some planes are meant to be forgotten
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dont think starfighter should count as its a in game aircraft and with 15 known operators a widely used jet.
here is a oddity. the convair f2y seadart.
basically a 102 delta dart modified withhydro-skis
5 built! unfortunatly 1 was destroyed as a result of a mid air disintegration. which resulted in the death of the pilot. rest were retired.
then there is the p6m seamaster with 16 built
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Not the same . If we talk about flight characteristics F-104G-CCV was very different. For the game though, it was unarmed so…
AH u tlaking about the experimental version itself. not the produciton model?
apparently there were plans to have it use 4 colt 20mm guns and rockets.
Yes in the picture he had the experimental…
F-104s in general are multiple versions in the game.
The experimental one can’t be in the game because no armament.
Though it’s a funny design !
sometimes gaijin lets unarmed experimental aircraft into game. usually if it was at least planned to use guns. like xf5u-1 never had them but had the provisions for them.
FMA I.Ae. 37
glider only. but there was a plan to develop it into a jet trainer with 2 or 4 guns but cancelled in 1960
note as it planned to feature one jet it had a y-shapped exhaust funnel
a artist rendering of the planned ia-37 jet trainer with 2 guns and a single engine. (jet exhaust funnel is a y-shape design.
Apparently there were plans for a larger twin engined interceptor slated for mach 2.2 top speed but also got cancelled (before any got built). known as the I.Ae 48.
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Gajin forgot the first british operational 1st gen fighter aircraft (6.0 ~ 6.7) before Meteor F Mk 3
Gloster Meteor F Mk 1
that looks like a death trap not gonna lie
i mean they where opertational in last few months intercepting V1 buzz bombs
bit off with its operational status. mk 1s started flying in july 1944 doing those v-1 intercepts but were quickly replaced by the mk3 when it entered service in december of 1944 so it only had 5 months of combat!
. so mk 1 only served for 6 months…
This is not true. I recommend to do some research about No 616 squadron and you find out why. The were just a handful of Meteors deployed to the Netherlands and Mk Is were with them. So no replacement.
In addition you find out that there is no evidence that F Mk IIIs (late) ever saw combat or deployment - the early versions with weaker engines were used in sone strafing attacks. The Meteor implemented in wt is the late version.
Therefore asking for the F Mk I is comprehensible - but ofc it needs the BR of the contemporary Me 262 A-1a which is roughly 200 kmp/h faster.
thought it was. going a bit through wiki and ai here. though i still think it should not be in the post as its a operational ww2 jet and quite a famous well known one.
cold war is considered to have started as soon as germany and japan surrendered after all so thats why i think they are considered as ww2 jets. dont know about the trent-meteor iffit should be added though. since its a experimental aircraft fitted with turbo props and flew in september 1945. but unveiled to the public in 1946.
No worries - the history of Meteors is a mix of myth, war propaganda and wishful thinking. I researched via old fashion stuff like books 😂 and was also quite surprised which kind of nonsense you find on wikipedia or youtube.
There is not even a single reliable source stating the actual number of Meteors deployed to the Netherlands (some say 4, others claim a squadron) and the fact the No 616 squadron used Spitfire alongside Meteors makes it even more complicated…
Same with F Mk 22 & 24 spits - you find not a single piece of evidence that they saw deployment to the 2TAF - and if you check the production data (serial numbers) it clear that just the F Mk 21 saw action…
Have a good one!
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Gajin can’t think or forget the USAF 1st gen fighter aircraft around 7.3 ~ 7.7 for USA tech tree (between F-80A-5 & F-80C-10)
Lockheed F-80B-1
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prob because we got the f-80a and c is why we dont have the b model. do hope one day they add those wingtip fueltanks though :)
a somewhat forgotten piece of Canadian history. the cf-100 canuck. the first and only domestically produced jet fighter.
some variants had the guns while others had missiles. or rockets.
Mk 3A/B - .50 call only
MK 4A/B - .50 cal + rokects
Mk 5 - Rocket only
Mk 5M - Sparrow II.
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