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 Best Fighter Of The Century, It has to have been or is operational. No X-planes. |
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 Nov 6 2006, 08:47 PM
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Where do you begin.............
You would have to do number crunching to find a definitve answer. Like how theMilitary Channel did with top 10 Tanks episode.
Base the scores off of 5 or 6 ereas. For instance...
Manueverability at lower speeds
Manueverability at High Speeds
Speed (during its time of active duty)
Payload/Armament
Cost(lower = more points)
Service life ( newer aircraft would be done by subtracting a few years off suspected Service life)
Upkeep (repairing servicing)
Intimadation Factor
I would also seperate Jet from Prop planes and get the best of each.
Here are my personal ones
Jets would probably be the A10 for me. With the F16 second. The F-15 was not a straight fighter, it plays dual roles.
The prop best for me would be a tie . The P51B or the A6M Zero.
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Jan 28 2007, 01:48 PM
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My first post and my favorite topic- military aircraft!!
I'm going to break it down by era- WWII, Korea, etc....
WW II- P-51 Mustang. Rommel once said, when he saw the Mustangs over Berlin, he knew the war was over. Sleek, powerful, fast, sexy- what a beautiful, honest airplane.
Korea- no brainer, F-86 Sabre. Went up against more manuverable MIGs and proved itself with a great kill ratio.
Vietnam- This one was tough for me. I always loved the Phantoms, but the F-8 was the "last of the Dogfighters". Even having said that, I'll go with the F-4, big, tough, fast, and still in service until just recently.
Gulf War- This one belongs to the A-10. Oooops, not a fighter. OK, fine, I'll go with the F-15. I see these regularly out of Otis AFB in Mass, and they are an awesome plane. It fights where others fear to fly. But the Warthog was definitley the most intimidating aircaft in Iraq!!
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Feb 5 2007, 11:59 PM
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I would have to say the F-16.........my rationale?.... Fly by wire Manueverability Armament.....sidewinders/sparrows/bombs/serious gun(cannon?) Speed....Mach 2+ And flown by many airforces throughout the world................................................. 
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Mar 2 2007, 08:17 PM
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QUOTE(morris542 @ Mar 2 2007, 01:06 PM) [snapback]113999[/snapback] My personal favourite has got to be the Spitfire. The sound of the engines is like music to my ears. Not to mention that amazing wing design!
--Winston ChurchillMr. Churchill said that in regards to the Royal Air Corps pilots who, though heavily outnumbered, effectively disabled the Luftwaffe bomber squadrons and saved England in the 'Battle of Britain' during the early days of WWII. The Air Corps did this in Hawker Hurricanes and, for the most part, Supermarine Spitfires. BTW, the Spitfire's wing was designed after a hawk's wing.
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Mar 13 2007, 04:06 AM
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QUOTE(3volador4 @ Dec 7 2006, 12:48 AM) [snapback]109480[/snapback]
my thinking, i LOVE the F-15 being the fastest jet fighter 2.4-2.6 mach(i might be wrong here)...
but in a tactical dogfight, i would go with F-14 Tomcat...
just put it this way when the f-22 was escorted by 2 f-15 fighters the f-22 pilot said alright boys lets put it into afterburner, the response of the 2 f-15 pilots were "we are already at full afterburner". That my fellow aviation pals is what we call super cruise going supersonic without afterburner, and you can thank that to Pratt & Whitney leaders in making dependable engines since the start of flight. When the f-22 pilot did put it into full afterburner he said goodbye to the other pilots and left them in his exhaust.
This post has been edited by 21cwDave: Mar 13 2007, 04:09 AM
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Apr 9 2007, 12:46 AM
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QUOTE({DaRk} @ Apr 11 2006, 12:42 AM) [snapback]79366[/snapback] Fw-190 was actually a better plane than the Spitfire, it came too late and in too little numbers to actually affect the course of the war. The FW-190 was superb, but I think later variants of the Spitfire were able to match, then exceed it. The FW-190 was actually made in pretty large numbers, but it was already over at that point, for every FW-190 Germany made, the US made 10 planes, Britain 2, Russia 5, PLUS they had the gas and pilots to fly them. QUOTE(21cwDave @ Mar 13 2007, 12:06 AM) [snapback]114482[/snapback] just put it this way when the f-22 was escorted by 2 f-15 fighters the f-22 pilot said alright boys lets put it into afterburner, the response of the 2 f-15 pilots were "we are already at full afterburner". That my fellow aviation pals is what we call super cruise going supersonic without afterburner, and you can thank that to Pratt & Whitney leaders in making dependable engines since the start of flight. When the f-22 pilot did put it into full afterburner he said goodbye to the other pilots and left them in his exhaust. I don't believe this one. The F-15 is capable of Mach 2.5, the SR-71 Mach 3.2. Sure the F-22 can supercruise, but so can an F-16 in clean config (no wing stores GE engine) I'd guess there is no reason the F-22 can't exceed mach 2 on dry thrust since Concorde could do it, but it would surprise me if it's speed is not limited by stealth requirements (air intake config etc...)
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May 22 2007, 11:21 AM
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By major conflict and theatre: WW I - Fokker Eindekker or Spad, WWII - Bf109 or Hurricane in the West, F6F in the East (I'm sure the Martin Baker V would have been the eventual winner, but it never went into series production), Korea: F86 Sabre (it's a bloody scandal our government gave the Soviets RR's engine technology for the MIG 15). The Cold War: The boffins in the back rooms because they made it too expensive (politically and financially) for the Soviets to keep up. Currently the most useful sounding fighter is the F15 but in reallity, they are more of a threat because whilst they are undoubtably very efficient fighting machines, nobody is silly enough to take one on. The are therefore more of a menace to "Friendly" commercial traffic over the North Sea than to any enemy!
But if I have to choose one, it would have to be the P51D. Grounds: Effect, range, numbers, flyability, speed and sound.
PM
And the stealthiest - The C172 flown by Mattius Rust from the former Western Germany to Red Square!
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Mar 29 2008, 03:59 PM
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if it is world war two it will have to be the p51d mustang.if it is recent it would have to be the f16 fighting falcon.
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