 | Your favorite post-war aircraft| Post-War Discuss Your favorite post-war aircraft in the Other Eras forums; Really!! I gotta look in the Midcrow technical dept. I never noticed before and perhaps the doctrine I saw was ... |
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03-27-2008, 09:48 PM
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#346 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country:  | Really!! I gotta look in the Midcrow technical dept. I never noticed before and perhaps the doctrine I saw was post Korea. Hmmm
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03-27-2008, 09:56 PM
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#347 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Well I'll be damned. I thought that the insignia was in alignment with the wing chord post WWII. Looks like that wasn't adopted until around the introductions of the Century Fighters.
Thanks TO. How many times I looked at those aircraft and built those models... you learn something new everyday.
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03-28-2008, 09:50 AM
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Country:  | Ya's'll all jump on me with reasons to put it down, but my favourite post war aircraft is the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, especially in it's F,G, and K (RNZAF) variants.
Of course thre are bigger, better, faster, etc aircraft, but to be blunt it's a bloody beautiful aircraft, and served us well in NZ from 1970 to 2001.
I remember while still in the RNZAF some visiting Aussie F-18 pilots lamenting the sale of the RAN A-4Gs (we bought 6 of them), saying they were sweeter to fly and more reliable than their replacements.
Fire at will with facts and figures, but I'll still always love that plane! | |
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03-28-2008, 12:47 PM
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Country:  | Nothing wrong with the A-4; certainly was a capable aircraft in the right hands.
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03-28-2008, 02:38 PM
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Country: | I have would have to go with the following for a short list
1)A-10 Thunderbolt-I love how a basically low tech plane can still kick A$$!
2)F-14 Tomcat
3)SR-71 Blackbird
4)F-86 Sabre
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03-28-2008, 02:42 PM
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#351 | | Senior Member
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Country: | A4K,
Nothing wrong with the A4. I thought about putting that down myself. Nothing wrong with a plane with a 30-40 year plus career. Also the Blue Angels flew it for a number of years too!
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03-28-2008, 06:05 PM
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Country: | Ahhhh I like the
Tu-95 "Bear"
F-15
B-52
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MiG 21 | |
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03-28-2008, 06:15 PM
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Country:  | The noise the a/bs to me its the F 101 Voodoo
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03-29-2008, 02:00 PM
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#354 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | I love the A4K. There was an A4 driver lurking around the forum a while ago and he schooled me of the Scooter alright. Look at the thrust to weight ration of the later models. Pretty dang impressive really.
And the CF-101, Great aircraft. There is one (F-101D) on a stand down the road at Ft. Lewis. That was a big aircraft. Much bigger than I ever thought until I actually saw it.
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03-29-2008, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  I love the A4K. There was an A4 driver lurking around the forum a while ago and he schooled me of the Scooter alright. Look at the thrust to weight ration of the later models. Pretty dang impressive really.
And the CF-101, Great aircraft. There is one (F-101D) on a stand down the road at Ft. Lewis. That was a big aircraft. Much bigger than I ever thought until I actually saw it. | Yeah, it's about the size and weight of an F-15 with about 1/2 the thrust; took it a while to get up to Mach.
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03-29-2008, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SoD Stitch Yeah, it's about the size and weight of an F-15 with about 1/2 the thrust; took it a while to get up to Mach. | You used mach to bug out after using the Genies
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03-29-2008, 07:30 PM
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#357 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Genies... buggin' out might be a good idea. 
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03-30-2008, 02:20 PM
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Country:  | i always liked these two the vampire and the hunter
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03-31-2008, 03:11 AM
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Country: | They're both great aircraft, Rochie! If I was to list other post war types I love, the Vamp would be near the top of the list.
And Pb, great pic of the Voodoo! I didn't realise she was so big either! | |
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03-31-2008, 04:35 PM
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#360 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Negative on the Vampire. But I do love the Hunter.
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