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To: Atlantic Bridge
Your Uncle needs to upgrade.

= )

9 posted on 05/23/2006 8:57:38 AM PDT by Hoplite
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To: Hoplite
Your Uncle needs to upgrade.

= )

This is for sure true although the Me 262 has a pretty bad acceleration. First of all she was (in 1944) damm fast and a marvelous weapon platform to smash bombers. I guess that the "fun-factor" in this plane is limited, altough it is still one of the most elegant designs.

My granddad flew the FW 190-D9 during the last days of the war. Extreme torque and extreme acceleration. A real thrill. Planes like this or American Mustangs or the Me 109 of my uncle (such warbirds are a black hole in the wallet of their owners - even my uncle who is for sure not a poor man is whining in the meantime :-)) are what most pilots are dreaming of.

Anyway the STORMBIRDS gave proof that you "crazy" Americans are the best what ever happened to the warbird-scene. :-)

THANKS FOR THE PING!!!!

35 posted on 05/23/2006 9:41:36 AM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (De omnibus dubitandum.)
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