw-190 and then the P-51. However it is impossible to compare a P-51 to a F-15 Eagle. No contest and no comparison.

The only thing about these aircraft that can compare is their combat record, in which clearly the P-51 wins, the main factors of this thread are how the aircraft operated during its own wars, popularity, the significanse it had on the history of dogfighting etc

If you want to compare them the way you are thinking Adler, try separating the planes by their timeline, Camel vs DR.1 WW1, Triple threat-P51 vs Spitfire vs FW-190 WW2, F86 vs Mig 15 Korea etc.

Does that help?

Oh and by the way, the DR.1, I made a mistake, I thought that was the one that the BAron was flying, so I should have put DR 2

FLYBOYJ · 01-29-2006, 11:18 PM

I saw the Discovery Wings show that aired this competition. Some of the "experts" on there were freaking pinheads. They were attempting to say that certain aspects of the Mig-21 and F-4 Phantom were "flawed." I bet none of those guys ever got close to a combat aircraft either as a pilot or as a maintainer!!!

Aggie08 · 01-29-2006, 11:30 PM

I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?

I went with the phantom. It's too bad they left missiles to do all the work in the early years of the vietnam war, but overall a great (and awesome looking) bird.

pbfoot · 01-29-2006, 11:41 PM

Oh and by the way, the DR.1, I made a mistake, I thought that was the one that the BAron was flying, so I should have put DR 2[/quote]
Yeah Ober Leutnant Basil Fawlty was the best in the Fokker DR2

FLYBOYJ · 01-29-2006, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Aggie08

I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it?

Read Mig Pilot - On spy missions they would get to altitudes where the -25 was just closing in on them but still out of range, light up the afterburners and leave them in the dust, the SR-71s would then turn around (probaby a 150 mile turn radius) and come streaking back at the -25s. About this time the Mig-25 was running out of fuel...

syscom3 · 01-29-2006, 11:58 PM

Ive always had the impression that the MiG-25 was designed to intercept high flying and mach 2 US bombers, such as the XB-70 and B-58. It was fast, had a powerfull radar to burn through ECM and was designed to carry nuclear tipped AA missles. Anything else, it was substandard or useless. Its role and impact on aviation history is quite limited. Personally, I dont think it should have even been included on the list.

I also agree with several of you on you have to compare aircraft against its peers. Plus, you have to differentiate between the "dogfight" fighters and the "interceptor" fighters. Consider the stakes in the cold war for a nuclear armed bomber and the devestation it could do. The F4 might have been able to perform far more missions than the Lightning but the Lightning had a far better chance to take out a bomber than the F4.

IMHO, for the time period between 1953 and 1975, there should be two catagories. Best interceptor and best fighter.

102first_hussars · 01-30-2006, 03:56 AM

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the Lightning had a far better chance to take out a bomber than the F4.

How so? Im aware the early model phantoms had no cannons but that was fixed up right away, the EE lightning would have been a better choice simply because of its response time to an incoming raid, but in terms of actually shooting down a bomber with an F4 is not a problem, It was heavily armed moose, now if you want to say it had a better chance of shooting down a bomber then it could a fighter (naturally bombers are easier to shoot down) then that would make perfect sense.

View Poll Results: Which is the best
Sabre F-86	6	4.38%
Mig 21 Fishbed	6	4.38%
Mig 15	4	2.92%
Spitfire	29	21.17%
FW-190	18	13.14%
P-51	27	19.71%
Harrier	2	1.46%
F-15 Eagle	30	21.90%
Sopwith Camel	2	1.46%
Fokker DR1	5	3.65%
F4-Phantom	8	5.84%
Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll

01-29-2006, 05:21 PM	#33
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,224	Agreed. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

01-29-2006, 05:39 PM	#34
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,503	I voted for the F-15 Eagle.. __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

01-29-2006, 05:41 PM	#35
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,051	Saber for me - although the F-15 is close.... __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

01-29-2006, 08:17 PM	#37
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,224	Red Barons Plane... __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

01-29-2006, 05:12 PM	#32
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Yep!

01-29-2006, 06:33 PM	#36
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	fokker DVll?

01-29-2006, 09:55 PM	#38
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	I wasn;t aware he flew the DVII

01-29-2006, 11:18 PM	#40
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,051	I saw the Discovery Wings show that aired this competition. Some of the "experts" on there were freaking pinheads. They were attempting to say that certain aspects of the Mig-21 and F-4 Phantom were "flawed." I bet none of those guys ever got close to a combat aircraft either as a pilot or as a maintainer!!! __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

01-29-2006, 11:30 PM	#41
Aggie08 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,013	I like the -25 for its looks and its speed. How was the sr-71 able to fly circles around it? I went with the phantom. It's too bad they left missiles to do all the work in the early years of the vietnam war, but overall a great (and awesome looking) bird. __________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..." Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group Matt

01-29-2006, 11:41 PM	#42
pbfoot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls Posts: 5,586	Oh and by the way, the DR.1, I made a mistake, I thought that was the one that the BAron was flying, so I should have put DR 2[/quote] Yeah Ober Leutnant Basil Fawlty was the best in the Fokker DR2

01-29-2006, 11:58 PM	#44
syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,283	Ive always had the impression that the MiG-25 was designed to intercept high flying and mach 2 US bombers, such as the XB-70 and B-58. It was fast, had a powerfull radar to burn through ECM and was designed to carry nuclear tipped AA missles. Anything else, it was substandard or useless. Its role and impact on aviation history is quite limited. Personally, I dont think it should have even been included on the list. I also agree with several of you on you have to compare aircraft against its peers. Plus, you have to differentiate between the "dogfight" fighters and the "interceptor" fighters. Consider the stakes in the cold war for a nuclear armed bomber and the devestation it could do. The F4 might have been able to perform far more missions than the Lightning but the Lightning had a far better chance to take out a bomber than the F4. IMHO, for the time period between 1953 and 1975, there should be two catagories. Best interceptor and best fighter. __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

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