 | Russian Planes| Old Threads Discuss Russian Planes in the Old Stuff forums; im quite interested in the russians and their culture and history and things, but ive got no idea what any ... |
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01-28-2004, 11:37 AM
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#1 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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im quite interested in the russians and their culture and history and things, but ive got no idea what any of their planes were like. Could anyone tell me whether they were any good or not and what the best one was? cheers 
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01-28-2004, 01:00 PM
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#2 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | easily the IL-2, dubbed the "flying tank", then the mig 3 | |
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01-28-2004, 02:35 PM
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| definately the IL-2, and the Mig-3, like lanc said, but I'm a fan of the La-7 also
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01-28-2004, 03:32 PM
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Country: | cheers, now i can plot world domination  only joking, i just like the russians and was interested, thats all
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01-28-2004, 05:09 PM
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| I don't know much about the Eastern front and the Soviet air force, but I read that a French squadron was given the chance to choose any type of allied aircraft they wanted to use, and they chose the Yak-3. Also read that shortly after the Yak-3 (which came after the -9) went into service the Luftwaffe ordered its pilots not to engage any Yak that didn't have an air intake under its nose (the -3 has one in each wing root) because at low altitudes the Yak-3 was really good.
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01-29-2004, 06:54 AM
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#6 | | Master of Ewes
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01-29-2004, 02:54 PM
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| In it's heyday, the French AF was the creme of the crop. the French Air Force would have been a force to be reckoned with if Germany hadn't subdued France early.
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01-29-2004, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Archer I don't know much about the Eastern front and the Soviet air force, but I read that a French squadron was given the chance to choose any type of allied aircraft they wanted to use, and they chose the Yak-3. Also read that shortly after the Yak-3 (which came after the -9) went into service the Luftwaffe ordered its pilots not to engage any Yak that didn't have an air intake under its nose (the -3 has one in each wing root) because at low altitudes the Yak-3 was really good. | 
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01-29-2004, 05:00 PM
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01-30-2004, 12:53 PM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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01-31-2004, 11:02 AM
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Country: | yeah like the others said, great pic i never knew the french airforce were good in the first place.....
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01-31-2004, 01:28 PM
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#12 | | Master of Ewes
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01-31-2004, 01:34 PM
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| Yessir, in WWI, the French kicked some serious German ass in the air. They were one of the first countries to recognize the potential of aeroplanes as fighting machines, and exploited that
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01-31-2004, 01:38 PM
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01-31-2004, 01:42 PM
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| Yeah, it's true. We were in the dark (collectively). The French proved us (and your Brit gov.) wrong. Imagine if we had still refused to dip into the flight pot 
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