[Misc] What is your favourite aircraft

[beorhthelm]

de havilland Mosquito, made of wood and faster than anything else.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

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]

I suppose you like E-Type Jags too

Come on - I'm classier than that

 

[franks brother]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TqyLe5U8ac
Affectionately known as the 'Frightening' by the RAF pilots of the time

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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Is a space rocket strictly an airplane? I dismissed Thunderbird 1 for that reason

 

[swindonseagull]

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.

 

[Yoda]

Military:

Civilian:

 

[Publius Ovidius]

One of mine...love the Lancaster

 

[Chicken Run]

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.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

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

Crabs for you.


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[Thunder Bolt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TqyLe5U8ac
Affectionately known as the 'Frightening' by the RAF pilots of the time

I used to have a friend who flew them in 5 squadron in Lincolnshire.

 

[Icy Gull]

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.

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

They’ve even started scrapping them

 

[graz126]

F4 Phantom fighter jet.

 

[Algernon]

Lockheed Super Constellation.

 

[The Oldman]

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.

 

[raymondo]

Defo the ones that land safely

 

[Brian Parsons]

https://www.alamy.com/the-hawker-hu...1&vd=0&lb=&fi=2&edrf=0&ispremium=1&flip=0&pl=
Hawker Hunter

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[symyjym]

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.



https://youtu.be/Z9pmYrvz6YU

 

[boik]

Always liked the Vampire as my Dad worked on them. Tiny little thing that whistles to let you know it's coming.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Is a space rocket strictly an airplane? I dismissed Thunderbird 1 for that reason

Silly me, I read the thread as 'aircraft'.