Spitfires or 5 Series Italian fighters (More beautiful)

• Feb 27, 2006

• #141

the lancaster kicks ass

Major General

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listen to yourself

the spit also had the long nose which you hold in such high regard, was considderably deadlier and whilst maintaining that oh so British grace has the aggression of a -190 (now that's a lot of aggression...), she looks like she wants to be up in the air, nose up high, sniffing out the enemy..........

 

• Feb 27, 2006

• #142

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

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Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

"British grace"?

DogW

 

• Feb 27, 2006

• #143

cheddar cheese

Major General

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Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Exactly DogW I bet G.56 has a longer nose.

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #144

loomaluftwaffe

Tech Sergeant

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Dec 20, 2005

pinocchio

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #145

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

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Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

The longer the deadlier

DogW

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #146

loomaluftwaffe

Tech Sergeant

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Dec 20, 2005

oh so a flat-nosed Me410 with 8 mg151s or nebelwerfer rockets is less deadly?

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #147

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

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Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

Sure!
Compared with the longer-nosed IMAM Ro-58 it proved it's inferiority.

Longing the nose have a tremendous effect on an aircraft deadliness. Even the Americans understood this, so, they longered the nose of the P-38 beyond the strict necessity.

DogW

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #148

cheddar cheese

Major General

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Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Indeed, thats why many Italian bombers had 3 engines as this was a simple and effective way of lengthening the nose

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #149

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

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Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

Yeah. Once you have to lengthening a nose, it's better to fit something useful in it.

DogW

 

• Feb 28, 2006

• #150

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

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Mod

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London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

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• Jun 26, 2006

• #151

Jank

Senior Airman

650

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Mar 21, 2005

Nuff said.

 

• Jun 27, 2006

• #152

cheddar cheese

Major General

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Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Nice art!

 

• Jun 27, 2006

• #153

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

4

Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

Very nice, but I prefer this other

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• Jun 27, 2006

• #154

Jank

Senior Airman

650

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Mar 21, 2005

And who can forget the beautiful Macchi Mc.202. Depiction of Sergeant Major Ennio Tarantola and his mount, "DAI BANANA!" racking up his eighth aerial victory.

 

• Jun 27, 2006

• #155

Dogwalker

Senior Airman

448

4

Dec 22, 2005

Manziana Field, near Rome

Yeah, even if this one contains an error.
On 28 june 1943 the victim was not a Kittyhawk of the RAF, but one of the Checkertails (MACR 449).

 

• Jun 28, 2006

• #156

chris mcmillin

Airman

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Apr 14, 2006

Pacific Palisades California

JonJGoldberg said:

Mc-205 For Me... Wing Included. As for the Mustang A,B,C... I'll agree the A was ugly from most angles; but the B, C types to me are like Jaguar E-Types. If you know the car she is a real looker; but only in the right duds: Any sign of wear, wrong color, wrong bumper guard, wrong tires or rims, or especially if she is sitting wrong, she morphs into one ugly machine.

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That's funny! Kind of like how a Beech 17 morphs into something ugly when one releases any back-pressure during the landing rollout.
Anyway, the Jag is a gorgeous car and the Porsche lovers think it's hideous. I think the 911 looks like an ugly frog.

The Italian fighters are pretty, but I always liked the MC-200 best.
I like the MkII and PRXIX Spitfires best.
I like C model Mustangs best. Prototype P-51 was just beautiful too.
YP-38's too. FW-190A-1 through 3. BF-109F. P-47D razorback with wing pylons and Lockheed tanks. I got a million favorites...

Chris...

 

• Jun 28, 2006

• #157

Soren

1st Lieutenant

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Feb 6, 2005

The Reggiane 2005 is a very beautiful fighter, one of the most beautiful, but I like the looks of the Spitfire XIV just abit better. I'm not particularly fond of any of the early Spitfire marks though..

 

• Jun 30, 2006

• #158

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hole in the ground

Airman

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Jun 26, 2006

Out of interest who knows the little asymetrical secret of macchi's? Very cunning it is too.
My vote goes to the PR blue spits

 

• Jun 30, 2006

• #159

Jank

Senior Airman

650

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Mar 21, 2005

Oh, me me me me.
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Wing span.

 

• Jul 1, 2006

• #160

H

hole in the ground

Airman

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Jun 26, 2006

Yeah, instead of off-setting the rudder one wing was longer than the other to counteract torque. Weren't they clever little buggers.
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