|
| |||||||
| Polls Polls and discussion on their results. |
| View Poll Results: What aircraft gave the best account for itself despite the long odds? | |||
| Gladiator |     | 10 | 14.71% |
| Swordfish |    | 28 | 41.18% |
| Petlyakov Pe-8 |    | 0 | 0% |
| Lockheed Hudson |    | 1 | 1.47% |
| Savoia Marchetti Sm 79 |    | 2 | 2.94% |
| Fw 200C |    | 2 | 2.94% |
| Ju 52 3m | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Hs 123 | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Hawk 75 Mohawk / P-36 | | 2 | 2.94% |
| Blenheim | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Ki-100 Tony | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Supermarine Walrus | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Fw 189 | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Ki-43 Oscar | | 1 | 1.47% |
| Brewster F2A Buffalo | | 16 | 23.53% |
| Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll | |||
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
07-21-2008, 12:03 AM
| #1 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 277
| Best Overachiever Aircraft? Read carefully so you'll understand what I mean. Some aircraft in WWII achieved incredible results against incredible odds, and sometimes with incredibly troublesome aircraft, in small numbers, or with ancient technology. Here are a list of improbable heroes to vote for: We are looking for the plane that gave the greatest account for itself, in spite of the long odds. |
|         |
|
07-21-2008, 12:24 AM
| #2 |
| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
Posts: 10,236
| Went with the Gladiator. Some amazing stories from Norway to Bismark to Malta, that bi-plane achieved some incredible stuff.
__________________  "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/ |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 12:38 AM
| #3 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Prescott Arizona USA
Posts: 507
| ME-109... and P-40.. |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 12:53 AM
| #4 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
Posts: 3,294
| Buffalo! . |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 12:55 AM
| #5 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Carolina
Posts: 277
| I should have put the Buffalo. Sorry! You are so right! |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 01:07 AM
| #6 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
Posts: 3,294
| Good idea for a poll,,, tough choice between Buffalo, Gladiator, Swordfish and the Polikarpov I-16, , Last edited by comiso90; 07-21-2008 at 01:13 AM. |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 02:43 AM
| #7 | |
| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 33,152
| Quote:
 You consider the Bf 109 an overachiever? It was a damn good aircraft. Not the best but a damn good aircraft....
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] | |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 04:01 AM
| #8 | |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 2,412
| THe original post said: Quote:
| |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 04:21 AM
| #9 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Campinas - SP
Posts: 1,102
| gadiator: a name to history
__________________  |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 04:27 AM
| #10 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Campinas - SP
Posts: 1,102
| Quote:
people says the only problem of bf 109 was the "chaos of diferent versions". 
__________________ | |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 08:33 AM
| #11 |
| The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
Posts: 10,236
| Adler, I was going to say 109 as well (it wasn't listed) only because it went so far and above what it was designed for. It was a good aircraft and achieved alot - aLOT! Amazing aircraft especially for what it was used for.
__________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/ |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 09:24 AM
| #12 | |
| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Posts: 7,309
| Quote:
Charles
__________________  I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.... | |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 09:53 AM
| #13 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Prescott Arizona USA
Posts: 507
| Quote:
 | |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 11:01 AM
| #14 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
Posts: 4,346
| I went with the swordfish. That plane had no business doing what it did against the types of vessels it went up against and having the success that it had. But God bless the crews that flew them.
__________________  |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 11:10 AM
| #15 | |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
Posts: 3,115
| Quote:
__________________  "We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel — the last little corporal to try it came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! ...and even then we won't listen!" quote from B.O.B movie | |
|
| |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
