coolest "name" for aircraft

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by lost cause

You guys are a trip! But you're all wrong. Yak? Awful!!!!! The cats are pretty good. Butcher Birds is great if it was a real name. But the best is:

Kingcobra! Damn good airplane. Too bad it's not in the game!

Yeah, it's a good plane to get chewed up by my A6M2-21 Zero! lol. Maybe even my "Oscar"? Either way, I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those death traps. Which they were since they had doors!! rather a proper canopy. Nice looking plane though.

[Voyager]

A-20 Havoc.

Cry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war.

[Roboslob]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Which they were since they had doors!! rather a proper canopy.

This is your door speaking, if you can get me open, say hi to the tail fin for me.

[mattmanB182]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Yeah, it's a good plane to get chewed up by my A6M2-21 Zero! lol. Maybe even my "Oscar"? Either way, I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those death traps. Which they were since they had doors!! rather a proper canopy. Nice looking plane though.

Actually, I could be wrong, but I believe their biggest problem was the lack of a supercharger. I think the performance would have been much better with one. The engine was the biggest problem.

The armament was definatly not too shabby, definatly better than any Yak

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Roboslob

This is your door speaking, if you can get me open, say hi to the tail fin for me.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

Actually, I could be wrong, but I believe their biggest problem was the lack of a supercharger. I think the performance would have been much better with one. The engine was the biggest problem.

The armament was definatly not too shabby, definatly better than any Yak

Better armament, doesn't mean a better plane. The Yak-3 was much lighter due to just have twin MGs and a single cannon. While the P-63 Kingcobra, had four MGs and a nose cannon which weighed it down significantly. My Yak-3 could take care of the Kingcobra anyday.

[PantherAttack2]

F-104 Starfighter.

Sure, it's after WW2, but I still think it's pretty cool name for a plane. I guess it can be a bit cheesy though...

I still love those early jets.

[FOZ_1983]

wow, some pretty good choices in here guys, i liking it

[mattd27]

What about the B-36 peacemaker (was that used in WWII?)? If they had that plane drop the nuke there would have been some big controversy about the name.

Hans Marsielle was killed when bailing out of his 109 by hitting the verticle fin. You didn't have to open the door, the whole thing came off. And there were two, one on each side. Bailing of ANY fighter is risky and dangereous. If your canopy is jammed, you're dead. Two doors are better than one canopy. You guys should do more homework on the Kingcobra. Certain models DID have a supercharger and it had performance on par with the Mustang. It was an entirely differnt plane from the p39. The only reason the USAAF didn't order it was because they had already decided to go with the Mustang. The cobra showed up a few months too late. I have seen this plane many times in Midland Texas at the Confederate Air Force airshow right on the ass of Spits Mustangs, Corsairs, Bearcats and the like. It was a 400+mph fighter in level flight. The Russians got no supercharger because they needed it for low altitudes and they didn't want to pay for it. Unfortunately, we'll never know how good it could have been. We were talking about cool names. Not which of you kick another planes' ass.

Speaking of cool names, the Phantom is another favorite.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by mattd27

What about the B-36 peacemaker (was that used in WWII?)? If they had that plane drop the nuke there would have been some big controversy about the name.

Nope. The B-36 was introduced in 1949, and was to replace the B-29 in long range bombing missions. It was originally flow in 1946, a year after WW2 (obviously).

The B-47 Stratojet,That's a cool name.