and who is your favourite manufacturer of aircrafts?


Hey

Ok my favourite aircraft type would have to be the harrier, basically because its like none else, other than the soon to be Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) plus it was the aircraft that made me want to become a pilot. There are many other aircraft types i like, especially the stealth jets but the harrier got my vote.

And for my favourite manufacturer i will have to pick Mig or British Aerospace, Mig because i absolutely adore the 29 or "Fulcrum" (not as much as the harrier of course   ) and Briish Aerospace because of the Harrier (i think BAe manufactured that) but not only that the brand new Eurofighter Typhoon and them making almost every military dispaly teams Aircraft the Hawk.

So whats your favourite aircraft and favourite aircraft manufacturer?

Kind Regards
Mark aka. Harrier

Hawker?
never heard of them, is the typhoon you mentioned the eurofighter?

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Harrier, once upon a time there was an aeroplane called the Kestrel, built by Hawker, which then became Hawker Siddeley, which eventually became BAe, the BAE SYSTEMS, to give it its correct current name. The Kestrel lead to the development of the HARRIER...

The Typhoon I mention is the Hawker Typhoon, a very sucessful WW2 ground attack aircraft...

Charlie

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Harrier - you have revealed your age -

The Eurofighter, of course, is an excellent machine.  I just hope that it - and it's contemporaries - never have to find out just how good they really can be.

The Supermarine Spitfire V!!!!!!!! Pure deliciousness with wings on
Favourite manufacturer Mil. I'm not at all biased, they build great ground attack helicopters Did I mention my little day out in the Hind?

lol, actually i do like the typhoon i am just dissapointed that i saw this aircraft at the farnborough airshow on one of its first ever outings my cousin got us backstage passes and everything really cool to see up close, however at that time what was only a demo model should have actually been operational.
and yes the JSF is stealth equipped. however like the F-22 its still not quite as stealthy as the F117.
as for the hovering, you really cant compair the harrier and the JSF, the harrier lives to hover and do party tricks while having fun, the JSF is designed to use the hover function as an operational tool, its still not as good as the harrier in that respect

quick check turned up nothing on exact hover times but it did turn up the fact it can operate in operational STOVL mode for 10 mins

Harrier

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a very good aircraft, and in the hands of the very capable pilots of the RAF should be second to none. The F/A-22 on paper* should theoretically be able to win a one on one dogfight, but an RAF/USAF conflict is highly unlikey, as is one between USAF and potential Typhoon customers.

(*the same should true about an F-15 v. Sea Harrier FRS. 1 conflict. However, in the early 80s this was done and the Sea Harriers won!)

Also, you are right about its Aerodynamic instability. This allows the manouvrability that we've seen in its displays. This is also why you hope that you don't have a complete failure of all the flight control computers (I believe a 64g somersault swiftly follows!)

All in all it should be perfectly capable of doing all it needs to do in replacing the Tornado F3 and the Jaguar (sob).

And yes, you're quite right about the water in the Harrier...

Charlie