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For Zulu; Good question on ratings. No hard and fast rules, but general aggreement on factors such as: Rarity, historical significance, how does it fly, performance, all add to value. Original Japanese Zero,very rare, historic, flys great so expensive. Fw-190,if real not a copy same except more performance not as easy to fly. Spitfire, especially the early Merlin models; fairly rare, amoung the most historic, easy and great to fly, beautiful lines, later models very high performance, dual control version popular. P-51' not as rare, still historic, high peformance. 51 has the advantage of utility,i.e. back seat, long range, parts & service support, so high value. T-6, not at all rare, not high performance, but the acme of combat trainers, useful, durable, servicable. Bearcat, rare, not historic, no combat, easy to fly,very high performance. Most planes have some negatives,i.e. Spit usually modest fuel range unless added; P-51 hot inside, low speed handling accidents,; Bearcat,Skyraider,hard to kep clean; most radial fightrers hot inside; Some modern or generic brands, T-34, L-39 easy to fly, useful range baggege, parts, but no history aura or rarity. B-17 has it all, but requires big crew and lots of service.Best policy is to buy 1 of each and you'll have lot's of new best friends! Also see Jeff Ethel's book on evaluating Warbirds. Hope this brief opinion helps
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Bill Greenwood
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thanks Bill... I guess I'll have to make do with the crop dusters for the moment.. check out my new post on the T-6 vs T-28.. Appreciate the info you posted.