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Old November 9th, 2007, 03:00 PM
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What is your guys favorite aircraft? Mine is the Me-110, a beautiful plane.

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Old November 9th, 2007, 03:11 PM
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I also like the Bf-110 but ole Tante Ju is my favorite.



She was actually an advanced design for her time.
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Old November 10th, 2007, 02:11 AM
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For some reason I've always liked the twin engine fighters. P-38 is my favorite of the bunch though.
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Old November 10th, 2007, 02:40 AM
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Default Re: Favorate Aircraft?

WWII really moved aviation from the wood and fabric biplanes to the jet age in just 6 years. I have many favorites but over all German designs really pushed the limits for other nations to follow. Before the war started I read in old magizanes that France and Italy had the highest rated airforces and pilots.

If I picked just one aircraft I would go with the Ta-152 since it looks like a weapon where as the the Spitfire looks too pretty to be a weapon in a war.
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Old November 10th, 2007, 02:56 AM
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Default Re: Favorate Aircraft?

you better say the tank as your forum name speaks of it

twin engine for me has to be the Ju 88G-6 though I do like the Mossie XXX

single seater single engine ......... ? the TA 152H-1 is right up there, will have to think about it for a tad bit
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Has been all of my life, the P-51D.

It's just a purdy plane to me.

The F4U Corsair is a close second.
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Old November 10th, 2007, 04:11 AM
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I have always been fond of the Focke-Wulf 190, a great all around fighter.
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the TA 152H-1 is right up there
Ta 152H? That's what my airmodelling fellows call The Power Glider With an Attitude!

Right plane, wrong country, would look beautiful with a Red Star
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seeing we are talking favourite aircraft and not which is the best.... I do have a strange liking for the Lockheed Hudson
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seeing we are talking favourite aircraft and not which is the best.... I do have a strange liking for the Lockheed Hudson
strange indeed. But, then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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The Spitfire is my favourite.

Such a beautiful looking and sounding machine, it sends a shiver down my spine to hear the purr of a Merlin engine during flypasts at airshows.
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The P-38 Lightning.
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Grumman F6F Hellcat,
with Vought F4U Corsair a close second
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P 39 Airacobra, there is something with that 37mm...
As for pure aesthetic Mitshubishi Ki 46 Dinah and Me 262.
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first it's the p51, secondly (not WWII) the a10 warthog!!
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The Spitfire, A Piece of Cake
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I hate to say it, but the C-47. A beauty of function. If you want combat planes, it would be the P51D, and B17G. And I have always had a fondness for the A-20.
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The boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is my fav plane in ww2 not ww2 its the f-22 raptor
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No. 1 is the P51D
No. 2 are Spitfire Mk 21 and FW 190 D9
No. 3 is Mitsubishi A6M5
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No.1 - B-25 Mitchell

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