Simviation Forum - What is the rarest aircraft youve seen?

Reply #120 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 9:45am

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Yak 50. We had one land at our last Club fly-in breakfast at Cornwall Regional. Of course a beautiful blonde gets out, takes off her helmet, long flowing hair blowing in the wind....She was as impressive as the magnificently restored Yak.

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Ive seen one of those!

I have to add that one apparently, but also I need to add the Sino Swearingen, saw one yesterday. One sexy jet...

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Reply #121 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 9:49am

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There's a Yak 50 based down the road at EGBG, just a few miles from me.

I think I posted a while back saying that I saw it in formation with one of the resident Chipmunks.

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Reply #122 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 10:18am

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I've seen all of these. I've been in the B52 in the picture and I've looked in the cockpit of the AFTI F16.

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Reply #123 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 10:32am

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Ive also seen a B-58 and Gene Kranz's homebuilt Renegade Spirit

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Reply #124 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 12:02pm

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Ive also seen a B-58 and Gene Kranz's homebuilt Renegade Spirit

Awesome! Hustler! Grin

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Reply #125 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 3:57pm

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Awesome! Hustler! Grin

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Yes, its a cool plane. Unfortunately the one I saw is a museum piece and has painted over windows and no engines...but still a really nice airplane.

If you want to get into museum pieces and not just talk about planes, Ive seen a Junkers Jumo jet engine that powered a ME-262

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Reply #126 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 4:41pm

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Forgot to say that a B-2 and a B-1 fly into Topeka every Freedom Day event... seen them a lot.

And a little more on the comedic tragedy side... I've seen a 747 that flew through a flock of birds.

Also been inside and all around this EC-121T at the Combat Air Museum at Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0698257/M/

and this Constellation at Salina, Kansas.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0388566/M/

My Favorite Heli in the world at the National Guard Museum at Forbes Field Topeka, Kansas. (not too rare)
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0268251/M/

Heres a photo of the on of the Yak 52 I mentioned earlier... I'm sure this is it because there are only two painted in this scheme in this region of Kansas and i have seen both at Forbes at the same time... they sometimes fly with a CJ-6.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0988025/M/

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Reply #127 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 6:02pm

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I've also seen one of the last three B36's in existance. There's an excellent museum just outside of Omaha called the SAC Museum.

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Reply #128 - Nov 13^th, 2006 at 7:48pm

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I plan on going to that very SAC Museum as well... that and the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Isn't one of the last remaining Atlas Missles at the SACM as well, dcunning30?

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Reply #129 - Nov 14^th, 2006 at 10:55am

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I plan on going to that very SAC Museum as well... that and the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Isn't one of the last remaining Atlas Missles at the SACM as well, dcunning30?

Yup, the Atlas is on display outside. All the planes use to be on the tarmac at the opposite end of Offut AFB, but about 6-8 years ago, they built an indoor museum and transported all the aircraft on the 30 mile journey to their indoor resting place. Not only do they have display aircraft, and also a nuclear bomb (gutted, of course) , but they have a restoration hangar as well.

http://www.sacmuseum.org/collections/collectionsmain.html

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Reply #130 - Nov 14^th, 2006 at 11:49am

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There's a Yak 50 based down the road at EGBG, just a few miles from me.

I think I posted a while back saying that I saw it in formation with one of the resident Chipmunks.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0875650/M/
Aye! That reminds me, I saw it when I went for my flying induction lesson at Leicester. Nice one Tweek, I nearly forgot about that one! Shocked

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Reply #131 - Nov 14^th, 2006 at 2:59pm

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I've also seen one of the last three B36's in existance. There's an excellent museum just outside of Omaha called the SAC Museum.

I saw a PW4830, the radial that powered teh B36. Its a very large engine, and thats putting it mildly!

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Reply #132 - Nov 14^th, 2006 at 4:36pm

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I saw a PW4830, the radial that powered teh B36. Its a very large engine, and thats putting it mildly!

The B36 is a very large airplane. You'd have to see it to appreciate it's size. There is a B52 in the same hangar, but for some reason, the B36 oozed largeness more than the B52.

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Reply #133 - Nov 14^th, 2006 at 9:15pm

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The B36 is a very large airplane. You'd have to see it to appreciate it's size. There is a B52 in the same hangar, but for some reason, the B36 oozed largeness more than the B52.

And at Wright-Patterson, you can see a B-36 nose to nose (virtually) with the last remaining B-70......very impressive space in that section of the USAF Museum.
My fav of all the museums I've visited....... 8)

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Reply #134 - Nov 15^th, 2006 at 10:27am

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Yup, I want to visit Wright-Patterson. Just to see the XB-70.

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