In WWII the Best pilots were German followed by the Japanese from far behind.

The pilots with the most “kills” where Germans and Japanese. Whether they were the best depended on the year of the war. They simply fought until they were killed and therefore tacked on huge kill numbers. American and British pilots were rotated after tours to train other pilots.

The Japanese skill level fell off sharply after Guadalcanal. Before the Solomons and especially before Midway, there are historians who say that the IJN pilots (both attack and fighter) of Nagumo Strike force had legimate claims as the best squadrons in the world. Carrier pilots were and are by definition trained longer than land-based ones.

But they were an elite group of several hundred. When they were worn away after Guadacanal (Midway destroyed Nagumo’s veterans and Guadalcanal grounded away the rest,) Japan had almost nothing.

People forget that the Japanese created superlative aircraft in the last years of the war — Ki-100, Ki-84, the N1K2, etc. — but atrocious pilots.

Germany had great pilots but their edge over Americans and British were slight to non-existent depending on the year of the war. By the end, the Luftwaffe was grounded to bits. Germany’s kill record came mostly against Russia. So did Finland’s.

In fact, Finland used what was considered the WORST US plane in the Pacific War, the Brewster Buffalo, to create 16 or so aces and hundreds of kills.

Argentina and Iraq had good pilots but in general they lost their respective wars due to the less advanced equipment and lesser numbers in high tech weaponry.

Argentina’s attack pilots were actually too good. At the Falklands, the A-4 pilots pressed their attacks so close that there were a dozen hits where bombs went in one side of British ships and out the other before exploding. They had armor-piercing bombs that were incorrectly fused for the situation. The Brits could have lost far more ships than the two kills by exocets.

The highest scoring pilots in history came from a totalitarian society—Nazi Germany. The highest scoring pilots from the Allies came from the Soviet Union.

The thread did say “commie dictatorships.” Nazi Germany is a uber-efficient far right system where the vast majority of people within the state was incredbly free. The people not “free” in Nazi Germany were jews, gypsies and other minorities.

In Russia or Mao China, it was the direct opposite of Germany. The vast majority of people were not free.

At any rate, the Luftwaffe’s high kill ratio can almost entirely against the Russian air force. In the West, the Germans were grounded to bits in the air. By the time of D-Day, Germany could not even put up a single squadron to protect its panzers. If the Germans had any air cover at all, the Allies would have been grounded into meat patty underneath treads barely 10 miles inland (outside the range of effective naval fire – though 8 inch cruiser and 14 inch and up battleship guns could reach even further.)

However, wealthier societies is able to afford more resources into training pilots. Does not matter if the society is free or not, it all comes down to the buckaroos.

The overwhelming evidence is that buckaroos depends on freedoms and the rule of law. Communist states restrict personal freedom and kills any hope of enterprise. They are ALWAYS poorer than freer neighbors.

Any nation that is poorer than a communist nation is NOT a free nation. Remember that communist nations aren’t the only kind of unfree societies. There are a variety of feudal systems. Even worse societies are those like serfdom (which led to communism in the first place) and castes.

Looks like after they saw the hole, thought it over and decided better of it.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/17/content_4314665.htm

Russian aircraft not to fly through tourist mountain hole
http://www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-17 21:56:16

ZHANGJIAJIE, March 17 (Xinhuanet) — Russian aircraft will not perform any stunt of flying through a tourist mid-air mountain hole in Zhangjiajie, central China’s Hunan Province.

The information was released at a press conference Friday before the aerobatic show was launched.

The decision is made out of consideration on ecological and environmental protection, since heavy aircraft can cause powerful air current when flying low, that might damage both the aircraft and the cave, according to the Russian stunt team at the conference.

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Only free societies that have wealthy economies and have air planes 😀

A person raised in a democratic society enjoying basic human rights like freedom of speech, expression, learning etc. would naturally develop a personality that reflects these values.

True. It is even more evident among a free country’s business class than just pilots.

That is why free societies (with one glaring exception which proves the rule) are in general very rich and not only produce good pilots but also lots of first rate equipment for their pilots from their wealth.

On the other hand, a country that is very poor is probably not a truely free society no matter what it attempts to call itself. Poverty is a symptom of oppression and inequality. No man chooses to be poor and unless extremely untalented would not be poor if he had true freedom.

If a so-called “free” nation is among the poorest states in the world then it is not a free nation. The majority of such a nation is oppressed by other means than the right to vote. Lack of education, lack of upward mobility and lack of nutrition are signs of lack of freedom. Poverty is the greatest sign that there is no real freedom.

Therefore, a truly free society should NEVER be poorer than a commie or unfree neighbor. Freedom will allow talented people to create wealth and well-being for the society as a whole which in turns produce good aircraft and good pilots.

Truly free nations would never buy commie MiGs and Sukhois. They buy from the West or produce their own. They would never have allied themselves with the country Reagan called the “Evil Empire.” You will never see real free state like Australia, Japan or Canada fly MiGs.

That said, communist nations could produce good pilots in the same way they produce astronauts, ballerinas and athletes. Training in elite groups and from an early age.

FYI 21Ankush gook don’t apply spacifically to chinese…and if you have the audacity to actually say something as offensive as gook as least stand by it and not edit your post.

It’s an attack on all East Asians, actually. All the dehumanizing “drones” and “clones” talk from Indians is already pretty close to racial slurs. This is just another step in the same direction.

by the way i feel very proud China builds Brazilian ERJ-145s

Good, you can sooth your jealousy that way. Remember, Strevitel, only a small jealous man is worried about other people’s pride.

Say, why do you come to Chinese threads anyways? You seem to be so envious and racist towards us all the time? Is China’s rise too much for you to handle? Is envy eating away at your insides?

Come on, it’s only airplanes 🙂

Learn to be an aviation enthusiasts not a jealous angry person.