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09-07-2005, 11:38 AM
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#1 | | Member
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| P-36, P-35 or Wildcat
Which of these U.S fighters used during the start of WW2 is the best?
Curtis P-36
Seversky P-35
Grumman Wildcat | 
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09-07-2005, 11:41 AM
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#2 | | Member
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| I think that the P-36 is the best. The wilcat will probably win the poll but the P-36 shot down the first planes in the european and pacific theatres. | |
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09-07-2005, 11:54 AM
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#3 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country:  | Can you please post your polls in the polls thread? Thanks
I went ahead and moved the last 2. This is the proper thread for polls.
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09-07-2005, 11:55 AM
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#4 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | P-36/ Hawk was one of the most under-rated fighter aircraft of WW2. The P-35 was too stable and slow as an effective fighter by the time WW2 started.....
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09-07-2005, 12:05 PM
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| evangilder what do you mean the poll thread and how do I do it? Thanks youve been real helpful so far and Im trying to get the hang of the site, being new. | |
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09-07-2005, 12:06 PM
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| which one of you 2 hasn't voted yet? | |
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09-07-2005, 12:46 PM
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#7 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | i'd say wildcat...........
and don't worry about me, i never vote in polls........
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09-07-2005, 01:26 PM
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Country: | I would say wildcat aswell.
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09-07-2005, 01:30 PM
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#9 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by evangilder Can you please post your polls in the polls thread? Thanks
I went ahead and moved the last 2. This is the proper thread for polls. | I've moved two of them myself. Please post polls here from now on, bader. | |
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09-07-2005, 03:11 PM
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#10 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | Yes, the thread you were posting these in was labelled "Aviation". This is the proper thread place, labelled "Polls".
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09-07-2005, 05:53 PM
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Country: | I voted the P-36 Hawk because as FBJ stated; it was under-rated and, in fact, an extremely effective fighter.
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09-07-2005, 06:31 PM
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Country:  | Wildcat, held the fort in the Pacific until newer and more capable machines entered service.
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09-07-2005, 06:35 PM
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| Whilst I agree that the P36 Hawk was underated, there is little doubt in my mind that the Wildcat was a better plane. | |
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09-07-2005, 07:12 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Even though the Wildcat was out-classed, out-gunned, and out-speeded by the Japanese Zero at the beginning of WW2. It still shot down many Japanese planes because of the determined and expierienced pilots that controlled them.
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09-07-2005, 10:41 PM
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#15 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | Wildcat for me.
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