Unquestionably the best aeroplane of ww2

[scantronic]

Lancaster bomber

 

[Micilin]

It's called history mate.

Its not, because history tell us about past true events

Depends which version you read!

 

[cajar]

Gasbanni, you always start these sh*t threads then disappear, what is the point of you coming on here?

 

[gasbanni]

Nah, the best aeroplane of WW2 has to be the Supermarine Spitfire, perhaps closely followed by the Lancaster bomber or Hurricane.

Obviously you don't know about mossies,

The spitfire was a superb fighter good defender in the battle of britain, the lanc was a superb heavy bomber.

The mossie could fly faster, had roles as a bomber, night fighter, day fighter,Reconnaissance (could fly so fast it didnt need defensive guns) and it marked the targets for the lancs.

Some versions carried eight rockets could give a ship the equivalent of a battleship broadside.

Tell me what other aircraft could have carried out operation Jericho ?

None !

Its not on record of a spitfire knocking out a sub, but mossies did.

Spifire certainly looked more beautiful than a Mossie, but better aircraft ?
Not a chance in hell.

 

[gasbanni]

Gasbanni, you always start these sh*t threads then disappear, what is the point of you coming on here?

Pi55 off

didnt get in from work till 10 !!

 

[gasbanni]

Lancaster was a bomber

Well Done !

 

[gasbanni]

Spitfire and lanc superb planes absolutely no question.

But when you see mossie pilots on film talking about their experiances of the aircraft....well

The sheer versatility of the mossie there's just nothing to compare to it.
And thats a fact.

 

[gasbanni]

Gasbanni, you always start these sh*t threads then disappear, what is the point of you coming on here?

If you think its a 5h1tt thread why the hell do bother reading it you damn numpty.

 

[JBR]

How's this for a 'Bid head'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F182QWyrob4[/QUOTE]

Thunderbird 2!

 

[JBR]

Best plane was the Avro Lancaster very closely followed by the Spit and Hurricane. But put them each in their own field of operations and the were all world class and nothing could beat them.

They, and the Mosquito, were all excellent aeroplanes. We were world leaders in aeronautics then and we continued to be so until the 1960s, examples being the English Electric Lightning, the Canberra and, of course, the V-bombers.

We may well have continued to be so with the TSR2 (and who knows what else might have followed) had not the Labour government sold us out to the Yanks.

No, we don't have the Americans' money but, by God, we've got the brains. How many times has a Brit come up with a novel invention (eg, the Harrier) only for the Yanks to take over because they could afford to and we could not?

 

[Ricardus]

They, and the Mosquito, were all excellent aeroplanes. We were world leaders in aeronautics then and we continued to be so until the 1960s, examples being the English Electric Lightning, the Canberra and, of course, the V-bombers.

We may well have continued to be so with the TSR2 (and who knows what else might have followed) had not the Labour government sold us out to the Yanks.

No, we don't have the Americans' money but, by God, we've got the brains. How many times has a Brit come up with a novel invention (eg, the Harrier) only for the Yanks to take over because they could afford to and we could not?

Don't forget Concorde, a feat of engineering that at the time was akin to making the space shuttle. Incidently the only plane ever to catch the Concorde at full power in a tail on chase was a Lightning.

Also the Blackburn Buccaneer - which gave the 'Merkins a shock or two in their Red Flag exercises

 

[empip]

Bristol Beaufighter was a revelation with several roles including nightfighter, anti-ship operations and air to ground...
4 under nose fixed 20mm cannons, 6 wing mounted machine guns, facility for underwing rockets etc. Massive firepower.
Tough airplane, the Aussies used them to great effect against the Japanese threat to Oz.
http://youtu.be/psUvAUw37D8?t=2m35s

-0-

 

[ladylola]

Nah, the best aeroplane of WW2 has to be the Supermarine Spitfire,:

Don't forget Italian machines,
Reggiane Re 2001/5 was said to be better than the spit. That's according to Group Captain W.G.G . Duncan Smith author of Spitfire into Battle and said to be one of the greatest British fighter pilots of the war. He flew against them but never got the chance to fly one although he did fly Macchi's and Me 109's. Luckily there were only something like 250 produced.

 

[tony1851]

We may well have continued to be so with the TSR2

That brings back memories! One of our maths teachers in the VI form told us that he had worked with the design team of the TSR2. Shame on the Labour government killing it off - could have been a world-beater in its time.
Thanks.

 

[JBR]

We may well have continued to be so with the TSR2

That brings back memories! One of our maths teachers in the VI form told us that he had worked with the design team of the TSR2. Shame on the Labour government killing it off - could have been a world-beater in its time.
Thanks.

It almost certainly would have been. There were rumours, of course, that the Yanks persuaded our government to cancel it in order that we wouldn't upstage them.