What's the most beautiful plane ever made and why is

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Wrong

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>>34277445

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>>34277425
*blocks your flight plan*

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>>34277425
Wrong.

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>>34277425

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>>34277425

Wrong.

>>34277425
You mean Spitfire

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>>34277498
My flight plan includes Me, my entourage, and my flight squadron, but only one of you!

>>34277425

Theres something really romantic about the F-86 and the gunfighting it did. It's one of the best, for sure.

I think the F-22 is the most aesthetically pleasing plane.

Noteables:
B-1b Lancer
B-58 Hustler
F-15
SR-71

I like you OP

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>>34277999
>not "me, my CBG, and my carrier wing"

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>>34277425
>>34277445
>>34277498
>>34277508
>>34277568
>>34277570

Shit taste.

>>34277999

Getting somewhere.

Get on this level.

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>>34278059

>we designed this aircraft soley to kill nips and nazis

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>try not to cry about what never was

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>>34278088

>how many 50 caliber machine guns can we fit in the nose?
>I dunno, like 8 maybe, but I dont see wh-
>do it and don't ask questions

>>34277425
I'd love to see those at the Reno Air Races.

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The A26 is aesthetic as fuck as well

Are shit planes that are good looking allowed?

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>>34278524
Yes

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Step aside faggots.

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>american planes
>good looking
xax

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>>34277425

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>>34278753
this
>be american
>make 5th gen jet
>runs and looks like shit

>>34278053
Was getting radar locked a part of your plan?

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>>34277425
Not even memeing.

>>34278105
>we need a P-39
>but bigger

Did they ever fit those things with 20mm?

>>34278778
>be russian
>make 5th gen jet
>never finish development
>still looks good tho

>>34278957
You flying it in DCS? Sounds like you're flying it in DCS

>>34278753
Well that certainly doesn't look good.

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>Crew chief connects ground power.
>Master engine switch goes to "on"
>Throttle to "outboard"
>Battey switch is pressed down momentarily to "starter," and then released back to its neutral position as the engine spools up to something like Three percent.
>Throttle is set to idle while the engine spools to something like twelve or fourteen percent power.
>Tell crew chief to disconnect ground power and retract the flaps and airbrakes. Check to make sure they are retracting freely. Set battery switch to "on"
>Set the radios to required frequencies.
that's all there really is to starting up an F-86F. There are about three more steps to getting all the weapons that aren't the rockets working, but they're so readily apparent that you probably won't need instructions, save for the rockets, which require the rocket fire switch to be set to "auto" or "single" before they work, and the switch is a bit inconspicuous, but everything else is SUPER apparent, can't miss it. Easy plane to start, mostly easy to fly.
>>34278997
Yes, flying in DCS. Fucking love that game. Can't wait for the F-14 or the F/A-18 if ED ever stops dragging their ass.

>>34277425
Scuse me motherfuckers

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>>34277425
Fire and brimstone bitches

>>34278972
the navy fitted them with 75mm's for taking out cargo ships

>>34278997
MiG-15's don't fly like magical UFOs that are unaffected by gravity when they climb in the dogfights since they made a full module of it. Used to be that in the F-86 the best I could hope for is to fire the GAR-8 and have it hit or run out of fuel before he managed to shoot me down, now I can actually win if I play my cards right.

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>>34279038
Laughs in tracking radar.

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>>34279054
Laughs in wild weasel.

>>34279010
I'm really hoping for a high fidelity F-18, not just some shit F-18 that is early version without Link16 or anything. If they get a somewhat modern F-18 version up with HARMS and Link-16 there will no longer be any reason to fly any other plane in DCS.

A2A? Much better SA and comparable kinematics to F-15C but you get lock lines from wingman and tracks from AWACS on enemy if Link16 is in it.

A2G? Much better to drop JDAMs at 30k feet .9M than the current A-10s. The LAR is huge if the bomb can just autopilot glide all that way.

SEAD? Only SEAD right now in DCS is Su-25 which is honestly shit tier and a compromise right now. F-18 will become king of that.

I think most online fighter groups are going to go almost all F-18 when it comes around and gonna need to split squadrons based on role in the F-18 rather than the current model of split into aircraft flown.

>>34279167
Honestly, I'll take the F/A-18C because any F/A-18 will do at this point, though I was really hoping for the (sadly now cancelled) F/A-18E, the F-14 however, I think will challenge the mastery of naval operations. The F-14 will probably be out some time this year, but I think we're gonna have more than a few pilots repeat the Kara Hultgreen incident. I do KIND OF wish they'd put in the F-14D instead, but I'm up for the challenge nonetheless, and an F-14A will still be a much needed giving of love to naval aviation and aircrft carriers, which I doubt have seen much of an update since the days of Flaming cliffs if not even as far back as lock-on. In any case, in order to stay inside the landing area of the carrier, your nose will need to be over the centerline, and players who aren't careful will likely meet the same fate Kara Hultgreen did.

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V O O D O O
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>>34277568
>guaranteed replies.

>>34277425
Because it just is

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>>34278105

>Okay guys, I made that one you wanted with the 8 guns in the nose but I don't thi-
>Put 4 more on the sides

>>34279167
If you're wondering what happened to Hultgreen, here's video of her death. https://youtu.be/6Q_anBB3M0A
The description of what happened was that she overshot the landing centerline, and tried to use full left rudder to correct it, causing a disruption of airflow into the left intake, and a compressor stall. She then applied full power to the right engine in order to wave off, causing the plane to torque and begin to roll over. The RIO initied ejection, and ejected while the cockpit of the plane was just pointing only fiteen degrees upward from the water, zero point four seconds later when the pilot ejected, Hultgreen was ejected straight into the water, recovered nineteen days later while still strapped to her seat.

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Come on now. This whole thread is a silly joke, right? Everyone knows there is only one.

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you have 10 seconds to name a cuter plane

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>>34280920
Easy

>>34280941
proportions are off, canopy too big relative to plane size, looks like an ugly midget, instead of a cute little schoolgirl, like the F-16.

XB-70 Valkyrie

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>>34277425

You are wrong.

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>>34277425
You guys all have shit taste

>>34281110
What kind of Rocketeer-like shit is this?

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>Yes I'm a 60's plane
>Yes I fly transcontinental
>Still hold the record for fastest subsonic flight over the Atlantic
>Ruler of Hot & High
>Stop hitting on me you silly commuters

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>>34281110
>meatball

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>>34281140
notice me senpai

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Checkmate, dickbags

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Concorde

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>>34280920
*pops up*

>>34278731
das it mayne

>>34277568
I used to think the F-35 was ugly but it's definitely grown on me

>>34281110
>>34283011
Italy was weird

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>>34277425
I like that and the su 27

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>Beautiful planes
>No Hawker Sea Hawk

You wouldn't recognize beauty even if it strafed you with four 20mm cannons

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ahem

>>34281140

>You're really flying when you fly B-O-A-C!

Now that fucking jingle is stuck in my head.

>>34279420

the B-25 is one of mankind's greatest advances in killing technology

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>>34277425
I've always had a thing for the Tornado

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This. The single most versatile plane in WWII

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wrong

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>>34279895
This.
>>34284102
This.
and this. :)

Beautiful.

definitly

>>34284102

Were they used by mercenaries? Moquito men?

>>34284671
Ugly and obsolete. Kinda like Hampden stadium

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>>34280920

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>>34277425
Wrong

>>34283011
Did that thing actually fly?

>>34286696
It flew straight into my heart. But other than a few test flights I don't think so

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>>34279342
my great uncle flew one of these in 'Nam

>>34277425
F86-F is the sexiest one.

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>>34277425
Wrong

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It's a shame the prototype was destroyed in a fire and the project abandoned in favor of jets.

>>34279342
Not only is the Voodoo a nice looking plane in its own right, I love how you can see some of the evolutionary hints of what would become the Phantom.

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>>34286873
Not even close. :)

>>34281069
What a nice aeroplane

>>34284102
Fuck yeah!

>>34284637
Fuck no.
It was the wooden wonder. Look it up it was phenominal.

At least look up Operation Jericho in WW2

>>34287037
>Operation Jericho
>717 prisoners, 37 kia, 260 executed, mission accomplished.

>>34287047
Yeah... that part sucked.

Back on point it was a phenomenal craft that was almost not even put into production. Even the USA centric Dogfights show did a feature on it.

>>34280915
>waves of these olive beauties never flew over Europe
Feels bad man

>>34287000
f4U

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>>34280965

>Implying there's no such thing as a hot midget

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these are all funny looking pictures of the true best plane

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>>34284745
You served us well

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All of you are wrong. No plane can be as happy as this one.

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I like the 262

>>34279167
https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3167340&postcount=231

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I'm biased since this is actually my jet

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>>34281069
The only correct answer.

>>34277425
My grandfather worked on sabres. I didn't know till this last Christmas when he found out in am aircraft mechanic myself. At which point we started calling each other faggots and angrily shit talked each other. It's good to know mechanics don't change over time or airframes.

>>34279038
Phantoms k/d radio is soviet tier though

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>>34283053
Seeing this bird starting and flying was amazing.

It's kind of sad that supersonic flights aren't a thing anymore.

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>>34287047
OP Jericho
>258 escaped, including 79 Resistance and political prisoners, although two thirds of the escapees were recaptured
>3 Mosquitos, 2 Typhoons lost

Aarhus Air Raid
>150–200 Gestapo members and some 30 Danes perished in the attack

Oslo Mosquito raid
>The building was not destroyed, but several civilian residences were, and 80 civilians were killed or injured

Operation Carthage
>55 German soldiers and 47 Danish employees of the Gestapo killed
>a Mosquito hit a lamp post, damaging its wing, and the plane crashed into the Jeanne d'Arc School, about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the target. Several bombers in the second and third wave attacked the burning school, mistaking it for their target. 125 Danish civilians killed, including 86 schoolchildren.

As the old saying goes, you can't make an omelette without fragging a few Dutch schools. Other than that slightly mixed record, the Mossie was still brilliant.

>>34277508
>braaap

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AYY LMAO

>>34288686
eagle drivers on my /k/? or maintenance crew?

>>34290356
literally a banana

>>34281130
Macchi M.39, she took Schneider Trophy in 1926. Aircraft aesthetics basically peaked with the Schneider trophy monoplane seaplane racers.

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>>34290322
>Oslo Mosquito raid

>Bomb scores a perfect hit, smashing through the wall of the Gestapo HQ
>Doesn't detonate
>Bounces of the floor
>Flies out through the other wall
>Lands amongst some houses
>Explodes there

>>34287001
my nigga

>>34280941
the italian version is better

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>>34281158

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>>34288335
Please, Original Happy Plane happily watches the seas.

>>34290322
>As the old saying goes, you can't make an omelette without fragging a few Dutch schools.
Hahahahha

>>34288124
We're talking about planes, not thots

>>34277425

>hollow nose air intake
>beautiful

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The Ju 87 goes REEEEEEE

>>34281158
This! Super connie is hardly ever posted in these threads despite being the most beautiful prop driven airliner.

>>34291054
>that image
awful flashbacks to that fucking war thunder event.

Nice artwork, though.

>>34278562
Hasn't that thing killed more German pilots than the Soviet air force?

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>>34277425

There is a lot to say about it.

>sleek
>streamlined
>clean lines
>smooth contours

The radar-nose and mouth-intake models are pig ugly though.

>>34292547
I like it, it reminds me of a dog.

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airplanes but with different nations paint scheme

>>34277568
it is nice looking at least

>>34288346
That plane, believe it or not, was built in Fort Worth, Texas.

I know the guy that built the me-262s that are currently flying. Herb Tishler. He built several real awesome planes. Including a couple Japanese Oscars.
He's old but still alive.

>>34278776
The Bf 109 doesn't even look as good as the Spitfire.
>>34277425
The MiG-15 and MiG-17 are a tad prettier than the F-86

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MiG-29 is my planefu desu

>>34278776
BF109 is sexy, Anon.

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>>34295214
But the BF109 is so ecchi.

>>34278753
>>34278778
Why do the Vatniks need to violently brandish thier god awful inferiority complexes everywhere? The plane's a dud but your post is bait anyway.

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>>34281110
M.39 was peculiar, but the M.C.72 is straight up better (I just love contra-rotating props).

Still, the Savoia Marchetti S.55 was the peak of italian seaplanes.

>>34286696
Yes, and it even flew well, mostly because the rear control surfaces were placed just out of the duct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg-7XTUiJt4

This is probably one of the first ducted fans ever, and because of its shape it's the spiritual predecessor of modern jet engines.

>>34278059
Naw, man. U da faggot.

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Oh look at this. This isn't your country creating the most aesthetic jet yet made.

>>34296045
Fuck off. That airframe is Fucking gorgeous.

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>>34286959
It's actually significantly bigger than the Phantom. You can kind of see the F-101B off to the side in this pic.

>>34281074
holy shit what is that??
was it good or a flaming piece of shit?

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>>34296224
Even though it doesn't look as threatening, I prefer the T-10 prototype to the final result in many ways.

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>>34296343
That's Saab Draken. It was pretty fine for its time.

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>>34296356
Idk, it always looked clumsy to me.

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>>34281158
>tfw no Super Connie AWACS in DCS

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What about helicopters

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>>34296414
A E S T H E T I C C

>>34279010
Super Hornet start sequence:
>battery switch on
>APU switch on
Once APU ready light turns on
>crank switch - right engine
At 10% RPM
>right throttle to idle
Once engine is fully started, repeat last two steps for left engine. APU automatically turns itself off

Granted, there are a million other things to do or check though. But that gets the engines on.

>>34289663
You military or civilian?

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Hawk a cutie

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Wasn't quite the best IIRC, but to me the Super Saber looks like it could've been in Star Wars.

>>34290498
A FUCKING BANANA

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>156 replies
>No Rafale

What the FUCK is wrong with you guys.

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>>34296414
>>34296461

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>>34296615
Bananas make good helicopters

>>34284102
No, that's the PBY Catalina, just by nature of it's water landing ability

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>>34296668
MENTIONED

Absolutely my favorite plane if I had to make a completely un-categorized choice. I think it looks awesome as hell too.

>>34296696
10 dudes, 3 .30s 2 .50s and 4000lbs of explosives just looking to fuck shit up

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*blocks your path*

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>>34296706

>>34292943
>HURK
sorry, minor case of cardiac arrest due to that ground clearance

>>34292547
How hard would it have been to have a thin cockpit with side intakes like a scaled-down >>34292943 instead of the fugly chin scoop? The only jet that makes it work is the Crusader...

>>34288686
E-model conformal tanks are T H I C C

>>34288346
>>34295068
The modern engines are tiny compared to the original nacelles-would love to see him mount them on the wingtips for maximum retro sleekness, regardless of structural challenges...

>>34277425
Silver, California orange and gloss black is a fucking sexy ass combination.

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>>34280920
>literally the happiest plane ever.
F-16 acute.

You have 10 seconds to explain why you're not snuggle wuggling an f-16.

Have spook glider

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>>34291350
Yes, and yet the F-104's pilot mortality rate is dwarfed by the F-84's track record.

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DAT THICC ASS

>>34297312
because I like F-14, F/A-18E and F-15C.

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>>34296263
I always liked how solid the A-4 Skyhawks looked.
I feel like it's the true father of the Phantom.
>add extended wing kink
>second engine
Just add new tail.

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>>34288335

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>>34297654
>I feel like it's the true father of the Phantom
The true father of the Phantom is the F3H Demon. The Skyhawk is a really nice plane, though. I feel like it'd have been quite a nice export fighter had we decided to try to pitch it as an off-brand Folland Gnat.

>>34289626
>high gloss
There is nothing more disgusting than high gloss on a wwii warbird.
They didn't even look like that when they rolled off the factory floor.

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>>34297966

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>>34298822

>>34298825
Tanguy et Laverdure/10

>>34278753
>Not Sukhoi with canards

>>34291350
>insist on taking your high-altitude interceptors trimming trees in the mountains
>"it's the american capitalists' fault"

>vatniks shit up another good thread with their autism
i blame the faggots who didnt tell them to fuck off

>>34277508
That is a good choice.

>>34281074
Awesome choice.

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>>34296224
>that gooseneck
absolutely lovely

>>34296629
it is a really good looking plane
probably the best looking 4th gen out there
by far

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>I'm misunderstood

Jazz AC when

>>34278562
Wie bekommt man günstig einen Starfighter?

Man kauft sich einen Garten und wartet.

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>>34297654
>So small it didn't need folding wings
I think that's amongst the cutest pieces of aviation trivia I know.

Bit of a shame they didn't make the enlarged A4D-6 bomb truck.

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>>34284855
Based.

Anyone know the radar range on the Early A-6A and A-6B intruders? I'm trying to find them for an air combat tabletop game I'm researching/designing.

I posted in the QTDDTOT thread
>>34300162

>>34277425
that isn't the AVON sabre.

>>34279420

they eventually ended up with a version with side mounted 40 mm cannon FFS.

>>34278105
Nice - the B-25 from the Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton

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>>34278776
>not the objectively superior g-10
You dun goofed

>>34284102

>oh the nazis have fucking ICBM ptor tech missiles?

>send the plane made out of BALSAWOOD AND CANVAS after it

>overtakes and destroys v1's and v2's

>overtakes and kills me 262's