+2 for the Beau!!ORIGINAL: Biggus63
+1 for the Beau.ORIGINAL: warspite1
Three contenders for me - I can't choose between them.
First there's the
But I think my favourite for striking terror early in the game is:-
~ Favourite WITP Plane
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But I think my favourite for striking terror early in the game is:-
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
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+2 for the Beau!!ORIGINAL: Biggus63
+1 for the Beau.ORIGINAL: warspite1
Three contenders for me - I can't choose between them.
First there's the
But I think my favourite for striking terror early in the game is:-
Where did you get that loading screen from?
I want it!
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
Spit VIII, hands down
I'd love to have the Spit IXc (my favourite plane when i used to fly on full swicth IL2 servers)....but we don't have it here[:(]
I'd love to have the Spit IXc (my favourite plane when i used to fly on full swicth IL2 servers)....but we don't have it here[:(]
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
PBY's any variant.
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager
ORIGINAL: Empire101
But I think my favourite for striking terror early in the game is:-
Where did you get that loading screen from?
I want it!
Go to Spooky's old WitP site at http://mathubert.free.fr
A fantastic free site with loads of sound files and alternative loading screens etc.
Scroll down to the heading marked 03/06/05 & and it will say 'A new OpenLoad screen by Matto with a preview here.'
Just download the zip and unzip directly into your Art folder making sure you back up the original files somewhere.
The new file must be entitled exactly the same as the one you are replacing ie. OpenLoadScreen_1024
There are loads of sounds files there also, many are a distinct improvement on the originals.
Large Naval Guns at 09/18/04 is particularly good, as is the Mayday, and many aircraft and bombardment sound files.
*A word of caution:- This site was set up for the original WitP.
Sound files and loading screen files etc are interchangeable with AE, but do not go anywhere near the map alterations/ plane art / ship art etc.
Most, if not all of these are not compatible with AE.*
Always back your files up when 'pimping' your version of AE
Enjoy!![:D]
[font="Tahoma"]Our lives may be more boring than those who lived in apocalyptic times,
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but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy.[/font] - Michael Burleigh
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
I'll vote for the C-47, but I've always been partial to transports. I'd have to think for a while about fighting planes.
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
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For looks:
+1 and because when you shoot down a zero with one of these you really feel like you have "punked" your opponent.....
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
Its slow, its unarmed - it wasn't prepared for War, but still the men who flew it gave their lives. Nothing but respect for the Douglas TBD "Devastator".
Oh and its one of the ugliest birds I've seen.
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
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+1 for the Beau.ORIGINAL: warspite1
Three contenders for me - I can't choose between them.
First there's the
Can't believe I forgot the mighty Beau [:(]
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
There can only ever be one favorite for me. It was decided over 30 years ago when I first watched an episode of Baa Baa Black Sheep.
As ungainly as it is beautiful. Fast, tough, versatile. F4U.
As ungainly as it is beautiful. Fast, tough, versatile. F4U.
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
I´m going to second obvert! [:)]
Its one of the most beautiful aircraft ever created. My absolute favorite aircraft since I was a child.
Its one of the most beautiful aircraft ever created. My absolute favorite aircraft since I was a child.
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
A hard choice, I must say.
From aesthetic viewpoint I always liked Ki-43 and its older brother Ki-84.
If we talk about a plane featured in AE, that I consider the best/most useful combatant overall IRL - P-51D Mustang (Ki-84, even assuming a perfectly assembled and serviced plane, which were scarce by late war, lacked in high-altitude performance and range, by comparison). For that matter, in terms of aesthetics it gets my second prise.
If we talk about the most ridiculously strong (for its year) plane in AE - P-47D Thunderbolt. 4E bombers collectively share the second place.
From aesthetic viewpoint I always liked Ki-43 and its older brother Ki-84.
If we talk about a plane featured in AE, that I consider the best/most useful combatant overall IRL - P-51D Mustang (Ki-84, even assuming a perfectly assembled and serviced plane, which were scarce by late war, lacked in high-altitude performance and range, by comparison). For that matter, in terms of aesthetics it gets my second prise.
If we talk about the most ridiculously strong (for its year) plane in AE - P-47D Thunderbolt. 4E bombers collectively share the second place.
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
P-38 Lightning, the "Fork-Tailed Devil".
Richard Bong, US top ace during WWII, loved this plane too!
Richard Bong, US top ace during WWII, loved this plane too!
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
Sonia! 'nuff said.
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Don't mistake lack of talent for genius - Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
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Sonia! 'nuff said.
I just googled Sonia and I am in complete agreement. [8D]
RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer.
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
But also B-32 Dominator
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RE: ~ Favourite WITP Plane
The SBD [;)]. Corsairs are also cool.