BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Sep 2016, 21:34

I have a 3 way tie between P-51, F8F, and F4U. There's just something about those gull wings. As for bombers the B29 hands down

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Sep 2016, 22:53

Username Protected wrote:

I have a 3 way tie between P-51, F8F, and F4F. There's just something about those gull wings. As for bombers the B29 hands down

It's F4U Corsair F4F Wildcat. I'm sure you are talking about the Corsair

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 07:52

Bomber, you say?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 08:44

Fighter: F-14
Bomber: A-6

Of course, I flew their ugly half sister, the E-2/

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 08:58

Piston Fighter: Spitfire
Piston Bomber: Mosquito
Piston Transport: C-119

Jet Fighter: Tomcat
Jet Bomber: Vulcan
Jet Transport: C-130

Piston Helo: Bell 47
Turbine Helo: MH-6 (Killer Egg)

ISR: RQ-170 Sentinel

Overall: Warthog

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 12:09

Username Protected wrote:

I have a 3 way tie between P-51, F8F, and F4F. There's just something about those gull wings. As for bombers the B29 hands down

It's F4U Corsair F4F Wildcat. I'm sure you are talking about the Corsair

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 12:15

hard to pick between the Mustang and the Corsair...(although I’d like to try the P38)≥

Bomber? A-26..

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 15:38

Bearcat (Fighter-ish).

Tigercat (Bomber-ish).

I'm probably doing this test wrong but I don' care

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 15:48

Toss up, for both categories:

B58/B1B

F4/F15

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 16:42

F-14D.
That covers both Fighter and Bomber.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 16:57

For what it's worth, Connie Edwards, who says he has hundreds of hours in both P-51s and ME-109s, says the ME-109 wins, no contest.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 17:25

There was one guy who downed 5 P-51s in one day. 9 total, and almost 35o more. Mostly with a BF109g.
But he said the Fw190d was the best in a fur ball. It could out climb any thing we had, and out run if it needed to disengage.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 17:39

Username Protected wrote:

For what it's worth, Connie Edwards, who says he has hundreds of hours in both P-51s and ME-109s, says the ME-109 wins, no contest.

Connie is wrong the stats don't bear that out at all. Not even close.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 17:44

Username Protected wrote:

There was one guy who downed 5 P-51s in one day. 9 total, and almost 35o more. Mostly with a BF109g.
But he said the Fw190d was the best in a fur ball. It could out climb any thing we had, and out run if it needed to disengage.

We had multiple guys shoot down 5 or more in a day. And the FW-190D was a late entrant into the war and didn't do much. The P-51H had the same speed and was the fastest piston powered fighter of the war. It too did nothing as it was a late entry as well as the Bearcat and Tigercat.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 06 Sep 2016, 21:07

Bomber B1 B, used to watch them takeoff at night at McConnell in Wichita. Four afterburners rattling the Marriott next to Beech field - awesome!

Fighter P51 D, just something about the sound of that RR Merlin

Favorite Military Bomber/Fighter?