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What's your favorite aircraft?

Do you have a favorite aircraft?

  • I've had one lifelong favorite aircraft that I'm passionate about.

    Votes: 67 39.2%

  • I don't have any specific favorite, I like many aircraft as 'favorites', so to speak.

    Votes: 62 36.3%

  • I don't have any specific favorite, I like a couple aircraft as 'favorites', so to speak.

    Votes: 42 24.6%
  • Total voters
    171
i have several, depending on the category

pt-17 stearman for oldies
cessna 337 for g/a twin
kodiak quest for the bush
dc-3 for the longevity and toughness
b-25 for ww2 stuff
epic victory for vlj
f-16 for jet fighter
bombardier crj for regional jet
 
The question was specific, only one airplane and do I need to say more. Neil Armstrong once stated he was more at peace flying his Champ than in any airplane or spacecraft he ever piloted.

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um um ?
i see no one here has mentioned
whats that thing called again
its on the tip of my tongue dontcha hate getting old
its got bentley engines or wait!
nah rolls royce
i will have to check my little book
it starts with an m:confused:
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Ever since reading my first book many many years ago, God is my Co-pilot, The Curtiss P-40
Another plane I fell in love with after getting my PPL, The PA-18 Super Cub.
Curt:kilroy:
 
Many, as the aviation history is full of grand stories I dont want to choose from. A short selection :

The highflyers SR71 and U2, technological wonders, I wish I could embark in a mission for the view...

The venerable DC3 because of the mystique (The Hump, D-Day, Indiana Jones :)). I am old enough to have been a passenger in a DC 3 and a C47, long ago in a faraway land...

The Spitfire and P-51, not only because of they're good-looking great performers but because they made the difference, they meant freedom.

Other great planes, the Beech Staggerwing (any model 17 !), the F86, the Mirage IV (another beautiful bird), the Concord.

and, of course,

the Piper Cub :jump:
 
Agree with all of the above, but want to add one more -- the P-3 Orion.

They still make regular trips in and out of the airport I work at; and seeing them mix it up with 737s is like watching a time capsule in motion. Although a turboprop, it is the only four engine plane I get to see on a regular basis; and takes me back to the planes from the Golden Age of Aviation.

It's story is an ironic one. The Lockheed Electra, from which it was derived, suffered from a bad reputation after a series of crashes due to vibration resonance in the engine mounts, which caused the wings to rip off in flight. It was also quickly made obsolete by the first jetliners.

Yet, the P-3 itself is one of the aircraft used as hurricane hunters by NOAA and the Air Force, vindicating the soundness of it's original design. Like the C-130; it is another design that was so good, it is still with us today, and will be with other nations for some time to come.

-James
 
Beech 18 (Milton's is my default aircraft in FS)

Honorable Mention:
Spitfire PR.XIX
Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Cessna 337 Skymaster
Lockheed Constellation (the early short Connie L049, L649, L749)
P-38 Lightning
DC-3
 
Henry said:
um um ?
i see no one here has mentioned
whats that thing called again
its on the tip of my tongue dontcha hate getting old
its got bentley engines or wait!
nah rolls royce
i will have to check my little book
it starts with an m:confused:
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Messerschmit Bf-109F experimental fittet with a RR Merlin. :p:
 
So many favorite airplanes, depending on the era, or age, or decade. Whichever is correct.
Usually the ones with great 'lines'. :d

Helicopters, any of the MD500E's and on. Really like the MD530F.
 
I have a few Favorite aircraft but the one I'm sweet on right now is the P-39.

This web site http://www.fritzthefox.com/ww2guide/p39.html sums up the P-39 nicely. I ll quote it.


"The Airacobra was an innovative and promising mid-engine design that was completely screwed up by the Army Engineering and Procurement Department. Somebody at Wright Field was apparently obsessed with aerodynamic drag, and in a fit of streamlining ended up removing a lot of really useful parts of the airplane. They forced Bell to make design changes that turned the P-39 into a troublesome, spin-prone aircraft which soon earned the nickname the "Iron Dog"."
 
I can only narrow it down to four, F4U Corsair, F/A-18 Hornet, Dassault Mirage 2000-5 and the rugged Pilatus P-3.

Mike :salute:
 
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