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re: If you had the money, what WWII plane would you buy to fly?
Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:59 am to ksayetiger
Posted on 2/22/15 at 10:59 am to ksayetiger
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a jap zero
and then do mock dogfights with all yall.
And I would take my painted on shark teeth and eat the Zero off your wings.
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Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:00 am to soccerfüt
at the airshow at barksdale a few years ago they had a dogfight, and the annoucer said how the mustang took advantage. I dont remember what he said though lol. I do remember seeing it and instantly thought of that when I saw this thread, hence my answer.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:01 am to prplhze2000
P-38 or Corsair
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:02 am to OLDBEACHCOMBER
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And I would take my painted on shark teeth
I would crash looking at the hotties painted on. fyi. like a wyhi thread, have to look
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:05 am to dr smartass phd
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P-38
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:06 am to Pat Farris
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Stealth fighter...You know they had that shite back then.
Germans had a prototype. Would've worked.
Gimme a Corsair or an ME-109.
Edit: Missed one comment and didn't see the zero mention. I was wrong.
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 11:11 am
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:07 am to prplhze2000
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Interesting no one says zero.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:10 am to soccerfüt
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As quoted in Jim Rearden’s book “Cracking the Zero Mystery,” Marine Captain Kenneth Walsh described how he used information from the Zero test flights to finish the war with 17 aerial victories over Zeroes: “With [a] Zero on my tail I did a split S, and with its nose down and full throttle my Corsair picked up speed fast. I wanted at least 240 knots, preferably 260. Then, as prescribed, I rolled hard right. As I did this and continued my dive, tracers from the Zero zinged past my plane’s belly. From information that came from Koga’s Zero, I knew the Zero rolled more slowly to the right than to the left. If I hadn’t known which way to turn or roll, I’d have probably rolled to my left. If I had done that, the Zero would likely have turned with me, locked on, and had me. I used that maneuver a number of times to get away from Zeros.”
It helped he was flying a Corsair and not a P-40.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:12 am to prplhze2000
A mig
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:13 am to 777Tiger
B-17 Just to honor all the young men(boys) who flew and went down in them. A Veteran I knew, a tail gunner. was the only one to get out after being shot down over Germany. Was a POW.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:16 am to BeastMode
There is only one answer: P-47 Thunderbolt.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:18 am to LSU Tiger Bob
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B-17 Just to honor all the young men(boys) who flew and went down in them. A Veteran I knew, a tail gunner. was the only one to get out after being shot down over Germany. Was a POW.
it was truly amazing what those young men did with minimal training and experience, some awesome guys, with a very low life expectancy performing some incredibly heroic acts, and then if they survived, right back to doing what they were doing before the war as if were just another simple task they were asked to do
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:18 am to ShoeBang
P51
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:22 am to ShoeBang
For the P-51 fans, depending on your location ans willingness to travel, I can turn you on to an opportunity to make this dream come true in April.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:24 am to prplhze2000
Mosquito
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:29 am to prplhze2000
B-17 first for my Grandfather, then a P-51 for me.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:32 am to prplhze2000
Corsair
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:32 am to prplhze2000
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It helped he was flying a Corsair and not a P-40.
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Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II,[7] and the U.S. Navy counted an 11:1 kill ratio with the F4U Corsair.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:35 am to prplhze2000
It's been a dream to get in a P-38 over blue water so will go with that. Non American prob early to mid war Bf109.
A joy to fly from my IL2 days was the P-39 Airacobra. The engine was behind you and was like driving a VW in the sky.
A joy to fly from my IL2 days was the P-39 Airacobra. The engine was behind you and was like driving a VW in the sky.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:35 am to prplhze2000
Man I'm conflicted over this
Corsair, P51, or B-17, P-35
Corsair, P51, or B-17, P-35
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