AK84
March 10, 2016, 5:08pm
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Bumping.
Has it ever actually dropped a bomb or fired a missile in anger? Maybe they used it against Afghanistan or Chechnya? I dunno, but I haven’t heard that it was.
Leo_Bloom:
Thanks to DeptfordX in the thread Worst air fighter ever? I’m starting a new one, where it can be discussed without confusion.
According to this guy here , using the following evaluations:
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I don’t think it will be as much fun as talking about worsts, but have at it.
I like starting threads in which I have absolutely nothing to say but which gets Dopers interested and is eminently SD-ish. Should have been a talk-show host.
De Havilland did go on to make arguably one of the worst jet airliners ever (the Comet), which tended to fall to earth much like it’s namesake.
The Comet wasn’t so bad. Well, after that whole metal fatigue thing was sorted out anyway.
It’s worth noting that the Comet was the first jetliner ever, and all its successors benefited from the lessons de Havilland had learned.
Really_Not_All_That_Bright:
It’s worth noting that the Comet was the first jetliner ever, and all its successors benefited from the lessons de Havilland had learned.
If not the surviving members of the families.
Well, presumably they were also airline passengers themselves at some point.
The B-29 is the only bomber that won a war.
AK84
March 11, 2016, 4:19am
89
Yes. They used it in Afghanistan, Chechneya, Georgia and Syria.
