Simviation Forum - Favorite Airplane

Apr 15^th, 2005 at 7:48pm

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My favorites are the Concorde and the Spit!

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Reply #1 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 7:21am

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Mines a close tie with the Spit, Hurricane and Gladiator, althought I love some of the big radial fighters too (even if most of them were naval aeroplanes)....

I'm a convert to the Alpha Jet too... Grin

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Reply #2 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 8:18am

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As if anyone needed to ask Roll Eyes

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

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Reply #3 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 9:05am

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Not an easy choice but I would have to go with the Tiger Moth & Hawker Hunter.

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Reply #4 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 10:50am

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My top 3:

1. Concorde
2. Super Guppy
3. Dash 8

Quite a contrast between the first 2.

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Reply #5 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 10:55am

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I have a few. Either F-18... or the dehavilland beaver... or the king air

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Reply #6 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 10:59am

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I picked other. I love old vintage bipes. The Great Lakes, the Waco, the Stearman, ahhh...heaven... Grin

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Reply #7 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 11:41am

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As if anyone needed to ask Roll Eyes

Oh, the Mustang eh Mark? Wink

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Reply #8 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 11:43am

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I'm sorry, but it really irks me...

F/A-18. Well, now we all know what I'm voting for. Grin

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Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 1:03pm

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I'm going with the Boeings, anything other than the 737-100/200 series I'm good with, I like Airbus, but feel almost all there aicraft other than the A310, and A300 are FBW, which limits variety of there cockpits...as far as the others, Concorde was just one an aircraft to me, never caught on so can't say I realy like it, and military, not really into those for some reason, and yuor older aircraft i don't really recognize except for a ouple of them, which I don't really have a taste for

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Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 2:40pm

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None mentioned so far Wink

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Reply #11 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 12:57am

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Thats an un-answerable question for me.

I like, in no particular order:

F-16
Beechcraft twin Bonanza
Beechacraft V35 Bonanza
Piper Cherokee
Mooney M20
Cessna 172, 152, 337, 310
P-51
P-38
P-39
Spitfire
Me- 262
B-17
B-24
...

you see, at any given moment any one of these planes and countless other could be my favorite. I just love airplanes

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Reply #12 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 2:42am

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I think it would be easier to list what planes I do not like, than listing the ones I do.

The one plane that i think does look stupid is the "F/B-22" Looks rediculous in my opinion.

Oh, and if you wanna see one dead sexy Super Hornet? Check out this pic of VFA-102's (Diamondbacks) new "showbird" paint scheme. unfortunately, it's the only pic of this bird so far. And man, is it awesome!

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Reply #13 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 4:59am

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Ah, interesting topic. I personally love Spitfire's. I have RealAir's Spitfire package, which is just plain awesome. Airbus as well is good for me. And just on a side note, I like McDonnel Douglas MD-11's.

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Reply #14 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 10:38am

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my favorite Airplane..... P-38J Lightning (Loved that plane for as long as I can remember) and the P-51 Mustang! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #15 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 2:22pm

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Oh yeah, and my favorite warbird is the P-40E Warhawk... Man, I love that plane! I'm building a 1/7 scale RC of one.

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Reply #16 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 9:44pm

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~~I can't pick just one that's my favorite, but I have a list of aircraft that I love.~~

~~In no particular order:~~

MD-90
DC-9
B752
B744
Dash 8
Embraer ERJ-135
F/A-18
F-14
MiG-29
A-319/20/21
A-330
A-340
E-2C Hawkeye
B1900

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PIPER TOMAHAWK!!!

(Just had my first flight lesson in one....what an awesome plane....)

« Last Edit: Apr 24^th, 2005 at 2:21pm by `Josh »

Here endeth the lesson.

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Reply #17 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 1:43pm

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Well I can really admit I never flew an aircraft I never liked or felt uncomfortable in. I guess my favorites would be:
(1) DHC-3 "Otter" R1340 radial engine
on amphibious floats or wheel/skis
Probably the best bush aircraft ever built and now
re-engined with a turbine
(2) DHC-1 "Chipmunk"
Great trainer and aerobatic aircraft
(3) Tiger Moth
Great bi-plane and of course in my books there are
no bad bi-planes
(4) Canso
You got paid more to fly it than the DC3
Both were a lot of work to load and unload
(5) T33 "T Bird"
Good trainer and a lot of fun to fly

Off the top of my head that is what I would consider the top 5 for me I THINK

, but maybe that is because I can't afford to own anything more than a C172 unless I trade in the wife Grin

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Reply #18 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 2:24pm

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For Fozzer....aka...Captain Sensible....
...it has to be a second-hand Cessna 152.

A practical aeroplane, reasonably cheap to run and maintain.
...and pretty reliable... 8)...!
No strange quirks to catch out the un-wary...!

A useful 2-seater for a spot of leisurely touring... Grin

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An excellent step-up from a Microlight....costing around the same... Wink

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Reply #19 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 3:10pm