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  • #31
    Yak 3:



    Yak 9:



    Certainly not the greatest looking and definitely not the best performing, but it redeemed that with the sheer number produced.
    For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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    • #32
      Got to go with the Spitfire.

      Whenever the Biggin Hill airshow is on they always have some on display.
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      • #33
        Fez:

        thanks for being a sweetheart

        not that bad looking... looks kind of like a mix of a corsair and a spitfire... the front end looks like a spitfire while the large tail is corsair like.

        but the Yak wasnt the most produced warplane of world war 2, was it? i thought the Messerschmitt 109 had that title.
        "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
        "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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        • #34
          Sweet heart? LOL...

          Well the Russians always had the sheer number.. but never the best tactics. Many of the Yaks were shot down. Yes, I always thought the Yaks were produced in greater amounts. Especially on the final pushes to Berlin they needed quite a few of them.

          I never did like them that much... but they are okay.
          For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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          • #35
            Fez:

            i swore reading that the Me 109 was the most produced fighter... i remember so clearly because i was shocked that the US or USSR didn't produce the most produced plane... Germany which was outproduced in almost every type of weapon did make the most produced airplane of the war... of course, the me 109 started production in 1936 if i remember right and there's probably no other plane of the war that had such a long life-span.
            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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            • #36
              Albert:

              Yaks 9 produced: 16,769 (All models, source)
              P-51s produced: 7,956 (All models, source)
              BF-109 produced: 35,000 (Source
              Republic P-47 Thunderbolt produced: 15,677 (source)

              Well you are right. But the Americans did produce more overall of different types in total. More capacity to do so.

              Also I can't believe the Thunderbolt was left off the poll...

              For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)

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              • #37
                American planes and their six machine guns... why did the Pentagon decide against having canons anyway?
                "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                • #38
                  it's amazing how hard it is to find pictures of Japanese fighters...

                  but while looking, i found this gem...




                  by the way, why did jap planes have such unfierce names like "Violet Lightning", "Flying Swallow", "Moonlight", "Peregrine Falcon", and "Gale"?


                  thanks
                  "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                  "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                  • #39
                    Still can't believe you people left out the Typhoon. It's clear lines make it a beautiful aircraft.
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                    • #40
                      The spitfire is a sleek beauty ... the Mustang is a close second for me (tho my favorite fighter of teh era overall)... it reminds me of the 60s mustang cars for some reason...
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                      • #41
                        look at this thing...



                        called the "Magnificent Lightning"
                        "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                        "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                        • #42
                          the Corsair is pretty cool lookin too, as id the P-38, which has alwasy reminded me of the A-10 thunderbolt ("warthog") for some reason.
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                          • #43
                            My uncle survived an attack by Russian fighters in the Finnish Winter War because they were so noisy. He was a volonteer, somewhat like the Syrian Jiihad fighters in Iraq. Only difference was that volontery freedom fighters back then were never called terrorists, at least not in the Nordic countries.

                            He and his buddies heard the planes long before they arrived, so they left the camp and ran into the woods to hide. The Russian aircraft sprayed the camp with machine guns and left, but didn't kill a single soldier. My uncle came back after the war with a rucksack full of bullet holes to show everyone proof of combat. He never told us if he actually faced and killed any Russians, but I think that is an extremely sensitive question. Many soldiers deny the whole combat situation in the process of healing their mental wounds, while others brag widely to heal the same mental wounds. A third kind shut up to hide the fact that they were jerks who never even faced the enemy. I don't know which of those 3 kinds my uncle was, but the bullet holes in the rucksack made him my personal WW2 hero (as if there ever were heroes in wars... )
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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Albert Speer
                              American planes and their six machine guns... why did the Pentagon decide against having canons anyway?
                              Because volume of fire was seen as more important than caliber of fire. And at the speeds of dog fighting, they can make some good arguements. For interceptors tho, large calibers are superior, IMHO.

                              And, if this were a bomber beauty contest.... I've always had a place in my heart for the B-24 Mitchel. It was the first model airplane I built all by myself, and it really is a nice looking craft.
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                              • #45
                                Bah, Dora wins hands down:

                                The FW 190 D9:
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