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Title: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Frankie on May 26, 2016, 08:45:13 AM
Favourite Strike Aircraft Poll

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An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber, is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack.

This class of aircraft is designed mostly for close air support and naval air-to-surface missions, overlapping the tactical bomber mission. Designs dedicated to non-naval roles are often known as ground-attack aircraft.

So what's your favourite strike aircraft? Choose 6 out of 23 in the list. If you choose "Other (not listed)", please let us know what that/those missing plane(s) is/are by replying to this post. I, however, have included some helos and Vietnam-era attack aircraft in the list.

If anyone has any suggestions what other aircraft (fixed-wing, sweep variable-wing, rotary or otherwise) I can include in the poll, please let me know.

Cheers
Frankie Kam

P.S., poll closes in 14 days
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding plane?
Post by: Lumituisku on May 26, 2016, 09:46:38 AM
Voted
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding plane?
Post by: Asid on May 26, 2016, 01:52:33 PM
I have also excluded helicopters. So no Hind, Cobra or Apache Longbow.
:'(
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft?
Post by: Frankie on May 26, 2016, 04:22:30 PM
The truth is, originally I had included helos as well. So I think it'll be more interesting if I include some rotary-blade and Vietnam-era aircraft in the list. I've adjusted the poll so that you can amend your choices (change your mind and re-select) before it ends; I've expanded the list to 23 aircraft; lastly, you can now pick up to 6 aircraft. if anyone can think of ways I can make the poll even more interesting please let me know.
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Asid on May 26, 2016, 10:43:02 PM
Thats better  :-*
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Beef on May 27, 2016, 01:15:47 AM
Voted

Top of the list for me:

 https://youtu.be/yR4d0FUCTHA
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Frankie on May 27, 2016, 02:14:25 AM
Voted. The Top Dog for me is the Panavia Tornado.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97pf3Xet9k
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Asid on May 28, 2016, 06:26:51 PM
Voted

A picture to follow  ;)
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: wilso845 on May 28, 2016, 06:46:33 PM
This video has 3 of my favorite aircraft 2 of which i fly on BMS.

 https://youtu.be/EJV-3Pto0Kg

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Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Cougar11 on May 28, 2016, 10:08:07 PM
Voted. 2 that I like the most is the far reach of the F-15 to actually throw bombs from far away, and then the A-6 Intruder
 https://youtu.be/MvyBrX1eK4I
 https://youtu.be/bNBOghdvJOo
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Speedwagon on June 05, 2016, 04:32:37 AM
Voted. 1st choice is Panavia Tornado. Two others not listed that I like are Republic P47 Thunderbolt and General Dynamics F-111.
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Tom N on June 05, 2016, 11:49:30 PM
voted (5 x), the one not listed for me was the Kamow Ka-50 with coaxial rotor system and ejection seat.
Title: Re: Poll! What's your favorite ground pounding, ground support aircraft?
Post by: Frankie on June 21, 2016, 12:23:10 PM
The results

Aircraft   Votes
========================   =====
Fairchild Rep. A-10 Thunderbolt II   7
Boeing AH-64 Apache   5
Panavia Tornado GR4   5
Other (not listed)   4
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon   3
Grumman A-6 Intruder   3
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle   3
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II   3
Mil Mi-24 Hind   3
[td]Bell AH-1 Cobra   2
Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet   2
[td]Lockheed AC-130 gunship   2
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II   2
Bell UH-1B Huey   1
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer   1
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Cosair II   1
SEPECAT Jaguar   1
Bell OH-58 Kiowa   0
Bell UH-1Y Venom   0
Douglas A-1 Skyraider   0
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk   0
North American F-100 Super Sabre   0
Republic F-105 Thunderchief   0
Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot   0

Unlisted aircraft included these: