Most "Bad Ass" looking Aircraft of WW2
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fubar57
General
Perhaps you go back to page 4 and follow where this came from
TheMadPenguin
Senior Airman
Naw, I'm good. P 4 shows lots of planes and one tank.
The tank needs wings, both for this thread and as room for more missiles.
The tank needs wings, both for this thread and as room for more missiles.
fubar57
General
You're new here. These threads rarely stay on topic for more than one page. Stick around and watch
TheMadPenguin
Senior Airman
I'm new here. And, I'm good with what I said. Have fun.
Admiral Beez
Major
Heinkel He 219 looks pretty bad ass IMO. I believe it was the only German aircraft built specifically from the ground up as a night fighter.
There's one being restored, see here Heinkel He 219 Uhu
There's one being restored, see here Heinkel He 219 Uhu
Overweight or not, it was a good performer. And just how effective is rear defense in a night fighter, anyhow? If you're being stalked by a Mosquito intruder, your "tail gunner" isn't going to see him until he opens fire, at which point your gunner is toast. And no other intruder is going to catch you. And a head-on view of a plywood Mosquito is going to paint a mighty small radar return, IF you happen to be one of the very few to have tailcone radar installed. It was in its infancy, and not completely sorted yet. Radar is really better than a gunner. It doesn't light up the sky and bring everybody's eyes on you like a gunner would. If you get a tail warning, just duck out of the way and disappear from your pursuer's scope. Chances are he's trying to home on the emissions of your radar, but has a relatively narrow cone of sensitivity, so if you make a sharp change of direction and get outside the cone, he's got 1 chance in 4 (up, down, left, right) of guessing correctly and re-acquiring you. You have 3 chances in 4 of making a clean getaway. Without the weight and drag of a gunner your chances are better yet.
Cheers,
Wes
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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They wanted to be absolutely certain he was the first at the scene of the crash.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I remember the first time I saw one without the arieals on the nose, I couldn't figure out what the heck it was.
Just Schmidt
Senior Airman
I am slightly embarrassed about making this post, but I do think this looks bad ass, kind of.
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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Well, it was an effective aircraft.
stug3
Staff Sergeant
A-36
Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero
Savoia-Marchetti SM79 Sparviero
Could you ask for better visibility? Bet it feels like sitting on the business end of a high dive board. About like the front seat of a Schleicher ASK21 or any other glass slipper. The world yawns before you from right in front of your toes.
I never thought "badassness" equaled Ugly As Sin. Somehow the Humpback Whale just isn't high in my "Badass Book".
Y'know, scrolling down, yes, those might be some rather badass flying machines, however, for pure badassery from both an offensive as well as for aircrew, my vote would have to be the Flying Prostitute herself, the B-26, so called because she seemed to have no visible means of support, a point that was reinforced by one of her other names, One a Day in Tampa Bay. She was so hot that she looked like she truly was flying at high speed just sitting on the ground. After all, "badass" can be looked at both ways. This bird had to be flown all the way, from taxying, to landing, no gentle flaring before touchdown here.
That's no airplane, that's a torpedo with fins on it!
chipieal
Airman
I realize my choice just missed WW II. It is the sinister Tigercat Look at it head on enough said
