ahhh the typhoon. pretty, but gigantic.

I was always one for LaGG-3's, or Corsairs

Oops... you are right. I never even heard of that configuration.:oops:

(if I keep up failing like that I will loose my rank as smartass first class again.:damn:)

To be fair neither had I until I saw one in the Battle of Britain Hall at the RAF Museum :03:

http://www.targeta.co.uk/images/071_0108w5.jpg

Here's my kite I flew in during the Battle of France campaign with my squadron, The Tangmere Pilots.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4814/mothy.jpg

I can't remember which TP made this joke advert for me, 1 for the Brits though.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/6638/moggy.jpg

The 109F-1 allso had a 20mm MG-FF/M engine mounted cannons, something that the engineerrs didnt particularly like but pilots asked for. In the F models the 20mm MG-FF/M was replaced with the MG-151/15 15mm cannon from the F-2 model onwards and replaced again with the MG-151/20 20mm engine cannon from the F-4 model onwards.

Yes, but that was after BoB and you could definitely use it from much farther away than just 50m. That's why I think that SteamWake is talking about the slow firing 30mm MK108 that was used in later models when the Luftwaffe switched from attacking to defending and therefore needed more fire power against the allied heavies.

It is a standby attitude indicator-always pointing down to the ground.:D

Awesome museum!!:yeah:
I was there about 20 years ago for a seminar. We got to go inside a couple of the planes. One of the highlights of my life was sitting in the cockpit of the Lancaster that was there.:sunny:

:)

Yeah, but that Spitfire pilot will be back at the pub in a few hours and available to fly the next day, while all the shot down 109, He-111, Do-17 crews will be marching into the POW cages. :D

I always found it interesting how the Spitfire gets the fame and glory in the BoB(It is a pretty sexy airplane :03:) and the Hurricane seems to get shorted it's share of the fame.

There were about twice as many Hurricane squadrons than Spitfire Squadrons during the BoB.

:)

Though the MG FFs, due to their slower muzzle velocity, had a rather shorter effective range than the MG 151 (But not 50m).

I think my favourite (monoplane) fighters of WWII were the P-39 (Best looking piston fighter ever IMO) and the He 162 (I like it, no idea why)

http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/im...ussian_550.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2_color010.jpg

Silence! In Polish!

Yup. In real life it played out just like in the movie, but it was Adolph Galland, not some fictional hero named 'Falke'. Read his excellent book, The First And The Last.

Yes sir...I posted a picture of the unsung hero named Hurricane a few pages back! :up:

I like the Morane-Saulnier, too bad the Frenchies didn't stay in the war that long. Finns had some Morane's as well, they called them "Mörkö" - Morane's. :)

http://www.acesofww2.com/france/french-MS-406.jpg