Re: How ironic.

Posted by Rundquist from adsl-63-201-187-189.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net (63.201.187.189) on Friday, February 21, 2003 at 2:42pm :

In Reply to: How ironic. posted by graml from user-2iveu8l.dialup.mindspring.com (165.247.121.21) on Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 3:11pm :

: Microsoft, eh? I guess he already has plenty of experience when it comes to crashing. Ha ha! I'm a one man laff riot.
: Ahem...He's got an AVG P-40? That is sweet. How sweet? Sweet enough for me to almost use a swear word in this post to upgrade the sweetness level. Oh, the P-40 was an unimpressive; slow, ungainly, a bad climb rate. But dang it all if she wasn't beautiful.
: I'd be impressed if his little aeronautical menagerie included a P-39 Airacobra. She was a weak US entry like the P-40, but an undeniably beautiful aircraft.
: Thanks for the link, Inbanana!

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Many people forget that the P-40 along with the Navy Wildcat saved our bacon during the beginning of the war. They were all we had. The AVG shot down many more Japanese Zero's for every P-40 shot down. If you had enough time to gain altitude, the P-40 could almost outdive anything. In level flight the P-40 was also a tad faster than the Zero. The P-40's would just dive on Zero's and if they missed they would just use their diving speed to gain altitude and try again. They were very effective. The Wildcat had a 7.9 to 1 kill ratio. I'll say no more about it. The P-39 was not an effective fighter simply because she wasn't designed as a fighter. She was designed for ground attack. We gave them to the Russians and they loved them. They also used them for what they were intended for, ground attack. Cheers

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Not meaning to start anything, but... - graml 4:54pm 02/21/2003

Re: Not meaning to start anything, but... - Rundquist 2:29am 02/22/2003

Let's agree to disagree. - graml 7:01am 02/22/2003

Re: Let's agree to disagree. - Rundquist 6:37pm 02/23/2003

Hey now! - Steppenwolf 5:41pm 02/22/2003

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: : Microsoft, eh? I guess he already has plenty of experience when it comes to crashing. Ha ha! I'm a one man laff riot. : : Ahem...He's got an AVG P-40? That is sweet. How sweet? Sweet enough for me to almost use a swear word in this post to upgrade the sweetness level. Oh, the P-40 was an unimpressive; slow, ungainly, a bad climb rate. But dang it all if she wasn't beautiful. : : I'd be impressed if his little aeronautical menagerie included a P-39 Airacobra. She was a weak US entry like the P-40, but an undeniably beautiful aircraft. : : Thanks for the link, Inbanana! : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : Many people forget that the P-40 along with the Navy Wildcat saved our bacon during the beginning of the war. They were all we had. The AVG shot down many more Japanese Zero's for every P-40 shot down. If you had enough time to gain altitude, the P-40 could almost outdive anything. In level flight the P-40 was also a tad faster than the Zero. The P-40's would just dive on Zero's and if they missed they would just use their diving speed to gain altitude and try again. They were very effective. The Wildcat had a 7.9 to 1 kill ratio. I'll say no more about it. The P-39 was not an effective fighter simply because she wasn't designed as a fighter. She was designed for ground attack. We gave them to the Russians and they loved them. They also used them for what they were intended for, ground attack. Cheers

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