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06-28-2005, 04:15 PM
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#451 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | I voted for the me262. The Gloster Meteor was an ok jet but it was so
damn hard to look out of!!!! 
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06-28-2005, 04:55 PM
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#452 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | I also went for the Me-262. She was not flawless as all aircraft are but she clearly was the path to the future.
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06-29-2005, 01:56 PM
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#453 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | why do you think the meteor's so hard to see out of?? if it is it's because you're too short 
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06-29-2005, 02:51 PM
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#454 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yeah I am also wondering that. This does not look like it was hard to see out of.
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06-29-2005, 02:58 PM
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#455 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | No in visibitly terms it apperas ok. Maybe a little hampered rearward but nothing shocking.
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06-30-2005, 03:51 AM
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#456 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | To me it looks like great visability, infact it looks better then the Me-262 in that point.
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06-30-2005, 01:58 PM
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#457 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | yeah especailly as the cockpit's so far forward.......
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07-01-2005, 09:22 AM
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#458 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | That is what I was thinking. I dont know I have never heard of it being a bad view from there.
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07-03-2005, 10:04 AM
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#459 | | Senior Member
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| The forward cockpit bears some advantages, esspeccially the visibility to the ground. Another bad point on the Me-262 is the heavy blinding of the upper nose mounted 30 mm guns. This makes prolonged aiming quite difficult, but itīs enough for bombers, I think.
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07-03-2005, 12:29 PM
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#460 | | the old Sage
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Country: | there is no blinding flash of the Mk 108 except at night. this was a concern in the Bf 110G-2 for NJG 5 who had the upper two 3cm's replaced by long rod 2cm weapons in some instances...... | |
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07-03-2005, 12:31 PM
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#461 | | the old Sage
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Country: | excuse me my hands are crap today due to caperal tunnel.....
it should read Bf 110G-4 not the day fighter G-2. | |
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07-03-2005, 03:41 PM
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#462 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Interesting stuff Erich, I did not know that about the 30mm. Now for the cockpit of the Meteor, I would think it would make it better for ground attack roles.
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07-04-2005, 10:54 AM
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#463 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | she did do a bit of ground attack based from belgium later in the war.......
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07-04-2005, 02:08 PM
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#464 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | That is all she did in the War besides take out some V-1's.
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07-05-2005, 10:50 AM
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#465 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | hey, she...ummm...scared lot's of people that didn't know planes could fly without propellers!!
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