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Alder, chill m8.
Milo is getting a lashing for this? Are his words so bad?
Did you smack Kurfürst down for being such a swell guy toward me (and to Steve Hinton)?
[My apologies in advance if something else is wrong, you said you were not in a good mood, I hope it is nothing serious]
Only the P-38 was totally powered by Allisons. Only a handful of the P-51 family used Allisons and the P40 family was split between Allison and Merlin.
You are mostly correct about the F4F-3. The British took delivery of the first Martlet on July 27, 1940. By Oct. 40 the FAA had 81 Martlets. They could not have had any impact on the BOB. However the US Navy was using the first production F4F by April, 1940.
Are you talking about the Bf-109 or the P-51 because my arguement is about the P-51. Were our posts going right past each other.
Alright Ching, you stay out of this. Are you a moderator? Then leave the moderating to the moderators. You got that!
We deal with Kurfurst when things get out of hand, he did not get out of hand yet. I also don't need to justify myself to you. I don't have anything against you and you have been a fine member here, don't change that.
Obviously not very clear on my part. The point is the 109 was did the job as an interceptor, but was less sucessful in the escort role.
This is just a public forum Adler, not the military. Put your guns away.
Nope I am not a moderator, but I am a witness to what you are doing.
I know that you are normally a good guy, nothing I could say here can change that, but you are in a piss poor mood, and worse yet you have a conflict of interest - you are a participant in the forum as well as the moderator.
You are using your position as moderator to call milo names etc because of something he said to YOU. Not good PR to the new guy, and not a good example to the rest of us (yep, I am a hypocrite, I know I wouldn't do any better, but then I am not the moderator).
Despite your "high position" here, you are not justified in principle, and you owe him an apology. milo seems to have had some things to offer, you chased him away - out of your own pride. Don't be using power for yourself, if you want to use power - use it on behalf of someone else.
I probably signed some sacred agreement saying that I would never argue with a mod, so now I will be kicked out. I am sorry that I put you in that position.
If we need the advice of some schwantz with 200 posts, I'll open up my toilet lid and ask the turd I dropped in there his/her advice...you are a participant in the forum as well as the moderator.
You are using your position as moderator to call milo names etc because of something he said to YOU. Not good PR to the new guy, and not a good example to the rest of us
I cant believe you guys havent named the ZERO...geez...it could oufly any of those ...outrange any of those...and certainly wasnt defeated until better tactics were created
seems to me theres a lil bias going on
Out of 13143 P40s built, 2013 had the Merlin engine, the Fs and Ls.