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re: WWII Thread: Lesser known aircraft that you like
Posted on 4/7/16 at 7:55 am to SWCBonfire
Posted on 4/7/16 at 7:55 am to SWCBonfire
great uncle was a turret gunner in one of these in wwII.
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Posted on 4/7/16 at 7:57 am to RedlandsTiger
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How about the P-39 Aircobra? A mid-engine fighter we loaned to the Russians. It had a cannon in the nose and 6 machine guns.
It's high altitude performance was poor. That's why we gave most of them to the Russians. The Russians used them at low level quite effectively though against the Germans.
This post was edited on 4/7/16 at 7:58 am
Posted on 4/7/16 at 9:14 am to SWCBonfire
quote:There are many gays at A&M now to make up for his lost time there.
Like many, George Gay cut his time short at A&M to fight the enemy during WWII. Gig 'em.
And they probably are gigging each other like y'all "brag" about to the rest of the world.
Here's some now-
(Pictured L to R: Gay, Gay, Gay Gay, Gay, Referee)
This post was edited on 4/7/16 at 9:23 am
Posted on 4/7/16 at 10:02 am to Darth_Vader
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It's high altitude performance was poor.
Why? Money.
They decided to leave out the more expensive two-stage supercharger in favor of the single-stage, cheaper unit.
Posted on 4/7/16 at 10:07 am to Darth_Vader
Awesome planes
Posted on 4/8/16 at 1:56 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
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Ensign George Gay.
A friend of mine was in a bookstore in Shreveport several years ago. He noticed an older man sitting by himself at a table with a stack of books. It was George Gay. He had written a book and was doing a book signing that wasn't well publicized, which was sad, but my friend went up and spoke to him, and they ended up talking for an hour and a half.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 2:26 pm to soccerfüt
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certainly by the beginning of '45 we had pretty strong air superiority.
We had air superiority by spring of '44. As soon as Doolittle allowed our Mustangs to go on sweeps for enemy fighters rather than sticking close to our bombers the Luftwaffe began to get decimated.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 6:56 pm to Jim Rockford
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On October 21, 1994, Gay died of a heart attack at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia.[8] His body was cremated and his ashes spread at the place that his squadron had launched its ill-fated attack.[9]
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:24 pm to Darth_Vader
bf-109 Gustav - upgraded engine, bad arse plane
P-39 Aircobra
P-51 B
P-39 Aircobra
P-51 B
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:59 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:19 pm to cattus
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Flying simulators and mods for the past couple decades, especially IL2
I just knocked the dust off IL-2 a few weeks ago. This is by far the greatest sim ever made and it never gets old. It's amazing what it takes to just fly, let alone accomplish missions.
This stuff is just awesome:
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LINK
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:31 pm to Darth_Vader
On my phone so I can't post a pic but I always liked the tigershark I can't remember the number designation but it was used as a chase plane for a long time
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:44 pm to bencoleman
P-40
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:09 pm to Oyster
No I apologize, I intentionally mentioned a plane that was designed and built in the sixties if I'm not mistaken. A little jet that never saw combat we ith our military but was quite popular around the world. I'm not sure why we found it unsuitable as it was an agile plane supposedly a joy to fly
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:26 pm to Oyster
The designation was the F-20 and it was a fine plane comparable to the F-16. It had a higher climb rate, higher ceiling and a higher thrust to weight ratio. After that it is all F-16. In the hands of the right pilot the F-20 would more than hold it's own against as NY fighter of that era. Except maybe the F-15
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