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Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:17 pm
I think it had an engine failure or two on one unfortunate flight. Red Bull now owns it and from the pics I've seen it looks spectacular.

-Tim
Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:20 pm
Frank;
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38regis ... 53254.htmlRight at your fingertips buddy

Or is that Mouse tips
Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:12 pm
Going back to the original question, any of the Fiat biplane fighters, or the Macchi 200 series. Since we've tried to remove the 'shooting and getting shot at' portion of the question, I'll go for what have been described as some of the best flying airplanes of the era. Eric Brown was especially impressed by the Macchi 205.
Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:16 pm
thanks guys for the info! It looks great, although i'm not a fan of the red bull logos on the planes to promote an energy drink,( even though they have millions of dollars.)
Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:43 pm
Somebody said something a couple pages back about paying for gas, I want to change my answer to TG-8...

-Tim
Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:03 pm
Tiger Tim wrote:Somebody said something a couple pages back about paying for gas, I want to change my answer to TG-8...

-Tim
Then you're still paying for gas, but you're paying someone else to burn it up for you
Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:06 pm
Alrighty I'll downgrade yet again to a Target Kite Mk. 1 or 2, but not the Mod 1 as I don't want ot to easily be lost at sea.

-Tim
Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:28 pm
ha!
Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:59 pm
Where to start? I find myself thinking more of the early actual pre war transitional designs that lasted into WW2. I would fly the Fokker D.XXI because it spans that transition from fixed gear open cockpit biplanes to retractable gear all metal monoplanes. The D.XXI is itself a fixed gear monoplane built of steel tube and wood. It actually had a pretty good record with the Finns versus the Soviets in the Winter War of 1939-40. The Dutch did what they could with them but were outclassed by the 109 though unescorted Ju 52s were slaughtered. The D.XXI is a funkly little plane that could actually be built if plans were available.
Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:06 pm
anybody want to fly a buffalo into combat?
Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:21 pm
whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:anybody want to fly a buffalo into combat?
I know that the finns did ok with them but I'm thinking that maybe you would be better off flying a WWI fokker DVII.Fighting in a Buffalo is about as appealing as taking on the Japanese navy in a douglas devastator at midway
Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:49 pm
Napier Saber powered Hawker Typhoon, followed by the Grumman Duck.
Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:38 pm
agent86 wrote:whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:anybody want to fly a buffalo into combat?
I know that the finns did ok with them but I'm thinking that maybe you would be better off flying a WWI fokker DVII.Fighting in a Buffalo is about as appealing as taking on the Japanese navy in a douglas devastator at midway
i would add McNamara's telephone pole sam raid to that list
Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:48 am
agent86 wrote:whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:anybody want to fly a buffalo into combat?
I know that the finns did ok with them but I'm thinking that maybe you would be better off flying a WWI fokker DVII.Fighting in a Buffalo is about as appealing as taking on the Japanese navy in a douglas devastator at midway

thats a good one!
Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:49 am
agent86 wrote:whistlingdeathcorsairs wrote:anybody want to fly a buffalo into combat?
I know that the finns did ok with them but I'm thinking that maybe you would be better off flying a WWI fokker DVII.Fighting in a Buffalo is about as appealing as taking on the Japanese navy in a douglas devastator at midway

thats a good one!
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