Flyman615 wrote:
Shoeless Joe wrote:Kind of like an old P-51 jockey evaluating an A-10 Warthog? They are, after all, ugly...but "well hung"!
...I suppose the same can be said for aesthetics, cause folks do like what they like and as such, it's understandable that some might perceive Perfects to be uglier than a day-old goat.
However, if a recalcitrant tank is your immediate problem, call the latter.
Flyman
Somewhat related, B-17 crews used to joke that ungainly B-24 Liberators were the crates their B-17s were shipped in ...
... in keeping with the era and concerning recalcitrant tanks, I would have preferred one of these:
She was A-10-ugly, quite well-hung w/(2) 37mms and with a covey of 'Butcher Birds' at her back, one formidable tank-buster ...
Now,
... I am happy to see that up to this point,
later (ceramic-guide) Perfects have remained just beyond the scoffer's range ... yes, like the Ju87 & the A-10, those Perfects are wonderful
reflections of an era in which seemingly everything was in a state of flux ...
