Who Likes Aircraft ?

[Photon440]

 

[Basket case]

P-35

 

[Basket case]

P-36

 

[Basket case]

P-43

 

[Photon440]

U.S. Navy Airship Los Angeles ZR-3 moored to a ship.

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[Dave6T4]

Holy Crap! That thing has to be worth more than most of our cars!

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[Richard Cranium]

View attachment 1508939View attachment 1508950

How many of these things did they build? Seems like they were stashed all over the place.

 

[Basket case]

How many of these things did they build? Seems like they were stashed all over the place.

Pretty much, they were building them and rockets underground. But lack of fuel and parts kept them on the ground.

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

 

[Photon440]

How many of these things did they build? Seems like they were stashed all over the place.

Over 1400 of them were built. Although production was ramping up to 450 per month, they came in too late in the war. They were temperamental, and not invincible, but did manage to shoot down 4.5 allied planes for every 262 that was downed. Having to develop new attack techniques in a much faster aircraft took time to develop too. Time ran out.

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

P-51 & P-38 pilots learned to dive on them from above, gain closure & "lead" their shots, got many hits & kills on them

 

[Basket case]

Schikelgruber's insistance of the Me-262 being used as a bomber, temprmental engines, lack of fuel, especially for training pilots, venerability at take off and landing made them easy prey.

 

[polywideblock]

they used to wait for them to "go home "and then shoot them down when landing

Me-262 SHOOTDOWN

 

[Richard Cranium]

Watch: MiG-23 Jet Crashes During Michigan Air Show, Pilots Eject

A viral video showed two pilots ejecting from their MiG-23 fighter jet on Sunday before it crashed during an air show in Michigan.

www.breitbart.com