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Your favorite WWII era (piston engine) fighter?

YellowSnow
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Your favorite WWII era (piston engine) fighter? 16 votes

Messerschmitt Bf 109
0%
North American P-51
43%
DerekJohnsonDawgtonaDeepSeaZbiak1Dude61GrundleStiltzkinDawgWagonDan 7 votes
Supermarine Spitfire
0%
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
0%
Vought F4U Corsair
25%
SwayeSoutherndawgdfleaYellowSnow 4 votes
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
0%
Grumman F6F Hellcat
0%
Focke Wulf 190
18%
CuntWafflePurpleJBearsWiin 3 votes
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
0%
Write-In Option
12%
LebamDawgSledog 2 votes
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Vought F4U Corsair
    The P-51 was a far superior aircraft, but the Corsair just has something cool about it.

    'Der gabelschwanz teufel' P-38 is pretty fucking cool, too. I watched one at Oshkosh do aerobatics with only one engine running.

    I always thought the Hawker Typhoon and the Junkers Stuka were cool as well.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,697 Founders Club
    Vought F4U Corsair
    dflea said:

    The P-51 was a far superior aircraft, but the Corsair just has something cool about it.

    'Der gabelschwanz teufel' P-38 is pretty fucking cool, too. I watched one at Oshkosh do aerobatics with only one engine running.

    I always thought the Hawker Typhoon and the Junkers Stuka were cool as well.

    Stuka was a dive bomber so no inclusion here of course. Hawker Typhoon was pretty kick ass but just not as important to the outcome of the war. P-51 is without a doubt the greatest all around piston fighter ever made, but like you I am partial to the Corsair. @Southerndawg once pointed out to me it was actually designed by a UW engineering grad and it's most famous operator was, of course, a UW guy- i.e., Pappy.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,697 Founders Club
    edited June 2018
    Vought F4U Corsair
    Swaye said:

    So, P-51 is the most bad ass air to air radial ever. Everyone knows that. But, and I know I am not alone in this, nothing says screaming death like close air support capable aircraft. A2A is cool or whatever in movies, but you ask any WWII island hopping Marine what the greatest sight in their life was and it was USN or USMC stamped Corsairs flying low and fast and absolutely pounding the shit out of Jap gun emplacements that had them pinned down under withering fire. CAS saves lives. American lives. The Corsair is the ultimate radial expression of that.

    I flew F-18's, and HATED the fact that I couldn't fly the A-6. Glory boys all wanted F-14s, but the real life saving is done at 300 feet and 400 knots...fucking shit up. See A-10 for details.

    P-51 had a liquid cooled V-12, not radial, but still...TYFYS!!

    CAS planes I feel are some serious NTD, BB shit, hence my affinity for the Corsair. They were still flying those things in Korea and to great affect as you point out. Hell, the Navy was still flying A-1 Skyraiders in Vietnam. It's a shame that we've gone to the stupid jack of all trades, master of none F-35 model.

    P-47 was obviously a great ground attack plane too.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    Vought F4U Corsair
    YellowSnow said:

    Swaye said:

    So, P-51 is the most bad ass air to air radial ever. Everyone knows that. But, and I know I am not alone in this, nothing says screaming death like close air support capable aircraft. A2A is cool or whatever in movies, but you ask any WWII island hopping Marine what the greatest sight in their life was and it was USN or USMC stamped Corsairs flying low and fast and absolutely pounding the shit out of Jap gun emplacements that had them pinned down under withering fire. CAS saves lives. American lives. The Corsair is the ultimate radial expression of that.

    I flew F-18's, and HATED the fact that I couldn't fly the A-6. Glory boys all wanted F-14s, but the real life saving is done at 300 feet and 400 knots...fucking shit up. See A-10 for details.

    P-51 had a liquid cooled V-12, not radial, but still...TYFYS!!

    CAS planes I feel are some serious NTD, BB shit, hence my affinity for the Corsair. They were still flying those things in Korea and to great affect as you point out. Hell, the Navy was still flying A-1 Skyraiders in Vietnam. It's a shame that we've gone to the stupid jack of all trades, master of none F-35 model.

    P-47 was obviously a great ground attack plane too.
    Obvious oversight on my part. How could I forget the Rolls Royce Merlin engine? Don't get me started on Rolls Royce "jet" engines. Fucking spool up time from hell that REALLY REALLY sucks when trying to fly the ball. Almost killed me once in a trainer. No joke.

    Hellcat is cool too. Skyraider was cool as fuck.



    All my favorite planes are CAS. Skyraider, Thunderbolt, Hellcat and Corsair, giving way to the A-6, AV-8B (even though it's engines are wonky as fuck) and A-10 are the stuff of my wet dreams.

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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Vought F4U Corsair
    If you haven't heard a Rolls Merlin scream overhead at low altitude, you are really missing out.

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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,697 Founders Club
    Vought F4U Corsair
    I take little Yella Snow to the Museum of Flight about once a month in the winter. Best indoor playground in Seattle. He's only 4 but knows many of the planes names already.

    He wants to be a pilot some day but then 6'6" - 6'7" + 20/400 will kick in.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    North American P-51
    Meant to click P-38, but all good.


    Ps, too much war imagery.
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