[Misc] What is your favourite aircraft

[Pretty Plnk Fairy]

ME 109

Regards
DF

 

[Blue3]

For what it did Spitfire
For what it represented Concorde
For being my favourite plane to fly in 737 Dreamliner

 

[jaghebby]

For what it did Spitfire
For what it represented Concorde
For being my favourite plane to fly in 737 Dreamliner

Its the 787 Dreamliner!

 

[worthingseagull123]

L1011

 

[Mortdecai]

Has to be the A10

 

[jaghebby]

Its the Spitfire for me. But the Tempest was a pretty formidable fighting machine to and a favourite of mine.



Also a quick shout out to the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group who are trying to get a Hawker Typhoon back into the air. https://hawkertyphoon.com/

 

[Steve_PPP]

Vulcan. Just nothing like the noise and howl that thing makes.

Still sad that XH558 is grounded...

 

[Easy 10]

I went to the Bournemouth airshow this summer (saw 2 days worth), and I was lucky enough to see the first ever airshow debut of THIS

The Saab Draken. It literally looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica. Some may recall it from the old 80's SAAB adverts, when they flew it over one of their boxy cars. It was retired from the Swedish military some time in the 90s, but like I say, this summer gone was the first ever airshow appearance, and it was SENSATIONAL. On our second day they put it up there with a Typhoon Eurofighter, what a bloody treat. The speed and noise was absolutely mindblowing, you could literally feel your own ribcage vibrating.

The Typhoon was my fave, until I clocked that little swedish slut.

 

[Seasider78]

Love the stealth bombers if anything as they look like Batman should be flying them

 

[Lethargic]

So much choice...

Civilian has to be Concorde no other comes close, a beautiful piece of engineering and years ahead of its time.
Military wise a call out for the Buccaneer, Hawk, C130 Hercules and A10 Tankbuster but my favourite has to be the Vulcan more like a majestic bird than an aircraft. At the opposite end of the scale was the Tornado an absolute piece of shite plus anything the French flew.

 

[AmexRuislip]

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Has to be the Lockheed L1011 Tristar
Worked on these for 20 years in the RAF and flying as an engineer for the last 15 years..
Multi role aircraft......Passenger or freighter or pure freighter......AAR ( Air to Air Refuelling tanker) ..
Got me to many countries all over the world as far away as Fiji / New Zealand.

Unfortunately they were retired in 2014.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Phantom

 

[Wardy's twin]

Swordfish from WW2 although it look more WW1. My dad used to travel in them during the war although his main role was to sort out their armaments.

 

[chip]

 

[Two Professors]

Amazingly short take-off and landing;

 

[Invicta]

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Phantom

This for a jet, used to see them in Scotland every summer. Overall it's the Spitfire, nothing looks or sounds better.

 

[portslade seagull]

Spitfire for me. Also flown in an Dakota lovely seats much comfier than modern planes

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fun8tIJTDMY
regards
DF

 

[m20gull]

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.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

ME 109

Regards
DF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkWnHma45fk
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