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What is your favorite Navy/USMC aircraft?
- Thread starter Av8or72Dan
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As long as we're playing "Fantasy Island" ... if I could have flown in WW2 (what I was born for --- too late) ... a.k.a. "the Big One" ... I would have flown, by choice:
NAVY: F6F Hellcat
ARMY: P51 Mustang
USMC: F4U Corsair
... there was no Air Force. Almost a perfect world ... :icon_rast
NAVY: F6F Hellcat
ARMY: P51 Mustang
USMC: F4U Corsair
... there was no Air Force. Almost a perfect world ... :icon_rast
Of course I love my Mighty War Hoover, but I think the A-6 is the plane/mission I have always wanted to fly.
Grumman Ugly ... my third all-time favorite. A class airplane. ALWAYS got the job done ... ALWAYS put fear and trembling into the hearts of the Gomers ---- no matter what color they are/were..... the Navy has been a "lesser AirWing" for the past 10 years until the Hornet was re-invented to do what the Intruder could ALWAYS do ...HooverPilot said:
Believe it ....
Ditto .... Would have done SPADs in a heartbeat ... they "died" just before I got my Wings ...ChuckMK23 said:
That's like asking if a gay guy is good looking. Answer: who cares?Brett327 said:
I didn't see the E-6 in the poll. This is very disheartening. 
Av8or72Dan
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^ sry Steve. I guess no one likes the 60.
Ho-ho-ha-ha-ho-hoUInavy said:
.... oh, God, stop, you're hurting me ... Nooooooo .... ACTUALLY .... I meant go deep, go once, don't need half the AirWing for support, hit the target the first time, kill the target, day/night, any WX, any time .... and not whine about it or make excuses about it for the past generation of USN Naval Aviation.
You know ...
.... THOSE kind of things ...
UInavy said:
The F-18 community --- ever since they tried to be jack-of all-trades, master of NONE.
But .... they're getting better with better aircraft. And they're still trying to be great at everything. Can't be done .... You can't believe your OWN propaganda.
But make no mistake --- if I were still doin' "it" today --- I'd want to be doin' "it" in a Hornet, any shape, color, or flavor.
Our squadron (VAL-4) was supposed to be comprised of Spads in Viet Nam, but just before we were formed they gave them to the VNAF. We were heartbroken. Instead, we borrowed about 24 OV-10's from the USMC instead.
For pure beauty, though, I don't see how you can beat the A-5.
For pure beauty, though, I don't see how you can beat the A-5.
Current inventory pick, my new bird, the MV-22B Osprey (yeah, yeah, bring it on). Best parts of flying F/W and helo. The opposition would say the worst parts of each, but I'm a "glass half-full" guy.
Historical pick, the F4U Corsair. WWII and Korea Marine Corps Aviation MVP.
Historical pick, the F4U Corsair. WWII and Korea Marine Corps Aviation MVP.
Jolly Roger
Yes. I am a Pirate.
F-8 Crusader.
WWII fighter? I am going to have to go with the F4U-1A/C/D series as well. Were the "Hog" on the flight decks instead of the Hellcats, we would be saying "F6F, what the hell is that?"
But crap in one hand and wish in the other and see which fills up first.
WWII fighter? I am going to have to go with the F4U-1A/C/D series as well. Were the "Hog" on the flight decks instead of the Hellcats, we would be saying "F6F, what the hell is that?"
But crap in one hand and wish in the other and see which fills up first.