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Old 09-26-10, 10:10 AM   #11
TLAM Strike
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
What can I nominate that hasn't already been said?

I always bring up the Flying Tent Peg, but it only really sucks if you treat it like a normal plane, and then you suck all the way down to the ground.



You had to get up, whack something and then go down, if you got into a turning dogfight, well then you're going to struggle.
Hardly! 2,575 built for 15 countries hardly seems like a failure.

I nominate the Convair R3Y Tradewind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_R3Y_Tradewind


Nice looking, but horribly unreliable.
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