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Aug 19^th, 2003 at 7:50pm

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I'm interested to know what the nicest fighter that has been in service with the Royal Air Force/Navy (there i've changed it now) is to you guys. Once you voted please say what you voted for.

Just so you know what they look like here they Are.

DeHavilland Sea Vixen - My personal fav.

English Electric Lightning

Gloster Javelin - not expecting many for this one but just in case.

BAE Harrier

Panavia Tornado - I love these as well.

Sepecat Jaguar - I suppose these look nice.

BAE Hawk

BEA Typhoon - These I also like.

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Reply #1 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 7:59pm

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On that list, the Tornado, hands down. Beautiful airplane!

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Reply #2 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 8:10pm

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Reply #3 - Aug 19^th, 2003 at 11:31pm

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Crumbso,
I'll have to pass on the aircraft you've got listed. The nicest looking British jet fighter is the Hawker Hunter. The Hunter is slim, trim and sleek. Even when standing still she looked like she was going fast!

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Reply #4 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 3:41am

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Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 3:51am

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I have to agree with denishc. No contest - the Hawker Hunter wins hands down every time. I can't believe you didn't even list it. Roll Eyes

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PS. The Sea Vixen was never in service with the RAF.

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Reply #6 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 3:58am

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Hey guys I have nothing against jets Grin

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I voted for the Lightning, as I think she is simply divine, and I was briefly involved with the restoration of one.
And the Sea Vixen was a Royal Navy plane Crumbso Wink

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The giveaway being the word Sea in the title Wink

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Even your picture of one has Royal Navy slapped on the tail boom Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 4:00am

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gotta be the harrier for me. although i do love the sound some of those old jets make when they fly past, where it goes kinda quiet then the noise suddenly catches up,thats cool
side note where are those models from? the tornado looks like the one that came with the air combat magazine but with a differant stand

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Reply #8 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 4:52am

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i go for the Jag.

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Reply #9 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 5:19am

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I voted Lightning.

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Reply #10 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 5:37am

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Jolly well done Roger, you have shown remarkable good taste Wink

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Reply #11 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 5:52am

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You lot must be blind. Tongue

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The Hunter has it all. Grace, elegance & the classic lines of a thoroughbred. Looks great from any angle. This is not only my opinion.
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Regarded by many as the most graceful jet design ever to leave the ground, the Hunter is hugely popular aircraft, both with its pilots and with those who merely watch and wish to be a pilot. From the same stable as the legendary Hurricane, the Hunter is from the era when the F-86 and MiG-15 were hot ships, but not only outlasted them, but has also stayed around longer than many later aircraft.

It's often been called the jet equivalent of the Spitfire.

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Reply #12 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:35am

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Of those RAF fighters the lightning for looks and performance, of those fighters though Sea Vixen, and I'll go with the Hunter for best looking RAF jet of all time 8)

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Reply #13 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:10pm

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Sea Vixen was a Royal Navy plane Crumbso

Yeah, Yeah I know I forgot that for a moment. The DH.110 was going to be RAF though. I can't exclude my favourite aircraft.

Sorry I can't believ eI forgot the Hunter, that was very stupid of me. I'm quite surprised the Jaguars winning it looks so French to me and I'm not a huge fan of french aircraft.

Well lets just imagine the Vixen was in the airforce would have been MUCH better than the damn Javelin.

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Reply #14 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:31pm

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You lot must be blind. Tongue

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The Hunter has it all. Grace, elegance & the classic lines of a thoroughbred. Looks great from any angle. This is not only my opinion.

It's often been called the jet equivalent of the Spitfire.

This is a well known FACT by "Real" aviation afficiandos.....has been for years.......... Wink

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Hagar,....denishc,......

I stand and salute your brilliance........ Grin

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........for everyone else....an appt has been made for you all, as a group, at the local optometrist this afternoon .......... Roll Eyes

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For all you non-believers, I found this in the dictionary right beside the entry for "Beautiful" !

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Reply #15 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:34pm

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Crumbso. You seem to have a thing about the Javelin. I realise it was chosen instead of your Sea Vixen but AFAIK it was not very successful & only served with a few squadrons for a short time.

If possible, get yourself over to the Tangmere museum some time. They have a Sea Vixen on static display outside. Don't ask why as Tangmere was a RAF station. Maybe it came from RNAS Ford a few miles away. Roll Eyes

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Here's a shot I took just for you. Sorry about the quality. The sun was just in the wrong place.

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Reply #16 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:44pm

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oh know worries about seeing a Vixen I've been inside G-CVIX.

Sorry about forgetting about the Hunter I also think they are georgous but it just slipped my mind at the time looking back I can't believe I left it out.

I suppose tha javelin actually looks quite nice but wasn't the greatest aircraft ever. I wouldn't refuse one if I was offered it though.

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Reply #17 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:44pm

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This is a well known FACT by "Real" aviation afficiandos.....has been for years.......... Wink

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Hagar,....denishc,......

I stand and salute your brilliance........ Grin

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........for everyone else....an appt has been made for you all, as a group, at the local optometrist this afternoon .......... Roll Eyes

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Thank you Rifleman. I deny being brilliant. I simply know beauty when I see it. 8)

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Reply #18 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:47pm

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Oh yeah although the hunter is beautiful and flies nicely I don't recommend it to claustrophobics cause the cocpit is tiny and I mean that. I actually think the T.7 variant is the nicest hunter of them all.

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Reply #19 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:55pm

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oh know worries about seeing a Vixen I've been inside G-CVIX.

Sorry about forgetting about the Hunter I also think they are georgous but it just slipped my mind at the time looking back I can't believe I left it out.

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I suppose tha javelin actually looks quite nice but wasn't the greatest aircraft ever. I wouldn't refuse one if I was offered it though.

I used to see Javelins flying over when I was but a lad in short trousers. They made a distinctive warbling sound, not heard anything like it before or since. It was never a favourite of mine although the double delta design was unusual. I can't think of another aircraft with this configuration offhand. My mate who worked on them told me they were constantly having problems with the engines at altitude. The performance never came up to expectations. Not a successful aircraft at all.

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Reply #20 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 1:56pm

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Oh yeah although the hunter is beautiful and flies nicely I don't recommend it to claustrophobics cause the cocpit is tiny and I mean that. I actually think the T.7 variant is the nicest hunter of them all.

Having been lucky enough to fly in one the T.7 is my favourite too. Wink

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Reply #21 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 2:26pm

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I guess its just people from where we live have good taste.

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Reply #22 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 3:15pm

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........ although the double delta design was unusual. I can't think of another aircraft with this configuration offhand.

In my memory, the only one I can think of which comes close to a delta with a stab is Heinneman's hot rod....? in plan view I think it may qualify as a delta ?...... ??? 8)

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Reply #23 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 5:22pm

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In my memory, the only one I can think of which comes close to a delta with a stab is Heinneman's hot rod....? in plan view I think it may qualify as a delta ?...... ??? 8)

By gad Sir, I do believe you're correct. Wink

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Reply #24 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 5:38pm

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Jet? Beauty? These words can exist in the same sentence!? Shocked

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Reply #25 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 6:09pm

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Not in list... Hunter... anyone who wants to question that gets their head beaten agaisnt a brick wall Grin

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for votables... Lightning... again anyone who wants to question that gets their head beaten agaisnt a brick wall Grin

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Reply #26 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 7:48pm

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Yeah but taller sleeker things are better i.e Duke of Wellington beat the hell out of that short French power hungry nut plus he also lost in Russia.

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Reply #27 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:21pm

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Thank you Rifleman, but like Hagar I have to deny brilliance, its just that the Hunter looks so damn good!!

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Reply #28 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 11:22pm

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Lightning.

The Hunter looks like an aneorexic? Buccaneer to me.

I used to see lightnings fly out of Andrews AFB once in a while when I was a kid. But these were clean, not all
the drag makers as in your picture.

Sweet jet.

BTW I did'nt see the Vulcan on the list! Another great British marvel.

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Reply #29 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 11:54pm

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Actually, the Jaguar is currently only in production - in India.

but the hands down, no if ands or buts, about it, most beautiful British Jet Fighter HAS to be the Hunter F.2 - before the "Sabrinas" and the dog tooth wing.

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Yeah, Yeah I know I forgot that for a moment. The DH.110 was going to be RAF though. I can't exclude my favourite aircraft.

Sorry I can't believ eI forgot the Hunter, that was very stupid of me. I'm quite surprised the Jaguars winning it looks so French to me and I'm not a huge fan of french aircraft.

Well lets just imagine the Vixen was in the airforce would have been MUCH better than the damn Javelin.

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Reply #30 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 11:59pm

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Tiny cockpit - I vote for the Avro Canada CF-100. I actually sat in one (Canadian Warbird Museum, Hamilton Ontario) and thanked the powers that be that I wasn't chosen to fly it...The canopy would not have come down with crushing my head - and that was without a helmet. Ejection from it would have meant instant amputation of my lower extremities....

.. or so it seemed.

But the Hunter is, of not the prettiest overall jet ever, at least the most beautiful British jet ... (the Sea Hawk is a close second)

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Oh yeah although the hunter is beautiful and flies nicely I don't recommend it to claustrophobics cause the cocpit is tiny and I mean that. I actually think the T.7 variant is the nicest hunter of them all.

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Reply #31 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 1:20am

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Lightning.
BTW I did'nt see the Vulcan on the list! Another great British marvel.

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Although you are correct in stating that the Vulcan is another British Marvel.............

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Reply #32 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 1:49pm

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I always thought "double delta" meant the same as "cranked arrow", where the wing is swept at say 70 degrees down to one of the spars and is then swept at a more gentle angle, say 40-50 degrees ie the Saab Draken.

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Reply #33 - Aug 21^st, 2003 at 2:17pm

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They used to refer to the Javelin as a double delta. This was due to the unusual configuration of delta shaped wing & high-set delta horizontal tail surfaces. It might have a different meaning today.

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