Razors Edge ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 14, 2019 Thinking about the SR-71 discussion from earlier in the week, I gotta say that it is near or at the top of my list. I like the Wright Brothers plane for historical reasons, and think the Concorde was cool, and there are always neat war planes out there, but the SR-71 just seems so bad ass. How about you folks? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share #2 Posted February 14, 2019 The one that pays my bills. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted February 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Wilbur said: The one that pays my bills. After that one? From a non-pay your bills perspective, which one would you choose to fly, own, photograph, and/or talk to the designer about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #4 Posted February 14, 2019 F-22 Raptor, this thing is bad ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jsharr ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #6 Posted February 14, 2019 The Vought F4U Corsair. I fell in love with that plane as a young boy reading books about World War II. Next would probably be the P 38 Lightning due to having the honor of being taught Phyiscs by an American hero, Colonel John S. Loisel. https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2010/01/26/John-S-Loisel-Plano-6394 After that it would be a close race between the P40, the P 51, the B 25, the B 29 and the B 52 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parr8hed Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share #7 Posted February 14, 2019 I liked the King Air 300. Fairly fast, but big and comfy inside. The Learjets were really nice, they were fast as hale. But not as big and comfy inside. I feel like the King Airs had a better "ride" once up in the sky. But Lears not too bad either. There is nothing like the feeling when you are go, go, go. Rushing out of the OR and the hospital. Heart in a cooler. Ambulance lights and siren all the way to the plane. Boarding that little jet and taking off quick. Not putting around waiting on other planes or slow taxiing. When that pilot turns on to the runway and just drops the hammer that little Lear just GOES!. Love that feeling. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #8 Posted February 14, 2019 F4U Corsair F4 Phantom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #9 Posted February 14, 2019 I have a couple or 3. O-1 Birddog, A-1 Skyraider and the ultimate ugly OV-10 Bronco. Somewhere. NKP Thailand Da Nang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 14, 2019 Share #10 Posted February 14, 2019 The U-2. As a lad I was fascinated by the Gary Powers story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #11 Posted February 14, 2019 Those I worked on: DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/B-717. The C-9A military version was a great aircraft maintenance-wise. F-111 was the worst. Sabreliner / T-39 was OK. When I was a kid living near an airport, the Lockheed Constellation would always make me look up when one passed by. The new jet DC-8s and B-707s were cool, but the Connie was beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2019 Share #12 Posted February 14, 2019 Anyone that gets me from point A to point B safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted February 14, 2019 What about the Warthog? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 14, 2019 Share #14 Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, jsharr said: Next would probably be the P 38 Lightning due to having the honor of being taught Phyiscs by an American hero, Colonel John S. Loisel. https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2010/01/26/John-S-Loisel-Plano My dad was a POW in Changhi Prison in WE II and said the P-38 was his favorite fighter too. They were used extensively in the Pacific theater and seeing them fly overhead signaled to them the allies were close. Gave them hope to hang on. I don’t know if I have a favorite but like you I was fascinated by the WW II fighters and built many model planes as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #15 Posted February 14, 2019 Back in 2015, we had a flyover of a ton of WWII planes - from Dulles, down the Potomac and then a left up over the Mall. I rode down to the river to watch the show. I didn't have any idea of the models of the planes, but just hearing them and seeing them fly in formation was a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted February 14, 2019 Share #16 Posted February 14, 2019 If I went by the most miles I've flown, it would be today's SUV of airplanes, the 737. It even looks like it has a small luggage carrier on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 14, 2019 Share #17 Posted February 14, 2019 For my money a TBM 930 with G1000. Comfy seating for six even though I would prefer two people and three Airedales. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 14, 2019 Share #18 Posted February 14, 2019 Someone else post a photo, please, I cannot do it using my phone as a hotspot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 14, 2019 Share #19 Posted February 14, 2019 Hughes H-1 (Hughes 1B) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rpc3Rv-09A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 14, 2019 Share #20 Posted February 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, team scooter said: If I went by the most miles I've flown, it would be today's SUV of airplanes, the 737. It even looks like it has a small luggage carrier on top. I was flying SWA recently and saw an article in their magazine about the 737 being the longest tenured airframe and most produced in history. I don’t recall all of the details but the basic airframe has been in use since the 60’s I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 14, 2019 Share #21 Posted February 14, 2019 2 hours ago, jsharr said: The Vought F4U Corsair. I fell in love with that plane as a young boy reading books about World War II. Next would probably be the P 38 Lightning due to having the honor of being taught Phyiscs by an American hero, Colonel John S. Loisel. https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2010/01/26/John-S-Loisel-Plano-6394 After that it would be a close race between the P40, the P 51, the B 25, the B 29 and the B 52 Those were all my favorites, too, except sub the B17 for the B29, and I never cared about the B52 much and add in a couple of odd ducks in the Mosquito, Avenger, and Catalina. We might have read the same books about the Corsair as young boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted February 14, 2019 Share #22 Posted February 14, 2019 L 1011. Couch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BuffJim Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share #23 Posted February 14, 2019 Jefferson. Can’t believe nobody got the right answer. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 14, 2019 Share #24 Posted February 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Airehead said: Someone else post a photo, please, I cannot do it using my phone as a hotspot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 14, 2019 Share #25 Posted February 14, 2019 1 minute ago, BuffJim said: Jefferson. Can’t believe nobody got the right answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted February 14, 2019 Share #26 Posted February 14, 2019 30 minutes ago, Airehead said: For my money a TBM 930 with G1000. Comfy seating for six even though I would prefer two people and three Airedales. I had to Google that. It looks a lot like the King Air that was my fav, but the King Air was twin turbo props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted February 14, 2019 Share #27 Posted February 14, 2019 24 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I was flying SWA recently and saw an article in their magazine about the 737 being the longest tenured airframe and most produced in history. I don’t recall all of the details but the basic airframe has been in use since the 60’s I think. Yep, they just kept updating them and put larger engines on them. I remember one flight in a 737 we were delayed 20 minutes for take off. I've never had a flight where I needed to hang on as we made corners on the way out to the runway. Take off was another story, it felt like we were going straight up after we left the ground. The engines were screaming until about halfway through the flight when they finally quieted down. Then the pilot came over the com and was pleased to announce we were back on schedule. An app on my phone said we had been traveling at over 600 mph groundspeed. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #28 Posted February 14, 2019 24 minutes ago, BuffJim said: Jefferson. Can’t believe nobody got the right answer. Ah yes. Airplane or sometimes Starship. You can have some of my purple berries for that answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted February 14, 2019 Share #29 Posted February 14, 2019 The English like to think the Spitfire won WW II. But it is my favorite plane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #30 Posted February 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Chris... said: The English like to think the Spitfire won WW II. But it is my favorite plane Last week's The Grand Tour had a pretty funny segment about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralphie ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #32 Posted February 14, 2019 Spruce goose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share #33 Posted February 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Spruce goose! Or the similar billionaire's dream - the Stratolaunch! With six 747 engines and 28 wheels and miles of wiring coursing through its body, the plane is like multiple planes rolled into one — a supersize, Frankenstein-like creation that could only exist in the wild imagination of an eccentric, reclusive billionaire. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 14, 2019 Share #34 Posted February 14, 2019 27 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Or the similar billionaire's dream - the Stratolaunch! With six 747 engines and 28 wheels and miles of wiring coursing through its body, the plane is like multiple planes rolled into one — a supersize, Frankenstein-like creation that could only exist in the wild imagination of an eccentric, reclusive billionaire. Who's spacecraft established last week that it could meet the mission requirements and which will probably have paying passengers by the end of this year. In the meantime, technology has been advanced in the form of alternate space launch systems. It rather than places like pad 39a is more likely to be the future. We owe a lot to reclusive billionaires. Think of Howard Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted February 14, 2019 Share #35 Posted February 14, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 15, 2019 Share #36 Posted February 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Chris... said: The English like to think the Spitfire won WW II. But it is my favorite plane It DID win the Battle of Britain and was a major factor in the remainder of the war in Europe. An amazing airplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wilbur ★ Posted February 15, 2019 Share #38 Posted February 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Couch_Incident said: L 1011. Couch Good Choice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted February 15, 2019 Share #39 Posted February 15, 2019 My next fav.. Best fighter interceptor by far in its day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 15, 2019 Share #40 Posted February 15, 2019 One I am at the controls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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