Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

[First time Juke]

I go for this..how about you ?

Renard R-37

http://www.aviastar.org/air/belgium/renard_r-37.php

[flyingjibus]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

Everyone know that the answer is Curtiss P-6e

[Big_Jim]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

The ONLY answer is the P-39 Airacobra.

Sexiest piston fighter ever designed. Too bad looks didn\'t equate to performance or lethality.

[flyingjibus]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

The ONLY answer is the P-39 Airacobra.

Sexiest piston fighter ever designed. Too bad looks didn\'t equate to performance or lethality.

That dont count as Pre-war in my book!


Or pretty!

[Big_Jim]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

That dont count as Pre-war in my book!


Or pretty!

Designed in 1937, first flown in 1938, and in service with the Army Air Corps in 1939 BEFORE Germany invaded Poland.

Not sure what book you\'re reading, but you might want to check it\'s accuracy.

If The Golden Age of Air Racing was Pre-War....and lasted through 1939, I\'d say that a design that came out the same year as Roscoe Turner\'s Meteor, Keith Rider R-4 Firecracker, and Art Chester\'s Goon most certainly counts as Pre-war.

[bergschrund]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

Heinkel He-100 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100

[Sneauxman]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

I'm with Big Jim. The Airacobra was without doubt the slickest thing flying anywhere even through WWII. Could it have been fast and lethal? Sure. All it needed was power. If our very own military wise guys had not shackled it with no turbo or supercharger it might have been a different story. Imagine it with a Packard Merlin. Whew! Lethality? How do you beat a big ole cannon hosing straight ahead? It could have made heros of crosseyed cowboys.
Oh what could have been.

[flyingjibus]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

I understand what your saying, and I know the p-39 was in service before the invasion of Poland.

When I think pre-war I exclude anything that took part in said war.

How can you argue with this?

[AirDOGGe]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

Northrop's Gamma was a pretty machine for it's day...

[T.F.]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

Grumman Duck.

[Inverted]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

That R-37 looks just like the Yak 11.

[First time Juke]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

How about FW 190 A..looking like R-37...landing gear.

Hurricane rudder and La-7 wing ?

[Big_Jim]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

When I think pre-war I exclude anything that took part in said war.

How can you argue with this?

Easily. With this.

So basically anything that was designed in the 1930\'s...even like the 6 P-26\'s that were in service during the war...you wouldn\'t consider \'pre-war\' huh?

I think your thought process is flawed. Just my opinion.

Using that logic, if you asked what my favorite \'cold war\' Bomber was, I couldn\'t say the B-52...since even though it first flew in the 1950\'s in the height of the cold war, it was used to bomb Tora Bora in 2001 and therefore doesn\'t count, right?

[flyingjibus]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

Easily. With this.

So basically anything that was designed in the 1930\'s...even like the 6 P-26\'s that were in service during the war...you wouldn\'t consider \'pre-war\' huh?

I think your thought process is flawed. Just my opinion.

Using that logic, if you asked what my favorite \'cold war\' Bomber was, I couldn\'t say the B-52...since even though it first flew in the 1950\'s in the height of the cold war, it was used to bomb Tora Bora in 2001 and therefore doesn\'t count, right?

dude, calm yourself down. I was asking how can you argue the the Hawk.

Your b-52 would be considered cold war, because it took part in the cold war. If i asked what your favortite post cold war bomber was, you could not answer b-52, because it took part in the cold war even though it saw service afterward. Get it??

[Big_Jim]

Re: Most beautiful prewar ( WW II ) fighter ac ?

dude, calm yourself down. I was asking how can you argue the the Hawk.

Your b-52 would be considered cold war, because it took part in the cold war. If i asked what your favortite post cold war bomber was, you could not answer b-52, because it took part in the cold war even though it saw service afterword. Get it??

My name is not dude. It is James Slade. You can also call me \'sir\', if you prefer. Many good people have rendered me that courtesy, so please do not disrespect me or them by calling me dude.

It\'s nothing personal. You\'re just trying to prove your point, and it ends up sounding more and more desperate. All Juke asked was what was \"my\" favorite pre-war (WWII) fighter. There were no conditions and/or qualifications. Thus, the P-39 is my choice, because it fits the criteria by being designed and produced before WWII.

The BUFF would qualify as a Cold War bomber, a Vietnam era bomber, and a modern bomber...just as the Mustang is considered a WWI and Korean War era fighter. Do you consider the Bearcat a WWII or a Vietnam era fighter? I say it\'s both. You can\'t pidgeon hole them to be mutually exclusive.

Mr. Sagar, I\'m sorry if it feels like this is getting out of hand. Not my intention to start a pissing contest. I\'ll leave this thread at that. Its not worth starting an argument over.

Jim