The 6 Most Lethal Aircraft in History

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 4:15 pm

Interesting Read.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4290914.html?page=1

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11330

Of course they could have selected the Defender which was typically lethal only for the pilot...

51fixer · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:59 pm

bdk wrote:

Of course they could have selected the Defender which was typically lethal only for the pilot...

To technically be a pilot the machine you are operating needs to be able to fly. But the defender wouldn't have been lethal to its operation in production versions as it would have air bags installed IIRC.
Rich

mustanglover · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:13 pm

51fixer wrote:

bdk wrote:

Of course they could have selected the Defender which was typically lethal only for the pilot...

To technically be a pilot the machine you are operating needs to be able to fly. But the defender wouldn't have been lethal to its operation in production versions as it would have air bags installed IIRC.
Rich

Ahh the Defender

must now run into the living room and watch the DVD again for a laugh.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:37 am

i strongly balk at some of the choices, however.....zeke.... yes, c-130 spooky.... yes, otherwise i'll chime in after a few other posts in detail.

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:14 am

What about the 737?

lmritger · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:43 am

They add the Apache, but leave off the aircraft with the single highest victory count in history, the Bf 109? Yeah, whutevah.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:58 am

I never saw the Flying Flea or the Tomahawk and they're pretty deadly :shock:

Edward Sheetmetalhands · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:44 am **Posts:** 257

Ztex wrote:

What about the 737?

The 737 MMA, aka P8 Poseiden, is in production now, but has not began flight testing. With internal weapons storage as well as external hard points, it should be a very lethal aircraft for the enemy.

http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/200 ... 0614n.html

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:05 pm

Well...I was kinda being facetious. The 737 is the most widely used airliner in the world and has been in use for a long time. Therefore it has the distinction of having the highest fatality count in the jet airliner class, some 8700 folks. (The DC-3 is even higher with 9800+ fatalities...but that's over 60+ years of service. )

muddyboots · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:35 pm

ZTEX, does taht count all the guys who were killed in them durign the war? A lot of Paratroopers died in them one way or another...

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:04 pm

The DC-3 stuff is just for airliners, I think.

muddyboots · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:15 pm

I figured-- I can enevr figure out if a DC3 is a C47 is a... So I'm betting they just used civilian D3 crashes.

JDK · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:20 pm

muddyboots wrote:

I figured-- I can enevr figure out if a DC3 is a C47 is a...

The rule of thumb is - if it's got a cargo door, it's one of the military types. If it's got a single round topped door, it's a DC3 or civilian built version. Someone might have a better measure though!

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:47 am

Thorp T-18?? Some pretty nasty characteristics, or are we looking for gross numbers?

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