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[Misc] What is your favourite aircraft



beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,858
de havilland Mosquito, made of wood and faster than anything else.
 




Deportivo Seagull

I should coco
Jul 22, 2003
5,326
Mid Sussex
The wonderful days of Cats & Traps eh.

Sadly before my time. It’s was harriers for me before moving onto junglies.

I suspect that if we had had proper carriers with cats & traps then I would have stayed much longer than I did. Through deck cruisers .... ****ing pieces of shit! The ‘Happy H’ is another matter entirely.


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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
54,935
Faversham
I suppose you like E-Type Jags too :wink:

Come on - I'm classier than that ??? :wave:

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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
54,935
Faversham




swindonseagull

Well-known member
Aug 6, 2003
9,372
Swindon, but used to be Manila
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Has to be the Lockheed L1011 Tristar
Worked on these for 20 years in the RAF and flying as an engineer for the last 15 years..
Multi role aircraft......Passenger or freighter or pure freighter......AAR ( Air to Air Refuelling tanker) ..
Got me to many countries all over the world as far away as Fiji / New Zealand.

Unfortunately they were retired in 2014.
 




Dave the OAP

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
46,690
at home
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One of mine...love the Lancaster
 

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Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003
NSC Patron
Jul 17, 2003
19,490
Valley of Hangleton
Sadly before my time. It’s was harriers for me before moving onto junglies.

I suspect that if we had had proper carriers with cats & traps then I would have stayed much longer than I did. Through deck cruisers .... ****ing pieces of shit! The ‘Happy H’ is another matter entirely.


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I’m still irritated that we opted for B variant of the F35 and not the C as planned for the QE Class.
 








Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
The Airbus A380. Mainly because I worked at Airbus for a year during the time it was being developed.

It's an incredible feat of engineering to get something this vast and complex into the air.

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I was quite upset when they announced they're going to stop making them.

They’ve even started scrapping them :down:
 








The Oldman

I like the Hat
NSC Patron
Jul 12, 2003
7,146
In the shadow of Seaford Head
BA 747; upper deck business class. A private cabin with great food and drinks and the best cabin staff around. Flown to Oz, Canada, USA so many times and it was always the best. Sadly BA are retiring their 747 Fleet so no more.
 






symyjym

Banned
Nov 2, 2009
13,138
Brighton / Hove actually
The BOAC Comet with the jets in the wings was revolutionary back in the day, and led the way in jet liner flight albeit from one minor fault, the square windows, that brought them down.

If it wasn't for this issue it had the potential to take the Boeing market because it was well behind the Comet at the time, and all jet liners have pretty much adopted it's shape as the standard.

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