 | WW1 Bombers.| World War I Discuss WW1 Bombers. in the Other Eras forums; You're in the ATC, I should hope you freakin' do! They're nice and roomy inside, or maybe it'... |
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07-30-2005, 05:23 AM
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#61 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | You're in the ATC, I should hope you freakin' do! They're nice and roomy inside, or maybe it's just 'cos I was like 6 when I sat in one.
"Do not touch the black and yellow handle!!!!" He was one angry man...probably because I kept stroking the handle. 
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004  To those in that club. | 
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07-30-2005, 09:17 AM
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#62 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | No ive known they existed for ages! Ive only been going ATC for 2 weeks 
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07-30-2005, 12:13 PM
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#63 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese Why do you think no-one knows what Tucano's are? Even I know what they are  | A few of them fly around in the states. Here a we use this - similar but I perfer the Tucano.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-6_Texan_II
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11-21-2005, 10:12 PM
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#64 | | Senior Member
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| What of the gotha bombers? didnt they bomb london for a short time in daylight and then when the british were able to get fighters up to theyre altitude switch to less effective night harassment operations? I cant for whatever reason, due most likely to my less than state of the art computer look at the pages between 2 and 3. So i have to ask now, and risk looking pretty damn stupid, oh well. I saw a picture of an 0/100 with the back of the aircraft being held up by ten men, supporting it, unloaded of course, on there shoulders. Just shows how the technology change from then to now. | |
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01-12-2006, 01:48 AM
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#65 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | What about the WW1 Avro 533 Manchester Heavy Bomber? It seems to be a relatively little known bomber with few surviving today and next to no photos on the Internet of it. Perhaps that is a sign of how rare it really was. Anyone got any good photos of it, as I was hoping if I could get some good photos I could get a Civ IV unit creator to turn it into a WW1 Heavy Bomber for me to insert in the Unit Upgrades chain when we get the SDK that allows custom units which hopefully should be soon. | |
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07-12-2006, 12:38 AM
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#66 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Personnally, I'm a fan of the Handley Page V/1500. That thing was huge.
My second favorite would be the Gotha as it didn't matter were you struck there was always someone there just waiting to tare you a new one. Although, I have to say I hate having to bring those things down on Red Baron 2. Those things are almost impossible to bring down unless you choose to use infinite ammo. They could've used those as heavy fighters if they wanted. | |
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07-12-2006, 03:12 AM
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#67 | | Senior Member
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| Handley Page 0400 and the DH4 must be about the best WW1 bombers around.
The 0400 was nicknamed the Bloody Paralyser because of the size of the bomb it could carry. If I remember correctly it was around 1,700lb which when you compare it to the standard 25lb bomb of the time, when 100lb bombs being considered large gives understanding to the meaning.
PS one often forgotten fact the 0400 had folding wings. | 
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