This is the best news about the new P-40 IMHO. The Hawk 81 and 87 were nothing if not robust aircraft. Their very successful use in the fighter-bomber role in every theatre they operated in stands in stark contrast to the insta-stop DM of the aircraft in the sim.

This Curtiss fan boy thanks you from the bottom of his 100/130 pumping heart.

That makes 2 of us :grin:.

~S~

Some additional ground attack options on the various P-40s would be great too. I know they had a variety of under wing and under fuselage configurations. I think some of the late models had Bazooka tube rocket launchers too?

Also found this great video just this morning...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=BNYuq67uf4E

Never seen RAAF operations before...nevermind RAAF P-40 ops.

There are references for various loadout combinations (fuselage and wing bombs, rockets) and they are likely be included ;)

Thanks Gitano, great news.

IceFire, I've seen that one before, it's tarted up a bit, but the action footage is very good indeed. Can you imagine flying an IL2 P40 with that much wing damage and making it home?

:eek:

Oh yeah it's total propaganda reel stuff but I enjoy it just the same :)

I can hardly imagine what kind of 2 hour flight that must have been like. They show the guy looking pretty good on film but I bet it was a different story when he actually landed. They likely filmed it sometime after... they'd probably have to pull me from the cockpit.

I'd radio ahead for a bottle or six of Scotch to be waiting on the ramp for me.

:cool:

What about the Bristol Bombay transport as an AI plane ? like in the 4.12 wishlist thread, The famous intercept in MTO was when JG 27 Bf1-09s shot down a Bristol Bombay of the RAF 216 squadron carrying a new appointed 8th army Commander.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...d=1#post447280

While we are making wishes for new aircraft, how about one the P-40 could use as a target... One that was based in the Solomons and New Guinea, and often on IJN capital ships?

I give you the Mitusbishi F1M "Pete".

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4240/pete3.jpg

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5294/pete2q.jpg


http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9257/f1m38.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6403/petebase.jpg

An IJN seaplane base somewhere in New Guinea, as seen from an Allied recon plane... 1943 or 44.

Yes please...May we have a F1M Pete for Il-21946 ?? :)