tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post3001137673489653033..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Reflections on Weapon Cool -- RepriseDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35013896271719330922011-06-26T17:40:55.436-04:002011-06-26T17:40:55.436-04:00Coming to this late, but I always had a soft spot ...Coming to this late, but I always had a soft spot for PT Boats and PBR's.RPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42812175207281987082011-06-23T11:41:42.597-04:002011-06-23T11:41:42.597-04:00One more for your list of "coolest" airc...One more for your list of "coolest" aircraft: the A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka "Warthog") ground attack fighter.<br /><br />One look at that thing and you know it means business. Especially if you're looking at the Warthog from the front, staring down the muzzles of that tank-shredding 30mm Gatling.<br /><br />--Wes S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-51482438601071148802011-06-20T15:34:25.586-04:002011-06-20T15:34:25.586-04:00The P-61! Yes, you're absolutely right. What a...The P-61! Yes, you're absolutely right. What a menacing, cool aircraft. Good point on the A-20, I guess I was biased toward the A-26 having seen one up close on static display at Hurlbert Airfield. We probably should have included the Lancaster on that list; we were a little too USA inclined, perhaps. I blame it on the Johnny Walker . . . .DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-72657288199574603052011-06-20T13:06:35.058-04:002011-06-20T13:06:35.058-04:00Agree on the Iowa class floating fortresses.
Re:...Agree on the Iowa class floating fortresses. <br /><br />Re: the A-26 Invader nee: Martin B-26, I much preferred the A-20 from Douglas. It was faster, flew higher and lower, more maneuverable, much more suited for low altitude combat support but still quite adaptable for medium bomber use 4 miles up. Plus they made almost three times as many. The Invader did have a longer service life, by many years, but most insiders attributed that to politics, Martin having more pull than Douglas.<br /><br />Would like to nominate the Northrup <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-61" rel="nofollow">P-61</a> Black Widow to your list. With it's tri-level multi-paned dog house sitting atop the central gondola, along with the two husky P-38 type booms, and it's almost black night-fighter livery scheme, in the day to my teen-aged eyes near Mines Field, California, where it was test flown, it was toughness and guts personified.49erDweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386245801517422226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-76979222846009950492011-06-20T06:09:28.196-04:002011-06-20T06:09:28.196-04:00Battleships? I remember back when the Soviets [RI...Battleships? I remember back when the Soviets [RIP] were building huge blue water ships, and a US Navy man told me that the US's biggest fear about those things was that, in case of a moveon NATO, the Norwegians, British,and Turks would sink them all before anyone in the USN had a chance to make his name sinking one.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.com