5 Favourite Planes

[plan_D]

Yes it did. Or was that the III. One of the early marks did.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

oh well..................

 

[plan_D]

Was I right!?! Tell me which one, my brother has the book. I suppose I could phone him up to make sure.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you do that because i don't know.................

 

[plan_D]

Ok, I will

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

that'll make for an interesting conversation though

"hey, i'm just ringing because i need some info from one of your books, that's all"

 

[plan_D]

That's exactly what I said. He's not bothered, he does it to me too.

The Mk. II had a Merlin-XII engine. IIa 750 built, IIb 170 built.
Mk.III one built with Merlin-XX. Mk. IV experimental Griffon prototype. I was right.

 

[Maestro]

Maestro, like toffi says, I reckon this is a "favorite plane" list, not a "I think this is the best plane" list... You can't really argue with people's choices...

That's right. Sorry.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it just so happens that the top plane on my list also happened to be the best of the war.................

 

[plan_D]

I fail to see how you come to that conclusion.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

"bomber" harris called it the "single most ipmortant factor in wining WWII"..................

 

[plan_D]

Patton called the M1 the most important factor, does that make it the best rifle. Some Japanese General said that the Chindits were Japans greatest trouble, does that make them the best fighting unit (I think they were)?

The Lancaster wasn't the best. For a start, you cannot compare a heavy bomber to a fighter or recon plane. Then you've got the B-29 which was better than the Lancaster in ability anyway.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ability anyway.

perhaps, but it had no charactor.................

 

[plan_D]

Any machine that kills lots of people for a cause, has plenty of character.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

not really.................

 

[plan_D]

I think it does, I hope remember the whole idea of these planes.

 

[Stuka-99]

1-Ju87 Hence my nickname
2-Mossie love it
3-Supermarine Spitfire cus it's a symbol of british resistance in ww2
4-Yak-9 cus its my fave russian fighter
5-Me262 cus its the best plane in ww2(I know it's debatetable)

 

[Lightning Guy]

Who cares about the 'character' of an airplane when the bullets start flying?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the crew..................

 

[plan_D]

Us, 60 years later.