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Which is your favourite fighter aircraft era? (Read 2789 times)

Jul 29^th, 2009 at 12:04pm

EJW Offline
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Notable first generation aircraft:
-Avro CF 100
-Gloster Meteor
-Lockheed P-80
-MiG 15
-North American F-86

Notable second generation aircraft:
-Dassault Mirage III
-English Electric Lightning
-MiG 21
-North American F-100
-Saab Draken

Notable third generation aircraft
-Dassault Mirage F1
-McDonnel Douglas F-4
-MiG 25
-Saab Viggen

Notable fourth generation aircraft
-Dassault Mirage 2000
-Lockheed Martin F-16
-MiG 29
-McDonnel Douglas F-15
-Sukhoi 27

Notable four.five generation aircraft
-Dassault Rafale
-Eurofighter Typhoon
-Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 60
-Saab Gripen
-Sukhoi 30MKI

Notable fifth generation aircraft
-Boeing X-32
-Lockheed Martin F-22
-Lockheed Martin F-35
-Sukhoi 47
-Sukhoi PAK FA

Notable Pre-1945 fighter aircraft
-Focke-Wulf Fw 190
-Fokker Dr.1
-Fokker Eindecker
-Messerschmitt Bf-109
-Mitsubishi Zero
-North American P-51
-Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
-Sopwith Camel
-Spad S.XII
-Supermarine Spitfire

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Reply #1 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 10:37pm

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I like the pre 1945 and 1st gen fighters.

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Reply #2 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 7:45am

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Generation 2 for me. That's when you started to get the really fast stuff.

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Reply #3 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 10:55am

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There is life and flight before WWII finished...

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 11:08am

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Voted pre-1945, but I would like to specify pre-30's

Bi-planes and tri-planes going at it in the first dogfights must have been a truly awe inspiring sight. Cool

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Reply #5 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 6:03pm

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Any time period that has twin radials floating around in it Cheesy

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Reply #6 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 11:14pm

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When only real men were fighter pilots, and shot at eachother up close and personal. No fancy radars and missiles.... Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 31^st, 2009 at 1:16am

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It would probably be a better distributed poll if WWI and WWII fighters were two separate categories.

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Reply #8 - Jul 31^st, 2009 at 3:23am

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Surely the first generation fighters were those used in WWI. I think it would be less confusing if the word Jet was added to the Subject line & the Pre 1945 option removed. I suspect that was what EJW was thinking of when he posted this poll.

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Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2009 at 3:10am

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My vote goes to 4 gen aircraft!

But where is the F-18 in that list, surely that is a notable aircraft

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Reply #10 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 6:59am

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Pre 1945:

1910 Bristol Boxkite.

Dropping rocks on the enemy below.

Paul... Wink

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Reply #11 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 12:07pm

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Fozzer wrote on Sep 7^th, 2009 at 6:59am:

1910 Bristol Boxkite.

Dropping rocks on the enemy

Then the second pass coup de grace, both pilot and observer simultaneously using their relief tubes

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Reply #12 - Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:02pm

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olderndirt wrote on Sep 7^th, 2009 at 12:07pm:

Fozzer wrote on Sep 7^th, 2009 at 6:59am:

1910 Bristol Boxkite.

Dropping rocks on the enemy

Then the second pass coup de grace, both pilot and observer simultaneously using their relief tubes

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HeHe, just as effective as bombs.

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Reply #13 - Nov 27^th, 2009 at 1:15pm

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Two of your "1st Generation" choices should by rights be in the pre-1945, although only one was flying operational missions before then.

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Reply #14 - Nov 27^th, 2009 at 2:54pm

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3rd generation. You have 3 amazing fighters in the F 16, Mig, and Flanker.

2nd generation was a very close 2nd place... no pun intended Grin

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Reply #15 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 4:31am

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I can't really vote my choices based on the poll as is. I like some of the latter bi-planes and most of the pre-jet WWII/Korean conflict, as well as the few props used in Vietnam. I like jets, I just prefer props, whether it's two wings or four. Roll Eyes

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I guess I would vote for pre-1945, gen I & II if it were possible.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #16 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:26am

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3rd Generation. I love all of those mid- and late 60's and early '70's fighters.

The 'Century' series are some of my favorites along with the Phantom RF, -D, and -E models.

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