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Thread #59746   Message #954208
Posted By: catspaw49
16-May-03 - 11:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Favourite World War 1 Fighter Plane
Subject: RE: BS: Favourite World War 1 Fighter Plane
LOL....As soon as I waw this thread, I knew it was you Hawk!!!

WWI is a really tough call. The airplane was still so much in it's infancy, barely at toddler status by the war's end. Plus you have to take the pilots into consideration. Although "Dicta Boelke" is still an adhered to philosophy today, it meant a lot more then. Planes like the Tripes were truly lacking in every crucial statistic but in the hands of Ricthofen of Werner Voss it was magnificent.

To pick one plane? Tough call.......All else being equal, the SPAD. But if I take the war as a whole and based on successes, I'd have to agree with Hawk on the Albatross series although the VA came along too late.

WWII has a lot more aircraft, but is a lot easier choice.

Spaw