First fa-22 fighters delivered to langley - Page 2

Adeptus_Minor · 02-25-2009, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Brazilians. and there cute little wee plane.

Call me an asshole...but I think it looks like deadmeat out side of it natural habitat of jungle and mountain.

Looks like P-51 envy to me.

pauldun170 · 02-25-2009, 01:04 PM

I keep forgetting that Embraer is Brazilian. That and Brazil has a fucking aircraft carrier stocked with scooters.

smileyman · 02-25-2009, 01:05 PM

Tucano? Isn't that a type of potted meat?

Corey · 02-25-2009, 01:05 PM

Looks like cannon fodder to me.

Dave · 02-25-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Brazilians. and there cute little wee plane.

Call me an asshole...but I think it looks like deadmeat out side of it natural habitat of jungle and mountain.

prop planes have overcome jets in the past. obviously in ww2 and skyraiders (which have almost no air to air capability) have dropped migs in vietnam. And none of those carried aim9s

Adeptus_Minor · 02-25-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

prop planes have overcome jets in the past. obviously in ww2 and skyraiders (which have almost no air to air capability) have dropped migs in vietnam. And none of those carried aim9s

Lock two guys in a phone booth, one with a snub .38 and the other with a M249, and see which one gets the kill shot.

smileyman · 02-25-2009, 01:45 PM

The SBD 2 divebomber bagged Mits. Zeros in WW2 despite the formers agility and almost 100 mph advantage...I think alot of that has to do with motivation. However we have come along way baby!

Dave · 02-25-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Lock two guys in a phone booth, one with a snub .38 and the other with a M249, and see which one gets the kill shot.

duh, mr saturday night special is winning there. Saw is too long to get an effective angle in that space. Gimmie a harder one

Dave · 02-25-2009, 03:13 PM

Since we're talkin imperial japan here for a bit the shinden would have be a bad motha fuka if they had a chance to develop it some. Hoping the friggin smithsonian puts their on display soon

smileyman · 02-25-2009, 03:22 PM

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Since we're talkin imperial japan here for a bit the shinden would have be a bad motha fuka if they had a chance to develop it some. Hoping the friggin smithsonian puts their on display soon

I think it woulda been a bad mother with just experienced pilots. Too bad we had Japan by the jugular by then and were already bombing the industrial complex.

Saburo Sakai mentioned that plane in his biography "Zero" by Martin Caidin. Good read if you like WW2 aviation. I have also read his "Fork Tailed Devil" about the P38 from development to service. Good stuff.

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Dave Chaotic Neutral Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cherry Hill NJ Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt Posts: 13,992	Since we're talkin imperial japan here for a bit the shinden would have be a bad motha fuka if they had a chance to develop it some. Hoping the friggin smithsonian puts their on display soon