But it is the Ambush that succeeds! Depending on who you read, 80~92% of all shoot downs are ambushes where the target never sees the attacker!...
I think logistic considerations had as much to do with the Navy's choice as anything else? After the War the USAF did a lot of soul searching and...
I would counter with if the plane is good enough that the bad guy can not reach a firing Poss and you have the range a speed to run him down, it...
I would dispute that!
Yes, but not relevant. If Me-109s shot down more EA than all ten of the best Allied types then one could state that it was the better plane. As to...
Last item first; 330 MPH on 550 HP with out a blower! How fast does it go with ~900HP and a turbo+supercharger at 30-36,000'? The need for wood...
This last one kind of makes my point does it not?
I love it! These two photos prove my point. There is a small but visible difference in their apparent sizes in these two photos. In spite of the...
By the BoB many of the RAF's top Aces were "Harmonizing, or Zeroing" their guns at 180-200 yards. Part of this was caused by the huge dispersion...
Sorry to be so late with this, but I have had some problems that prevented more attention to this thread. I thought the discussion was about early...
How many planes did the RAF loose? I ask because this would seem to show that The Germans did in fact kick our collective butts?
They are not experimental, they are home built. There is a difference.
When was BuNo 122629 built? What type of engine do F8s use? As soon as they changed the engine, it was no longer an F8F, in addition, they made so...
It would also seem to show that the higher the sink rate, the more likely to crash? F-8 Vs F-14 Vs Super Hornet Vs Hawkeye?
The correct way to measure spotting is the "Critical Dimension" criteria. But determining that in a pen and pencil board game is impossible. If...
By my calculations, the Spitfire was much easier to see than the Me-109. Scores; 608-1410 (50% chance to spot by an average pilot.) How did you...
Maybe by winter of '44, but not mid-44.
It depends on how you measure AS5Kicking?
The trick was not changing the plane, but the pilot's skills.
Not really! Size is different enough that while most WW-II planes were reasonably close in out side dimensions, but because of the huge...
