Simviation Forum - What is your Favourite aircraft?

Reply #30 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 12:14pm

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Does anyone know who manufactured the RAF's Tornados? was that BAe too?

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Reply #31 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:21pm

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Toss up between Spitfire and Mustang Grin

For some reason I keep going back and forth...

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Reply #32 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:22pm

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The Tornado is a joint project including Britain, Germany and Italy. The company is officially named Panavia. I think the wings were originally manufactured in Italy & fitted at BAe Preston or Samlesbury.

http://www.tornado-data.com/History/history.htm

The engines were develped by Turbo Union, joint effort by MTU, Rolls-Royce & Fiat.

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Reply #33 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:22pm

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Tornado's were made by Panavia (sp?)

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Reply #34 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:46pm

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The Tornado is a joint project including Britain, Germany and Italy. The company is officially named Panavia. I think the wings were originally manufactured in Italy & fitted at BAe Preston or Samlesbury.

http://www.tornado-data.com/History/history.htm

The engines were develped by Turbo Union, joint effort by MTU, Rolls-Royce & Fiat.

Thanks, your very informative Wink

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Reply #35 - Nov 24^th, 2003 at 2:54pm

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Hagar, we posted at the same time!

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Reply #36 - Dec 7^th, 2003 at 7:31pm

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It would have too be the Wright Flyer!
Without it we couldn't have my second love :
Douglas DC3/C47/Dakota
Something about the DC3 , It is a beautiful bird!!!!!!

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Reply #37 - Jan 9^th, 2004 at 10:33pm

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The Sikorsky MH-53 PaveLow helicopter...............

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Reply #38 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 10:20am

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Boeing B-29....or Harrier....

I'm not sure,

I'm thinking the 29 is so much neater... Wink

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Reply #39 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 10:21am

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It's also a lot bigger. Shocked

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Reply #40 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 10:24am

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And the rumble from the four wright cyclone 18-cylinder turbocharged, and supercooled engines will make a heart stand still... Wink

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Reply #41 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 2:41pm

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And the rumble from the four wright cyclone 18-cylinder turbocharged, and supercooled engines will make a heart stand still... Wink

never saw a real one...not to mention a flying one. i think there's only one airworthy B-29 left...somewhere in Texas.

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Reply #42 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 6:38pm

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And the rumble from the four wright cyclone 18-cylinder turbocharged, and supercooled engines will make a heart stand still... Wink

And the roar of a Rolls-Royce Pegasus about a hundred feet above the ground at full throttle is quite loud too, especially when it's not moving...

...and it still hasn't moved...

...still there...

..B-29s just don't hover do they...

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and yes, Mr Bones I believe the CAF's (Confederate/Commemorative Air Force depending on how old you are) Fifi is the only B-29 still in airworthy order...

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Reply #43 - Jan 12^th, 2004 at 6:48pm

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the F-16 or the P-51D Mustang or the Panavia Tornado IDS or the.... i could go on forever

Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac

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Reply #44 - Jan 20^th, 2004 at 5:57am

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for this I'll have to break down to eras

WW1: Fokker DR1 (no big surprise)

Prewar: Beech Staggerwing (absolutley beautiful most of the fighters of the time were junk anyway)

WW2: Focke Wulf 190 (looks better than most fighters of the day on paper anyway)
lockheed p-38 (grandpa flew one)

early cold war: North American F-86

vietnam era: F-4 phantom (dad flew one)

late cold war: northrop F/A 18 or Saab Viggen

modern era: Lockheed YF-23 (yes its the one that lost the contract) /Lockheed JSF. F-33 is it? (sorry but the styling of the typhoon just doesn't trip my trigger)

My list is compiled using both performance and styling
this is just military aircraft. For civilian aircraft I cant even begin to decide.

I will say this though, the two civilian aircraft I would most like to own are a DeHavilland Turbo Otter(go anywhere) and a Grumman Albatross (A flying scuba diving platform would be too cool).

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