Simviation Forum - Your Favorite Plane

Jun 7^th, 2003 at 1:24am

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I know this has been done before but hey what the heck. Just state your favorite plane(s) and thats it.

My fav planes are:

F/A-18C,E,F Hornet
F-104 Starfighter
P-51 Mustang
F-86 Sabre
F-16 Falcon

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Reply #1 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 4:44am

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HARVARD

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Reply #2 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 7:56am

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YALE

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Reply #3 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 8:05am

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CORNELL
Because its near were I live(5 miles away)

My fav plane's are
B-52
F-4
C-130

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Reply #4 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 8:08am

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DC10, F-14, harrier, tornado, Md11, and 777

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Reply #5 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 8:15am

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Beech 18.... Grin

...!
(..'cos it's got luverly radial engines*...)... Grin

...!
LOL...!

Paul.
(England).

P.S ..*also my DH Beavers, for the same reason... Wink

...!
P.P.S ..and the YAK 50/52, again for the same reasons...!

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Reply #6 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 9:13am

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DH 82A Tiger Moth - closely followed by any vintage light aircraft. Real aeroplanes without a nosewheel in sight. I love 'em. Wink

Favourite military types are the Hawker Hunter & Sea Fury.
Favourite airliner - Douglas DC-3.

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Reply #7 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 9:57am

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errr...

GA:
- Yak-18 in SM-97 modification (400hp engine, 10 hour endurance tanks)
- Be-300 asmphibian

Military:
- YF-23 for the shape
- Mig-25 for the performance

Small jets:
Candair challenger long-range version
Yak-40 for it's STOL capabilities
Sukhoi S-21 (when it ever gets built) for the speed, it can do M2.1

Medium jets: Tu-134, 727

large jets:
747-400ER: the ultimate longhaul aircraft
Tu-154M: if you want to go someplace where the runways are bad with 200 passengers.
An-255: does someone have some more cargo for me?

Supersonic stuff
Concorde and Tu-144

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Reply #8 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 10:20am

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Vickers Supermarine Spitfire. Love them all, but my real passion is for the later models with the Griffon engine.

Avro Lancaster. Just an awsome sight. I get goose bumps every time I see one.

Avro Vulcan. Like the Lancaster, just awsome. Sadly missed on the UK airshow scene.

Hawker Hurricane. Unsung Hero. Far too few of these wounderful aircraft around these days.

English Electric Lightning. If you never saw a Lightning (or a Vulcan) perform, you really missed a treat. Just magnificent. Last truly British performance aircraft. Sadly missed.

Hawker Sea Fury. The ultimate piston engined Fighter. Served with distiction in Korea when the world was changing over to jets. Too few remaining in the UK these days.

Hawker Hunter. Classic British jet fighter. Nice to see so many still around.

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Reply #9 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 11:34am

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Spitfire Mk IX or V. Just soooooooooooo sexy!!!!
SU-29 - the hurlinator.
An-225 - my favourite stunt plane Shocked

and the only thing flying that is bigger than my ego.
Avro Vulcan - no words necessary.
English Electric Lightning - WOOF!!!
Tiger Moth - My favourite biplane, and one of the most beautiful ever made.
Stearman - My second favourite biplane, harder than a diamond, and Mark proof landing gear.
Beech G-18/58/King Air - simply the best twins going.
Little Nellie gyrocopter - hey if its good enough for Sir Sean Connery KT its good enough for me, 'nuff said Wink

Huey - simply a classic helicopter.
Mi-24 - the scary big brother of helicopters Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #10 - Jun 7^th, 2003 at 2:37pm

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Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
Hawker Hurricane
Avro Canada Jetliner
Avro Lancaster
Airbus A320
F-14 Tomcat
Chance Vought F4U Corsair
Stearman
And of course my lovely Avistar R/C.

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Reply #11 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 4:49am

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BAC T.S.R.2
SAAB Viggen,Gripen
North American A-5 Vigilante
Boeing 707
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2
Westland Lynx
Berijew A-40
BAe Harrier

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Reply #12 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 3:13pm

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F-104
EE Lightning
Foland Gnat/HAL Ajeet
Sea Vixen
F-14
Fairy Delta 2

no real order, can't decide 8)

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Reply #13 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 4:28pm

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Gotta be the Ju-87 Stuka (which looks quite aesthetically pleasing in an Afrika Korps scheme) or the F4U Corsair (preferably a World War II model). Love those gull wings!

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Reply #14 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 10:59pm

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Deep down - My favorite plane is whatever I am flying in at the moment.....

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Reply #15 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 11:14pm

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Love those gull wings!

Those wings are " Inverted Gull Wings "...... 8)

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Reply #16 - Jun 8^th, 2003 at 11:19pm

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C-130
F-14
F-16
B-1B
and the list goes on and on... Cheesy

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Reply #17 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 7:50am

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Well I guess you know my...
After him are the Mirages and Gripen (and almost any canard delta), and since I got Canceled-Fighters-complex:
the Avro Arrow.

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Reply #18 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 8:38am

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civil: 777
military: B-2A, B-1B, B-52
SST: Tu-144
recon: SR-71
and on and on and on...

and Ivan, if you want a plane which can carry more cargo, take the AN-225!

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Reply #19 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 10:24am

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Spitfire MKIX Cheesy

Huey, Little Bird, and Black Hawk helos
F-14 & F-18s
....and various small GA props 8)

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Reply #20 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 6:30pm

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I have 3 favorite planes: Fokker Dr.1, Boeing B-17, and the Messerschmitt Bf109.

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Reply #21 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 8:20pm

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My fave plane? I'd have to say SR-71a. There are some things in this World just look right and the SR-71 is one of them. That along with Kylie Minogue and a pint of Marstons.........

Imagine that, coming home to find an SR-71a parked on your driveway, with Kylie in the cockpit, holding a pint of cool Marstons... Shocked

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Reply #22 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 12:27am

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Those wings are " Inverted Gull Wings "...... 8)

Ah, I stand corrected! Roll Eyes

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Reply #23 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 5:24am

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My list is just about identical to Tempest V's...

Just add...

Gloster Gladiator,
Bristol F2B (Bristol Fighter),
Bristol Blenheim,
Westland Lysander....

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Reply #24 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 6:20am

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Nobody likes Ultralites eh?

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Reply #25 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 10:46am

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Nobody likes Ultralites eh?

I believe Fozzer does Grin

He also likes anything that has a nice radial engine attached to the front Wink

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Reply #26 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 2:07pm

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My fave plane? I'd have to say SR-71a. There are some things in this World just look right and the SR-71 is one of them. That along with Kylie Minogue and a pint of Marstons.........
Imagine that, coming home to find an SR-71a parked on your driveway, with Kylie in the cockpit, holding a pint of cool Marstons... Shocked

and where are the photos of kylie?? Wink

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Reply #27 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 2:19pm

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Paper......... Wink

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Reply #28 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 2:38pm

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Craig a few days ago you didn't even know what a Sea Vixen was you must really love it.

This list is a bit long but.

SEA VIXEN - has been for a while now.
Fairy Firefly. - That Griffon engine sounds Georgous.
Boing x-32. - a bit nicer than the x-35
Lockheed YF-23 - soooooooo much nicer than the f-22
Spitfire - no words necessary
Vulcan - no words necessary
An-72 - Revolutionary design with brilliant STOL ability.
Tornado - So god damn loud it makes me smile.
Eurofighter - same reason.
F-16 - Nice looking aircraft.

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F-14
F-16
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Reply #29 - Jun 11^th, 2003 at 12:09am

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F-16
F15
Boeing 747-400
Bell 407
Bell 206 Long Ranger
Balckhawk

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Reply #30 - Jun 11^th, 2003 at 3:25am

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Small single,    Piper Cherokee 140, 160
Twin,    Piper Chieftian
Military,    C-130
Military jet,       F/A -18 tomcat
Commercial jet, 747
Commercial prop, Dash 8
Stunt    Pitts

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Reply #31 - Jun 11^th, 2003 at 6:31am

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Reply #32 - Jun 11^th, 2003 at 7:43am

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More American (ok, and a canadian) aircraft....

Crumbso would not be pleased... Wink

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Reply #33 - Jun 11^th, 2003 at 1:47pm

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I'm just saying you could just be a little more diverse.

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Reply #34 - Jun 13^th, 2003 at 10:47am

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Haven't been in the forum for about a week so I'm a little late on this one.
Everyone knows the answer anyway.

My BEAUTIFUL P-40 any model or variation (they're all pretty much the same).
Just such a lovely looking bird...................... Grin

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Reply #35 - Jun 13^th, 2003 at 1:52pm

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In the interests of diversity, and because my original post was entirely British, i'm going to have to add...

P-38 Lightning
B17

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Reply #36 - Jun 13^th, 2003 at 3:06pm

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Ok, here we go... There is of course, not one individual but many that over the years I keep going back to as my favorites.

General aviation...

Alon Ercoupe (the first plane I ever sat in!)
Cessna 152
Beechcraft Bonanza

Commercial Aviation...

Lockheed L-1011
Boeing 777
Airbus A-340

Vintage...

Curtis Jenny
Stearman Kaydet
Lockheed Vega

Vintage Commercial...

Ju 52
Ford Tri-motor
Lockheed Constellation
DeHavilland Comet

Pre Cold-War Military...

P-51 Mustang
Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV
F4U Corsair (the first airplane I ever drew!)
FW-190

Cold War to Present Military
F-86 Saber
F-4 Phantom
F-16 Falcon
F-14 Tomcat

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Reply #37 - Jun 13^th, 2003 at 7:21pm

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This is so hard to define my fav plane, as I would really like to fly, unencumbered and not encased in any material at all.....to have the full freedom to move about in total 3d space with no constrictions of accelerations or limits to either, direction, change of direction, or static placement..........I guess I need to fly in my head ..........

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Reply #38 - Jun 13^th, 2003 at 9:49pm

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F-16 Falcon : neat fighter

UH-1 huey : well made helicopter that passed the armies expectations when it first appeared.

U-2 Ladybird - must be neat to operate, you fly 60 000 ft and see up to 4 sunsets a day.

SR-71 - looks better than the U-2

C-130 Hercules - good cargo plane

Space Shuttle - It would be neat to go into orbit.

ranger modified toy rocket - because it will make a neat explosion

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Reply #39 - Jun 15^th, 2003 at 5:57pm

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Military-
F/A 18C Hornet (#2 Blue Angel...Semper Fi, Devil Dog!)

Commercial (not as easy)-
I like the nose of the 727, the overall grace of the DC-10-30 (not the 10-10), the size of the 777, and the reliability of the 737.

Wow, that could make for a great design for one of you gMax folks! I'd love to see that done.

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