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Speaking of animals, I'm a big fan of the Horten Ho IX. It looks exactly like a manta ray, one of my favourite animals too. Another beauty is the French Cauldron Renault CR 714. Very unique design, because its radiator is symmetrically on a line with the fuselage. and Romanian IAR 80 As you...

Shame on you! There is nothing wrong with Buffy and Wildkitty, both are so small and cuddly. How can you not like them? One of my favourites too. I like how they all look like animals. ME 263 - Penguin Henschel HS 129 - Duck JU 252 - Anteater So cute and adorable.👍👍👍

There is nothing pretty about the Spitfire, in fact all those curvy lines look so silly. Whenever I see a Spitfire I am reminded of the batmobile. P51 and P38 are just as bad, however nothing looks as crappy as Lavochkins, Tempest and Typhoon. Objectively speaking, the nicest looking AC on the...

This is from Andrew Thomas book Griffon Spitfire Aces Page 75 "No less a figure than the former Inspector General of the Luftwaffe General Adolf Galland recorded a highly appropriate epitath to the type when he wrote, The best thing about the Spitfire XIV was that there were so few of them"...

This statement was supposedly made by German ace Adolf Galland. Well, I've read his autobiography and I've also watched every interview with him. Nowhere is such a quote from him to be found. I doubt that he even knew about the aircraft at all. Is there a reliable source for this, or is this...

Various sources claim how late Bf 109s (K4) are suppossed to climb at 4300ft/m at sea level (1.8 ata). According to this document dated back in 1943 a Bf 109 G1 achieved already 4100ft/m at sea level, this was not calculated but a real test with a pilot sitting in a cockpit. BF109 G1 6600lb...