 | Favorite 5 Aircraft- All Eras Allowed.| Old Threads Discuss Favorite 5 Aircraft- All Eras Allowed. in the Old Stuff forums; Originally Posted by mosquitoman
Good list, hows about your favourite bombers aswell?
Well my 2 favorite WWII bombers have deffidently ... |
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02-07-2005, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mosquitoman Good list, hows about your favourite bombers aswell? |
Well my 2 favorite WWII bombers have deffidently got to be the Lancaster and the B-17 Flying fortress ! 
But mostly yes i am a Fighter person
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Originally Posted by mosquitoman So that's one good choice (Lanc) and one bad choice (B-17) | Why the B-17 ? it had all its angles covered 
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Country:  | The B-17 was a great plane.
Nice list BTW Soren, and I dont believe youve had a proper welcome, so....Welcome! 
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Country: | I was just thinking of the almost useless bombload, the B-24 was better IMO
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese The B-17 was a great plane.
Nice list BTW Soren, and I dont believe youve had a proper welcome, so....Welcome! | Thank you !
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Country: | Yeah the Normal payload wasnt too special. I dont think it was a "bad" plane though. The B-24 was probably better, yes.
Anyway, heres one of my favourite planes
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Anyway, heres one of my favourite planes | I always thought that plane had some smooth lines !
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Country: | Yeah it does! HAs some great performance stats too. It could also be fittd with just about EVERY GUN in the Luftwaffes arsenal.
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Yeah it does! HAs some great performance stats too. It could also be fittd with just about EVERY GUN in the Luftwaffes arsenal. | A great nightfighter !
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Country: | Yep! I posted a great shot of one breaking off from the wing of a B-17 earlier in the thread, if you go back a couple of pages youll see it
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Yep! I posted a great shot of one breaking off from the wing of a B-17 earlier in the thread, if you go back a couple of pages youll see it | Ok, thanks i will do that then.
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