Which fighters did pilots feel safest in for crash landing?

[FLYBOYJ]

Actually that nose probably gave great visibility for the pilot during taxi!

 

[cheddar cheese]

I think youre right! Ive never thought of that before but its a good point! 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and you think the lanc's nose looks ugly!!

 

[cheddar cheese]

It is. The P.108's is a little better, but not much!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I think youre right! Ive never thought of that before but its a good point! 8)

Thanks CC - Think about the Concord's nose! I could tell you through experience the biggest pain when taxi-ing a tail dragger is looking over the nose. Could you Imagine a huge 4 engine bomber tail dragger with a long nose? I think that was done on the P.108 just for that purpose. 8)

 

[Chocks away!]

The Piaggio is quite a unique looking plane isn't it? As are all Italian ones in fact ...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

A normal landing in a 109 was hard enough!

Actually, during 44-45 ,pilots crashlanded 109s all the time, and I think most times they got out ok. So maybe it WAS an ok aircraft to crashland after all. Remember that the difficult landing was mostly due to the landing gear, which makes no difference in a wheels up landing. On the other hand, the fw 190 must have been a handfull in such situations! High stall speed.

I am sure the crash landed them quite a bit from 1939-1944 too

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Piaggio is quite a unique looking plane isn't it? As are all Italian ones in fact ...

Yep. I really like the Italian planes

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Most unique eneogh in the ugly way!

 

[mosquitoman]

Sorry but that Piaggio monstrosity is about as beautiful as the Fairey Gannet

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

They did have some nice aircraft but most of them did not look very nice let alone seem very stable or sturdy.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

god the gannet's ugly!!

 

[mosquitoman]

At least the Gannet has character

 

[cheddar cheese]

Ugly character

lanc are you ok? The Gannet is British...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i know but it really does look like it doesn't wanna fly, it's huge!!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

It reminds me of that fat chick you would see wearing a tube top with all her fat hanging out!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Bad mental image. Damn now I wont sleep tonight.

 

[evangilder]

Dude, didn't need THAT visual! BLECK!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Like This....

 

[evangilder]

EW! Nor that visual!