P-47s

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Gabelschwanz Teufel

I have been fortunate enough in my life to have seen 3 Jugs fly. One was in a CAF airshow in Texas and made a very close to full power low pass and the other two were at an airshow in Indiana. They did some low passes but they were far from wide open. It was quite awesome.

Haven't been lucky enough to see one yet... One day I will!

[RPS69]

Accusing a developement team of being biased, is a very unpolite approach.
TD got tons of work to do, and with their propper schedule.
Even on the absurd discusion about the 190's bar, peopleatempted to show proof on original planes photos.
Pick a photo of a P47 cocckpit and superpose it with the one in game and show us the truth.
Not meaning that the actual solution is right, but that the proposed one is better.
I will prefer TD to alocate time on the Pz 11. It is far worst than the P47, and it is the only official polish plane.

[Gabelschwanz Teufel]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Haven't been lucky enough to see one yet... One day I will!

That low pass sounded just like you imagine that it would. It was at Hondo, Texas. He came over about a thousand feet, went out about two miles, turned and lined up with the runway, hopped a line of trees at the end of the runway and came screaming down the centerline. It was either an N or an M, I don't recall which it was. It's been a long time ago.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Gabelschwanz Teufel

That low pass sounded just like you imagine that it would. It was at Hondo, Texas. He came over about a thousand feet, went out about two miles, turned and lined up with the runway, hopped a line of trees at the end of the runway and came screaming down the centerline. It was either an N or an M, I don't recall which it was. It's been a long time ago.

That does sound glorious! If it sounds anything like a F4U Corsair doing something sort of similar ... then it will be spectacular.

[spiteful21k]

Is this where I throw a cat amongst the pigeons and say I'd love to have a P-43 Lancer (both USAAF and RAAF) and a P-35?

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by spiteful21k

Is this where I throw a cat amongst the pigeons and say I'd love to have a P-43 Lancer (both USAAF and RAAF) and a P-35?

They'd be interesting "what-if" planes, like the CW-21 and I'd certainly fly them if someone modeled them, but realistically they saw almost no combat service and proved themselves to be "less than outstanding" designs.

The Chinese used a few P-43s to no real effect, the P-35 saw limited use in the defense of the Philippines in 1941/early 1942, but that was it. In the game, they'd mostly serve as moving targets for Zeroes and Oscars.

[ElAurens]

The Japanese had a squadron of 2 seater versions of the P35 that was operational.

I have seen P47s fly many times...



A photo I took a couple years ago at the Thunder Over Michigan air show.

Most of the ones currently flying are probably louder than WW2 operational birds as they are not using the turbo chargers.

Still, wonderful to see in flight.