[Misc] What is your favourite aircraft

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Its never received as much love as the Spitfire, but Ive always liked the Hurricane....amazing fighter.



Having married into a military family, I love the Chinook as well now. My brother in law was a Squadron Leader down at RAF Odiham, and then Benson, until fairly recently - and flew the Chugga Chugga into Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia etc over the years. Amazing what they can do. Quite a sight (& sound) watching his whole squadron fly back into base 16 years ago from the Middle East, when he first met his 3 month old nephew...."emotional" doesn't even begin to describe that day!

 

[Icy Gull]

 

[NogansRun]

mine was always the Blackbird from Top Trumps days, it was the best card in the pack

I have seen two now, one on USS Intrepid in New York and the other in the Museum of Flight in Seattle

Another vote for this - saw it take off and perform a display at Farnborough in 1980s, the noise and vibration felt like an earthquake to me as a kid. Awesome machine.

 

[aberdare seagull]

One with a free bar

 

[happypig]

su-27

 

[Hillian1]

P51 Mustang

 

[Icy Gull]

One with a free bar

You’ll be needing to fly on one of these then, it actually had a bar area

 

[Ecosse Exile]

Its never received as much love as the Spitfire, but Ive always liked the Hurricane....amazing fighter.

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Having married into a military family, I love the Chinook as well now. My brother in law was a Squadron Leader down at RAF Odiham, and then Benson, until fairly recently - and flew the Chugga Chugga into Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia etc over the years. Amazing what they can do. Quite a sight (& sound) watching his whole squadron fly back into base 16 years ago from the Middle East, when he first met his 3 month old nephew...."emotional" doesn't even begin to describe that day!

I was based at Odiham for a few years and have to say, watching the pilots doing "stunts" for want of a better word, is quite an incredible sight, to put something that aero-dynamic (not) into a near nose dive and pull back out with not much time to spare, to my eye anyway, is quite a site. I suspect it is more a neccesity than a stunt tbh.

However having flown in a chinook, i can best describe it as uncomfortable and VERY noisy, even with a helmet and ear defenders. Glad to have experienced it, but wouldn't be in any rush to do so again tbh.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Indeed I did, because I thought "in 3 months time I will need to prove to an anonymous stranger on the internet that I was listening to a tannoy system at an airshow".

But later that night I started questioning my life choices, and ended up deleting it. Sorry.

You must be kicking yourself now.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I was based at Odiham for a few years and have to say, watching the pilots doing "stunts" for want of a better word, is quite an incredible sight, to put something that aero-dynamic (not) into a near nose dive and pull back out with not much time to spare, to my eye anyway, is quite a site. I suspect it is more a neccesity than a stunt tbh.

However having flown in a chinook, i can best describe it as uncomfortable and VERY noisy, even with a helmet and ear defenders. Glad to have experienced it, but wouldn't be in any rush to do so again tbh.

Very talented pilots! My bro in law (Foo...you might know him?) once managed to outmaneuver, & "shoot down" a Euro fighter on a training exercise...which he brings up with the fixed wing boys all the time still!

 

[kjgood]

Lancaster, the best mechanical sound ever made.

 

[Barham's tash]

de havilland Mosquito, made of wood and faster than anything else.

My grandfather, who was a master carpenter, repaired these during the war so have always had a soft spot for them.

Honourable mentions to:

Vulcan - took my breath away when I saw it at Boscombe Down air show

Concorde - who wouldn’t?

747-400 - incredible machine

Rockwell B1-b:

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[Surrey Seagull]

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.

And it was the only British combat aircraft to see frontline service from the start till the finish the war in it's original mk.1 form.

 

[DFL JCL]

Harrier for me. Many happy childhood memories of standing on Shoreham airfield in absolute awe of the power and the smell of Kerosene. As a child that was truly amazing when it bows in front of you then turns and puts the power down. Awesome.

 

[Hillian1]

Lancaster, the best mechanical sound ever made.

See P51 Mustang above.

 

[A1X]

Tough to pick one out of the obvious greats (Concorde, Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire, B-2, SR-71, P-51). But I think I'd like to opt for a few specific Hawks...

 

[Hampden Park]

WAFU's Bank

 

[Two Professors]

Tough to pick one out of the obvious greats (Concorde, Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire, B-2, SR-71, P-51). But I think I'd like to opt for a few specific Hawks...

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This was a great one!

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Another reason for my love of Hurricanes is because of my grandfather who served in the RNVR / RN during WW2, & who was serving on board the first CAM ship (HMS Maplin) to score an enemy kill, taking down a Focke Wulf fw200 Condor. The "Hurricat" would be rocket propelled off the ship and, once finished with the mission, ditch in the sea. Those pilots were something special!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

It came go a tragic end, but the Concorde.

This, I was lucky enough to fly on one.

Honorable mention for the Bristol Blenheim, my uncle flew them during the last world war.