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Offline IceFire

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Reply #80 on: October 09, 2005, 10:06:56 pm
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Ahhh... the Hurricane iirc? Joint built English/American venture.

They were lovely planes, I still think the Spitfire had the edge in combat performance, but they were expensive and slow to build, so there were a lot more Hurri's in the air than Spitfires :)

Hurricane as a joint American/British venture?  What?  I never heard that part of the story.

The Hurricane was designed by Sydney Cam and built by Hawker aviation.  It was the answer to a RAF request for a modern monoplane fighter.  It was the first of a new generation of aircraft...at the time only just slightly behind the Spitfire in performance and very reliable.

Almost 2/3rds of RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain were Hurricanes.  Many of them were given the anti-bomber duties as the Spitfire was the more equal match to the Bf109E.  Nonetheless, Hurricanes did do battle with 109s and the battles were always hard fought for both sides.

The Spitfire design had far more potential (which was later realized).  The Hurricane was the right plane for the right job at the right time with the right numbers available.
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Reply #81 on: October 09, 2005, 10:13:45 pm
Maybe that's where I got confused, I wasn't sure if it was a joint venture or whether it was a commissioned design, guess I picked the wrong option ;)
 

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Reply #82 on: October 10, 2005, 02:59:28 am
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I like the YF-23:



Me too. I was going to post that photo.

IIRC, at least one of the 'photos' of the YF-23 were fake. Can't remember if that one was.


So, the F-15 Active actually existed? It turned up in 'Day of the Cheetah' under the name F-15E, codenamed Cheetah.
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Reply #83 on: October 10, 2005, 07:41:48 am
Well, the F-15E is a real variant. It's called the "Strike Eagle" and IIRC, it's a mod for ground attack.
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Reply #84 on: October 10, 2005, 09:31:18 am
The F-15 Active was quite real, but it was designed to test advanced propulsion and control technologies.  It was never intended to be a production aircraft.

Curiously, there are rumors flying around about Northrop bringing the F-23 backto life as a tactical bomber: Link
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Reply #85 on: October 10, 2005, 01:38:29 pm
the f-14 is a heavy fighter for the navy not air supiriority fighter. the f-15 is a air supiriority fighter, which is going to be replaced with the f-22.

the f-18 and its varients are going to replace the f-14.
 

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Reply #86 on: October 10, 2005, 01:41:33 pm
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Possibly the coolest bomber ever built:


... although this one takes the 'meanest-looking' prize:
 


the b52 is the meanest ugliest big daddy of them all. hell the plane can practically land sideways!
 

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Reply #87 on: October 10, 2005, 01:43:18 pm
Technically, the F-14 is a strike fighter whose roles include air-superiority, ground attack and fleet air defense.  I'm not sure you can really pigeonhole any military aircraft in that sort of way, to be honest.
 

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Reply #88 on: October 10, 2005, 05:51:36 pm
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hell the plane can practically land sideways!


What the heck does that mean? :wtf:
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Reply #89 on: October 10, 2005, 06:29:27 pm
Who knows?

The BUFF is a pretty cool aircraft (it has its place in the Mighty 8th despite being severely out of date) but I wouldn't say it's manoeuverable enough to land sideways. The damned thing requires a huge runway just to land normally.
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