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11-20-2004, 06:57 AM
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#1 | | Master of Ewes
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which is/was best??
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11-20-2004, 12:44 PM
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#2 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Post-WW2 - this should be in the other forum. this is for modern planes, classified by being after Vietnam, ill move it later
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11-24-2004, 02:33 PM
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#3 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | that's for your opinion............
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12-06-2004, 07:08 PM
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#4 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country:  | Bomer is spelled with a B in the middle...
BOMBER.....
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12-06-2004, 07:53 PM
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#5 | | Forum Politruk
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Country:  | No doubt - Avro Vulcan - okay, it had a smaller bomb load, but apart from that it could do all the things a B52 could, and was far more manouverable. I wonder how it would developed, had Skybolt not been cancelled? Maybe a vastly upgraded version would still have been in service today? | |
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12-07-2004, 12:36 PM
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#6 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | Avro Vulcan's are great planes 
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12-07-2004, 12:47 PM
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#7 | | Forum Politruk
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Country: | I remember in the Eighties seeing several of them lined up in a row by the perimeter wire - impressive stuff!
Mind you, you need to see, hear, and feel one take off. I've never heard such a racket in my life, and the sight of this huge Vulcan lifting off the tarmac - brilliant!  | |
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12-07-2004, 12:51 PM
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Like a lot of planes, I didnt know they existed until about a year ago 
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12-07-2004, 01:02 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I've seen a Vulcan fly too, its an awe-inspiring sight. Im not sure if you can class it as being 'better' than the B52 tho, it doesnt have such an extensive combat record, so it remains a 'what-if' 
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12-07-2004, 01:21 PM
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#10 | | Forum Politruk
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Country: | To be sure, it's all hypothetical, the job it was designed to do was thankfully just a 'what if'.
Nah, what I was getting at was that the manouverablity of such a big crate was astounding, it could even outfly EE Lightnings, which in turn proved more than a match for the Phantom. | |
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12-07-2004, 02:05 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Very true I was just thinking in terms of actual action they'd seen, the B52 was a nuclear bomber by design, but it managed to carve itself a new niche with the Arc Light raids in Vietnam. It would have been interesting to see how the Vulcan survived such a drastic change in its mission profile.
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12-07-2004, 03:49 PM
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#12 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by Medvedya Mind you, you need to see, hear, and feel one take off. I've never heard such a racket in my life, and the sight of this huge Vulcan lifting off the tarmac - brilliant! | I saw one fly at an air show here, about twenty years ago.
It was an impressive display!  | |
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12-07-2004, 03:49 PM
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#13 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country: | B-36 is good also Did it ever see any form of combat?
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12-07-2004, 03:54 PM
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#14 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | No. It was only in service for eight years, before being replaced by the B-52. It never saw combat. | |
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12-07-2004, 03:58 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I believe some were later converted to RB-36 standard and used in recon overflights of Communist territory. Of course, the USAF does not count this as combat as the overflights never happened 
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