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perseus

perseus

Broad Blue & White stripe
Jul 5, 2003
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Sūþseaxna
Cowfold Seagull said:
Ah yes a good old jack of all trades Douglas DC3, or Dakota as the military versions were called. Saw countless years service for many airlines and air forces around the world.

I think the oldest aircraft l have ever flown on was the Bristol Britannia, an ex BOAC machine that had been sold on to the charter outfit Monarch. The flight would have been in the early 1970's..
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Have you ever flown in a Dakota? Ghastly, it put me off flying.
 










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The Flux Capacitor
Nov 7, 2009
662
Shrewsbury
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m20gull

Well-known member
Jun 10, 2004
3,478
Land of the Chavs
m20gull said:
Tough question. Snap answer is the Vulcan but the SR71 is a contender as are the Phantom and Lightning. Nothing brings a misty eye like a Spitfire. And then for aerobatics there is that crazy vectored Mig.

OK, if I have to choose one I stick with my first choice. Nothing looks like it or sounds like it. Vulcan it is.
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Still a Vulcan
 








Gabbafella

Gabbafella

Well-known member
Aug 22, 2012
4,907
So many to choose from.
A-10, F4, SR-71, Tornado, Mig-29, F-14, Concorde, Vulcan, Vampire, Typhoon, Rafale, Mirage, Gripen, F-117, Su-57.

If I really had to pick a favourite it would probably be the A-10, just for the bbrrrrrrrr!!
 


Frutos

Frutos

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NSC Patron
May 3, 2006
36,308
Northumberland
Just want to throw this beauty into the mix too, sadly I never got to see it for real:

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Mackenzie

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,017
East Wales
My grandad was an RAF engineer at Scampton in Lincolnshire during the second word war, so I have a lot of affection for the Lancasters, Wellingtons and Halifax bombers of that era...but my favourite is the Bristol Beaufighter, cool looking and versatile and often found in the great Commando comic book.
 




Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam
Jan 31, 2013
1,923
Walthamstow
Mackenzie said:
My grandad was an RAF engineer at Scampton in Lincolnshire during the second word war, so I have a lot of affection for the Lancasters, Wellingtons and Halifax bombers of that era...but my favourite is the Bristol Beaufighter, cool looking and versatile and often found in the great Commando comic book.
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My grandfather was RAF ground crew during the 2nd World War. He would load the bombs that destroyed Dresden etc. For which he felt eternal shame and haunted his sleep till his death. Whilst on the bombers return his job was to remove the tail gunner. Apparently they very rarely survived and the easiest way to remove their body was from the inside with a high powered hose. He wasn't keen on that either.
 


Paskman

Paskman

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May 9, 2008
2,026
Chiddingly, United Kingdom
Mackenzie said:
My grandad was an RAF engineer at Scampton in Lincolnshire during the second word war, so I have a lot of affection for the Lancasters, Wellingtons and Halifax bombers of that era...but my favourite is the Bristol Beaufighter, cool looking and versatile and often found in the great Commando comic book.
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My grandad came down behind Japanese lines in Burma whilst in a Beaufighter. He and his pilot walked through the Japanese lines to get back to Imphal
 




Mackenzie

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,017
East Wales
Comrade Sam said:
My grandfather was RAF ground crew during the 2nd World War. He would load the bombs that destroyed Dresden etc. For which he felt eternal shame and haunted his sleep till his death. Whilst on the bombers return his job was to remove the tail gunner. Apparently they very rarely survived and the easiest way to remove their body was from the inside with a high powered hose. He wasn't keen on that either.
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It was a grim old job, he lost many many friends during the war.
 




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