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re: If you had the money, what WWII plane would you buy to fly?
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:45 am to prplhze2000
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:45 am to prplhze2000
FW190
Hellcat
Hellcat
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Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:07 pm to prplhze2000
Stuka Nazi dive bomber with siren. 
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:08 pm to prplhze2000
Corsair
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:10 pm to prplhze2000
The Enola Gay
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:16 pm to lsu480
Corsair. Beautiful plane!
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:26 pm to LessofLes
quote:
For the P-51 fans, I can turn you on to an opportunity to make this dream come true in April.
Go on...
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:31 pm to Old Sarge
Messerschmitt Bf 109 Gustav
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:37 pm to prplhze2000
CG-4A "Waco" Glider
My pops was certified to "fly" these wooden gliders.
Controlled falling was more like it.
My pops was certified to "fly" these wooden gliders.
Controlled falling was more like it.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:50 pm to soccerfüt
Stuka or an IL-2 (Flying Bathtub) just for novelty's sake.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 12:56 pm to soccerfüt
Walter Cronkite described flying in a glider was like being in the bass drum at a grateful dead concert.....his description of going in during Market Garden
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:04 pm to prplhze2000
For me, it's always been the P-38. Looks like nothing else, hauls arse, concentrated firepower, no torque effect (engines rotated in opposite directions), and most importantly, the only single-seat U.S, fighter that could lose an engine and still come home.
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:05 pm to Tigerwaffe
Cant't believe nobody has mentioned the ME262 "Swallow"
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:10 pm to Darth_Vader
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Cant't believe nobody has mentioned the ME262 "Swallow"
Can't compete with the beastly roar of a piston engine plane, and aesthetically, the engine pods make it look like something Studebaker would design. Strictly my opinion, of course, and in fact I had the pleasure to meet a 262 pilot when I lived in Long Beach, CA many years ago.
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:14 pm to Kjun Tiger
quote:
Go on...
Friend of ours just donated a flight in his as an auction item for a fundraiser. You have to attend the event in order to bid on it though.
Rivals for Wishes
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:22 pm to Darth_Vader
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ME262 "Swallow"
it was actually kind of a pig in everything area except closing speed but man was it a sign of things to come
ETA: you can buy a ride in one of those, an F-4, A-4, P-51, B-17, B-24, and some other old warbirds from several groups around the country, some of them based in Houston
This post was edited on 2/22/15 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:25 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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For me, it's always been the P-38. Looks like nothing else,
That's because it's a Kelly Johnson work of art.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:25 pm to prplhze2000
Most of these are priceless now, but having flown in a P-51 Mustang (twin seat)for the salty price of greasing some hanger doors while installing a camera system back in the 80's with a real live WW2 pilot at the helm was a once and done event.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:27 pm to ShoeBang
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No question P51 Mustang
Posted on 2/22/15 at 1:29 pm to prplhze2000
F7F Tigercat or F82 Twin Mustang 
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