MikeGazdik
Senior Airman
F4U Corsair = 426 Hemi Cuda
Big Block American horsepower!
Big Block American horsepower!
"Coolest" Fighter
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tengu1979
Airman 1st Class
For me it would Be a Tempest MkV. The perfect combination of looks and brutality.
stug3
Staff Sergeant
A-36 Apache
GregP
Major
The car is a Chrysler product ...
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
But the Corsair was a GM product!
GregP
Major
Hi Wuzak,
Wasn't thinking of the looks ... was thinking of the performance. I have ridden in both and the XK12 was head and shoulders a better performer. My take on the Spitfire was the excess power due to light weight and the fantastic rate of climb ... but you are right about the looks ... the XKE was a classic if ever there was one. I had one friend who retrofitted one with elecrtonic ignition and fuel injection and was delighted with the result (greatly enhanced reliability).
I'd take the MC.202 and then Miranda with the Ferrari coming in last.
Wasn't thinking of the looks ... was thinking of the performance. I have ridden in both and the XK12 was head and shoulders a better performer. My take on the Spitfire was the excess power due to light weight and the fantastic rate of climb ... but you are right about the looks ... the XKE was a classic if ever there was one. I had one friend who retrofitted one with elecrtonic ignition and fuel injection and was delighted with the result (greatly enhanced reliability).
I'd take the MC.202 and then Miranda with the Ferrari coming in last.
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MikeGazdik
Senior Airman
But the Corsair was a GM product!
Are you thinking Corvair ?
But the Corsair was a GM product!
No way, it was a Ford product Ford Corsair (ducks to avoid shower of rotten vegetables)...
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GregP
Major
Chance Vought was started by Birdseye Lewis and Chance Vought in 1917 as the Lewis and Vought Aircraft Corporation. It went through Chance Vought, Vought Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace, Ling-Temco-Vought, Vought Aircraft Comanies, and and Vought Aircraft Industries, which it is today.
It was never owned by General Motors.
It was never owned by General Motors.
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SPEKTRE76
Airman 1st Class
Focke Wulf Fw-190D-13. If it ever had the chance of being produced, I say the Bugatti P110 fighter.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Never said it was owned by General Motors, but U.S. car companies did manufacture aircraft during the war...
I made a mistake earlier when I said General Motors in reference to the Corsair, I was wrong, it was Goodyear that subbed the F4U...GM (aka Eastern Aircraft Div) made other aircraft like the Wildcat (FM series), TBF Avenger (TBM series) and even the Fisher P-75 (though it was cancelled in '44)...
I made a mistake earlier when I said General Motors in reference to the Corsair, I was wrong, it was Goodyear that subbed the F4U...GM (aka Eastern Aircraft Div) made other aircraft like the Wildcat (FM series), TBF Avenger (TBM series) and even the Fisher P-75 (though it was cancelled in '44)...
MikeGazdik
Senior Airman
No way, it was a Ford product Ford Corsair (ducks to avoid shower of rotten vegetables)...
I am sorry. Wasn't thinking across the pond. I didn't know Ford made a Corsair!!!! I want one!!! ( I am a huge Ford racing fan. I drag race a Mercury!! lol. thanks for the education.
If "coolest" refers just to looks and style and not performance, necessarily, I'd go with the Spitfire I as the coolest fighter of all time, followed closely by the P-38, Westland Whirlwind, Fw-189, Grumman F5F and F7F, and Do-335. Something about twin engined single seaters are just so.....sexy.
