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09-03-2005, 06:27 PM
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#31 | | He who does not skim
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09-04-2005, 09:33 AM
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B-29 and B-52: Both have the word fortress in their names, made by the same company, both very heavy bombers
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09-04-2005, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mosquitoman B-29 and B-52: Both have the word fortress in their names, made by the same company, both very heavy bombers | That works, I was thinking B-1 and B-29 because they both are the heavest, advanced, 4 engined and fastest of their day.
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09-05-2005, 04:59 AM
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#34 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | TSR.2-tiffy perhaps??
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09-05-2005, 10:34 AM
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Country:  | Other than the Tactical Strike and Reconnaisaince bit I dunno..I dont really see a link. I think the TSR-2 would be better suited to something that perhaps didnt see service...
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09-05-2005, 03:30 PM
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| hawker typhoon and sepecat jaguar both had good ground attack capabilities.
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handley page halifax and avro vulcan
both carried large bomb loads and both had long range capabilities.
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09-05-2005, 04:20 PM
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#37 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | I suppose you could compare the V-bombers to the British heavies.
Valiant - Lancaster
Vulcan - Halifax
Victor - Stirling
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09-05-2005, 05:28 PM
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Country: | I'd put the Vulcan with the Lanc, mainly because they were both made by Avro
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09-09-2005, 03:43 PM
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| fair point mossieman.
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09-15-2005, 09:29 PM
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Country:  | How about this one:
The Mossie to SR-71.
Both served as spy planes, The Mossie was unarmed at one point and the SR-71 was always unarmed. Both were also pretty fast for their days.
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09-15-2005, 09:40 PM
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#41 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Thats a big stretch. The Mossie did a whole hell of a lot more than reconnaissance. The Blackbird is only a spy plane. Sure, there was the A-12, but that was short lived.
I know the Germans had a high altitude reconnaissance jet (Erich, help me out here...). That might be a better match.
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09-16-2005, 07:39 AM
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Country:  | My joice would be the C130 & the Dakota the C130 has been going for a long while now and still is a terrific transport just like the good old Dak
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09-19-2005, 01:04 PM
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Country: | Thats a good comparison Lee. The C-130 is one of my fave planes.
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