[Keenefx]

What is your favorite WW2 plane?

Not necessary what you liked to fly in IL-2, but just your favorite.

[Planemad]

There were many great planes of the second world war, but my favorite plane would have to be the iconic Messerschmitt Bf 109, The Emil version is my favorite version of the 109,

Planemad

[ton414]

I agree with Planemad , in my case is the one I like best in IL-2, it is the Bf 109 E-4 but I also love the P-51.

[Shakaali]

There are many WW2 planes I like a lot, but my all-time favourite is the Messerschmitt Bf-110, especially the early versions - before they made it too heavy.

[cammoammo]

B-29A Superfortress :mrgreen:

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

The Finnish model of Brewster Buffalo, B-239.

Such a shame that a Finnish diver found the world's only B-239 in a lake, then russian business man somehow stole it and then it was sold to US.

I am pretty sure that it won't have the finnish paintings on in a few years, they restaurated it in Tikkakoski, Finland and it is looking as it was when it was shot down+ old paints are still on (Basicly cleaned up and rebuilt it)

[Juntsi]

The Finnish model of Brewster Buffalo, B-239.

Such a shame that a Finnish diver found the world's only B-239 in a lake, then russian business man somehow stole it and then it was sold to US.

I am pretty sure that it won't have the finnish paintings on in a few years, they restaurated it in Tikkakoski, Finland and it is looking as it was when it was shot down+ old paints are still on (Basicly cleaned up and rebuilt it)

Yeah, i saw it in Tikkakoski aircraft museum one or two years ago. It wasnt looking like totally new, and it looked like it had made a emergency landing to ground. But its good that we have at least one in "good" condition. I have a picture about that Brewster in my mobile phone :mrgreen: But the most interesting plane in Tikkakoski was MiG-21. I remember there was a MiG cockpit ( dont remember which MiG´s cockpit it was) and i sat there :OO . It was full of switches and gauges. That made me respect more those pilots who flew those planes. I pressed every switch, good that it was only cockpit, not the whole aircraft :mrgreen: . What could have happened if it had started :OO. Ohh and there was Gnat also. My favourite WW2 plane is He 162 if we count that, but my favourite prop plane is P-63C-5 Kingcobra, cause it were the first planes i played in Pacific Fighters, which was my first IL-2 game

[78thFG_Doodle]

P-51 Mustang
P-47 Thunderbolt
F6F Hellcat
B-25 Mitchell

[Sr71blackbird]

The P-51 Mustang, F-82 twin Mustang, B-29 Superfortress, the B-17 Flying Fortress,the P-38,B-36,F-22( :lol: :lol: :lol: ) (joke)and the.................F4U Corsair

[Nadia]

The Finnish model of Brewster Buffalo, B-239.
Such a shame that a Finnish diver found the world's only B-239 in a lake, then russian business man somehow stole it and then it was sold to US.
I am pretty sure that it won't have the finnish paintings on in a few years, they restaurated it in Tikkakoski, Finland and it is looking as it was when it was shot down+ old paints are still on (Basicly cleaned up and rebuilt it)

Jun 25 2011 ! One year has pass since that quote, but...
BW-372 ? Didn't know the finns lost it again ! The buffalo is my all-time favorite and is the reason for me getting IL-2FB in 2004, in first place !

Read this, a 'luv story' and first combat in a Buffalo by Lampi: http://www.warbirdforum.com/lampi.htm
View topic ... : viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29790
Robhans's movie/2008 and docs of BW-272 salvage: http://www.mediafire.com/?v75c584a6ca8opj

[madcat]

What is your favorite WW2 plane?

Not necessary what you liked to fly in IL-2, but just your favorite.

God, that's like asking who your favourite child is lol :twisted:.

Out of all of them the one I would have to say I am draw to the most and I don't know why is the Consolidated PBY Catalina :mrgreen:.

Same with the my favourite aircraft overall the Bristol F2.B. I don't know why I like I just do

[LeBigTed]

After that topic resurection, my favourite WWII plane are the F4U Corsair ( I did a lot of them in 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32 scale), the Spitfire, the Tempest, the He162, the Me262. It only depends on my humor...

I bought IL2 FB in 2004 too, when I saw the number of playable planes :OO I remember when I wanted to fly PTO, I played CFS2 until IL2 PF, and for that time, I have flown at least thousands of hours

Ted ;o)

[Nadia]

Hi Madcat: Catalina is a "Beauty"... had a model ( Revell ) with wing painted deep-yellow. ... very lond carreer in real life and range of 24hrs in the air, impressive !
...some were nickname "blackcat's" as I recall. HA! U like cats ! I see... More like CANSO in canada. ( canadair/consolidated/convair ).

Hi TED ! How are U these days ! Had CFS-3 just slightly before IL2FB, and used the two side by side for a long while...

- one thing: I became very good at reallistic shooting in CFS-3, but never in IL-2 . Could lob my tracers wright where the ennemy plane would be...
My guess is the AI was somewhat predictable !
- I hated difficulty of landing a plane in CFS-3, ( to seek/then actually see a runway, long after the "game-over message !" ); plus NO AI plane RTB at all.
- there was an ARCADE feeling due to ennemy planes reappearing endlessly till the goal of the game was hit on the button; no in auto-pilot mode combat either !
- no records playbacks that I recall...
- adding new planes in CFS-3, like in FSX, takes huge ammount of memory per plane ! ( This, CFS-3, at a time where PC memories was much lower ! )

After "toying" in 1/32 Monograms back ages ago, I did modelling and paint in 1/72 scale for ten years, to create my own 1/72 little museum, which I still have.
Oddly, all these models became flyables one by one in IL2 ! ( ... but not Blackburn Skua from Frog ! ...and airfix BV-141 yet )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV96hXwWN7c
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/BLOHM% ... 20PAGE.htm

Cheers !

[Planemad]

I also agree with Madcat, the PBY-5a Catalina is an awesome plane, and very very hand :wink: :)

A good all round eyes-in-the-sky work horse :)

Planemad

[Fireskull]

Hi,


I do not really have an overall favorite WW2 aircraft.



Focke Wolf 200 looked wonderful in flight. It had a beautiful airframe.

Bf-109s and Spitfires were great handling aircraft, especially early and mid-war versions.

P-39s were actually effective boom and zoom fighters in low or middle altitudes with devastating firepower, particularly the P-39Ns. The Russians proved them to be effective. The P-39N1 is my favorite fighter to fly in combat. All I need is one burst from the guns and you are likely in pieces. The plane handles well in some maneuvers at good speed. It is only is a stable gun platform when the pilot maintains speed which keeps the pilot in the zoom and boom tactical strengths of this fighter.

B-29 was a war winning design and this bomber looks the way a long range bomber should have looked.

Yak 3 was a great dog fighting plane in skilled hands.

La-7 was performance dominant on the Eastern front over German fighters but deployed in significant numbers later in the war.

Me 262 could have staggered the day light bombing campaign of the Allies had it not been for Nazi (mostly Hitler) blunders with it. Here is another amazing looking aircraft.

Ki - 61 is so enjoyable to fly and fight in it.



Fireskull