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WW II plane buffs?

I'm almost America's newest private pilot, but I've got years of experience with R/C planes. Almost exclusively, I fly WWII vintage warbirds, mostly fighters.

Alfa Models (Czech company) makes a very detailed, easy to assemble, and wonderful flying model for many of your favorites. they require little power to zip along in faster than scale fashion, and "assembly" takes as little as half an hour - often less time than it takes to charge the flight battery.
 
Spindrift said:
The P-38 was designed by Kelly Johnson of the Skunkworks fame.

Charles Lindbergh shot down a Japanese plane in the Pacific while flying a P=38, even though he was only there as a civilian contractor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
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Because of his controversial activities before the war, Lindberg played only an unofficial role, but did spend time flying with active combat squadrons. Something most people don't know is that it was he who designed and tested the fuel system modification that gave the P-38 it's phenomenal range. Something which enabled them to shoot down the bomber carrying Admiral Yamamoto. The man credited with the kill survived the war---------------

http://b-29s-over-korea.com/rexbarber/barber.html
 
Yuri Nalyssus said:
MODEL!

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Wow - 1/72nd scale. I didn't have an inkling of a suspicion when I looked at the photos.

Loving this thread btw - one of my faves (after Spitfire) would also be the DeHaviland Mosquito - the 'flying soapbox', the world's first stealth plane.

Yuri
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I could tell it was a model, but I thought it was 1/48 at the smallest. At 1/72 my mind is exploded. I thought you'd made a typo until I checked the link.
 
A few years ago I stumbled across http://www.luft46.com/, which has information about a huge number of German WWII experimental aircraft concepts. They range from the mundane to the bizarre; it's a great site to browse if you're interested in such things. And I'm guessing that anyone following this thread is probably interested in such things.
 
http://www.globalaircraft.org

Here is an interesting site. There are quite a few cargo aircraft from that era (DC3, DC4, and DC6) still flying around Alaska.

A couple of years ago, the day before the big air show at Elmendorf AFB, a P51 and a Warthog were flying patrol together over Anchorage. Very cool.
 
My paternal grandfather served as an engineer/dorsal turret gunner on board a B-24J with the 449th Bomb Group, 15th AAF out of Grottaglia, Italy. Altogether, he was on three separate planes, two of which crashed-landed (one on takeoff, the other on Vis. )

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He would tell my brother and I stories when we were kids about his time in the war (later corroborated by a journal he thought he'd lost, but was discovered after his death). Several times he mentioned their use of parachutes to slow down the plane for the short landing on Vis, and of seeing Me-262s on one mission (the entire entry for that mission was, "Saw strange planes today.") He also mentioned Fw-190s a few times. By and large though, he hated the flak, and it featured regularly in the entries (it was flak that forced his second plane to land on Vis on the way back from a mission over Vienna).

I credit this in large part with my interest in history (enough to earn a degree in the subject), and particularly in the World Wars. If he were alive today I would pay to have him go up in the B-24 here in greater Dallas (can't get the link to work today - but it's Cavanaugh Air Museum in Addison). It would have to be a B-24 though. He was always a little bitter that the B-17s got so much of the attention.

B-24J:
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Wudang said:
One I was fascinated by was the Blohm & Voss asymmetric BV 141
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I want a Ju87G with a laser cannon and wing miniguns. Then a transtemporal device and a hop to Germany in the late 30's/early 40s for a little flyover fun for various SS Units and their butt-buddies. Just for giggles (mine, of course).:D
 
SpitfireIX said:
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Originals and other photos of this outstanding model here.
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Thanks for the unintentional assistance- this is the G/Kannonenvogel (Cannon - bird) which I want to modify for entertainment purposes!!! That is absolutely beautiful.
 
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The B-17 remains my favorite WW2 craft for family reasons,but I always thought the B-24 Liberator never got it's due.

My favorite individual fighters of the war were Faith,Hope,and Charity at Malta in 1940. Those Gladiator pilots gave a very good account of themselves against incredible odds.
 
I loved the Typhoon after reading about Jean Selys de Longchamp's little problem with the Gestapo in his hometown of Brussels. linky
Basically he loaded his Typhoon to the max, completed a mission then flew to Brussels and attacked the building the Gestapo were using with 20mm cannon before throwing out Belgian flags and heading home. Demotion and a DFC followed.
eta: just read the link all the way. I've been down that street several times as it has my favourite Belgian chocolaterie on it, Irsi on Avenue Louise and must have walked past the commemorative plinth. Damn. Sorry but as a kid reading that story it really got me.
 
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Wudang said:
I loved the Typhoon after reading about Jean Selys de Longchamp's little problem with the Gestapo in his hometown of Brussels. linky
Basically he loaded his Typhoon to the max, completed a mission then flew to Brussels and attacked the building the Gestapo were using with 20mm cannon before throwing out Belgian flags and heading home. Demotion and a DFC followed.
eta: just read the link all the way. I've been down that street several times as it has my favourite Belgian chocolaterie on it, Irsi on Avenue Louise and must have walked past the commemorative plinth. Damn. Sorry but as a kid reading that story it really got me.
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Eye of the beholder of course, but I always thought that one was rather ugly.

There was no doubt it was a potent machine though. D-Day ground attack aircraft fitted with twin rocket racks if I'm remembering correctly.

(I recall building an Airfix model of it in my teens.)

ETA. This perhaps :)
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Alex Cured said:
Eye of the beholder of course, but I always thought that one was rather ugly.

There was no doubt it was a potent machine though. D-Day ground attack aircraft fitted with twin rocket racks if I'm remembering correctly.

(I recall building an Airfix model of it in my teens.)
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Ditto, ditto and ditto (and also the Westland Whirlwind)
I also love the A10 warthog.

eta: read this Link especially
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, said of the Typhoons; "The chief credit in smashing the enemy's spearhead, however, must go to the rocket-firing Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force. The result of the strafing was that the enemy attack was effectively brought to a halt, and a threat was turned into a great victory."
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dudalb said:
The B-17 remains my favorite WW2 craft for family reasons,but I always thought the B-24 Liberator never got it's due.

My favorite individual fighters of the war were Faith,Hope,and Charity at Malta in 1940. Those Gladiator pilots gave a very good account of themselves against incredible odds.
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Try this.... :).
http://tinyurl.com/79jnumc
 
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