Topic: What's your favourite aircraft? (Read 225877 times)

morley bill 1 · « **Reply #375 on:** February 16, 2014, 08:57:15 pm »

Heinkel 219 nightfighter

Howard · « **Reply #376 on:** February 17, 2014, 02:29:36 pm »

Got to be a Sunderland flying boat they look great and the wifes from Sunderland and look good to and nearly as old ha,ha,
have often thought of getting the plans from my hobbystore 1:28 scale I think and making it and putting in four small brushless motors and just taxien round the pond well it is called a boat.
Regards Howard.

Plastic - RIP · « **Reply #377 on:** February 17, 2014, 03:48:00 pm »

XB70 Valkyrie - Mach3, compression lift, hinged wings - it's a shame it got cancelled as I'm sure it would have influenced the next generation of SST

Or.. Avro Lancaster - the absolute minimum amount of metal and technology to get 10 tons of high-explosives to their destination.

warspite · « **Reply #378 on:** February 17, 2014, 06:03:44 pm »

Victor for me, a larger version converted to civilian passenger role would have been an ideal replacement for the concorde.

Buccaneer · « **Reply #379 on:** February 21, 2014, 05:34:14 pm »

I don't know why but I have only just noticed this thread!

Must be the Buccaneer. As a Royal Navy Observer I clocked up 1500 Hours and 416 carrier landings between 1968 - 1978, and a further 600 Hours on loan to the RAF from 1983 - 86. I saw most of Scotland from the air, nothing better on a Friday afternoon than a spot of 'Highland Touring' at 250 ft. and 420 knots!

John

mikearace · « **Reply #380 on:** February 21, 2014, 08:44:11 pm »

Well if it was the Buccs of 809 based at Honington and you were underpaid at any time during 1973 - 1974 then blame me as I was the Writer who did your pay and the rest of 809 squadron pay!!

RMH · « **Reply #381 on:** February 21, 2014, 09:04:03 pm »

lovely aircraft the Bucc. Spent four years doing minor servicings at Saints and Abingdon and I can remember many a great beat up on their departure back to the squadron.

Buccaneer · « **Reply #382 on:** February 22, 2014, 10:30:32 am »

Hello Mikearace,

Guilty on that count, May 1973 to Dec 1974. As a recently qualified OAP life has slowed down a little, nowadays it's all model Coasters and Tugs. Fastest thing in this house at the moment is Henry, the Labrador!

Neil · « **Reply #383 on:** August 24, 2014, 05:22:51 pm »

A provost Jet trainer flew over my house today.......It was too quick for me to find my camera though..................didn't know any of those were still flying or where it had come from, sadly.

pugwash · « **Reply #384 on:** August 24, 2014, 11:06:18 pm »

Quote from: Neil on August 24, 2014, 05:22:51 pm

A provost Jet trainer flew over my house today.......It was too quick for me to find my camera though..................didn't know any of those were still flying or where it had come from, sadly.

Neil I certainly know of one flying out of Newcastle Airport as our ex-chief Constable John Stevens (also ex commissioner
of the Met) has a 1/6th share in it - they obviously paid him far too much cash as the fuel bills and refit bills must be
ginormous

Geoiff

Armo61 · « **Reply #385 on:** August 25, 2014, 02:29:30 am »

Good Day,
My Favourite Aircraft would have to be not one but two.
I just love for some reason the Phantom and also the Mirage IIIE as both used by the RAAF.
Excellent aircraft, pretty reliable and also always got the Job done. I have managed to acquire a Kit of Each in my favourite 1/48 Scale and the Mirage comes with the RAAF 77Sqn decals which will set it off for me.
I will source Decals for the Phantom as supplied always seem to be US. No problem I am in no hurry.
Cheers

Peter Fitness · « **Reply #386 on:** August 25, 2014, 08:48:10 am »

The RAAF only used the Phantom for a relatively short time while waiting for the F111s, but I remember seeing a couple flying low along the coast north of Ballina. Your best bet would be to try and get hold of a set of 1/48 RAAF roundels from a specialist model shop or on line. I'd love to see some photos of your Aussie models, the others look excellent.

Peter.

raflaunches · « **Reply #387 on:** August 25, 2014, 09:21:57 am »

Quote from: Neil on August 24, 2014, 05:22:51 pm

A provost Jet trainer flew over my house today.......It was too quick for me to find my camera though..................didn't know any of those were still flying or where it had come from, sadly.

There's actually quite a few still flying, mainly T3 and T5 (T5a) and I think there is a mark 1 still flying too with the gangly undercarriage. Most of RAF Cosford's T5s were sold off a few years back most were almost airworthy being used by us techie trainees to marshal them around for our line training.

CF-FZG · « **Reply #388 on:** August 25, 2014, 09:14:17 pm »

Quote from: RMH on February 21, 2014, 09:04:03 pm

lovely aircraft the Bucc. Spent four years doing minor servicings at Saints and Abingdon and I can remember many a great beat up on their departure back to the squadron.

Hmmm.... you must have arrived just after I left the RAF at ABN then. I see you're still around the area too?

Armo61 · « **Reply #389 on:** August 26, 2014, 07:22:30 am »

I got all sorts of favourite aircraft here are a couple also apart from my previous post
Can you name them?

Plastic - RIP · « **Reply #390 on:** August 26, 2014, 08:11:07 am »

A7 Corsair & F14 Tomcat - or is one called Bert and the other Joe?

Armo61 · « **Reply #391 on:** August 26, 2014, 08:12:45 am »

Correct on all counts. Well done that was an easy one eh?

Plastic - RIP · « **Reply #392 on:** August 26, 2014, 08:13:54 am »

Way too easy.

radiojoe · « **Reply #393 on:** August 27, 2014, 09:20:24 am »

well this dates me a bit but my favourite jet would be the Hawker Hunter, and propeller driven what else could it be, the Spitfire

Joe.

kaybrandt · « **Reply #394 on:** August 11, 2015, 09:47:47 am »

seems like I'm the only one having a modern aircraft as my favourite.

I absolutely love the Airbus 380, and I'm saving up for a trip to Australia in the future, and hope that the longest distance from Copenhagen to Dubai will be on an airbus 380.

- karina

TailUK · « **Reply #395 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:25:03 am »

Quote from: raflaunches on August 25, 2014, 09:21:57 am

There's actually quite a few still flying, mainly T3 and T5 (T5a) and I think there is a mark 1 still flying too with the gangly undercarriage. Most of RAF Cosford's T5s were sold off a few years back most were almost airworthy being used by us techie trainees to marshal them around for our line training.

I thought you might like to see this. I took this at Bruntingthorpe Airfield on Saturday (Aug 8th, 2015) They have it running, it taxied into position under it's own power but it's not airworthy. I think the intention is to get it flying!

Jerry Hill · « **Reply #396 on:** August 11, 2015, 10:48:19 am »

Hawker Sea Fury for me. Not too many piston engined aeroplanes out there that have outrun MIG 15 jet fighters

The Spitfire of course, but the Hurricane before that. The Spit has the look that everyone loves, but the Hurricane was great stalwart for far longer and deserves more recognition.

alan cantwell · « **Reply #397 on:** October 04, 2015, 08:48:13 pm »

I am a prop guy, and it has to be the sea fury first, and the corsair second, and i am lucky enough to own, and fly both of these as models, sea fury at 77" span, DLE35re for power, corsair is a kit built great planes, at 88" fitted with a zenoha 62 petrol, both fly superb, both have full retracts, and scale flaps, nearest i can get to ultimate pleasure, fast low level beat ups beat the hell out of any aerobatic model,

Fav German is the FW 190 D9, i do have a full kit of one for the future, at 118" span, laser cut kit meinster models, Got the engine, got the radio, just need to make the oleo legs, and get retract units made up, i will be using electric retracts, but, they havnt even been designed yet!

Also love the TA 152 high altitude fighter, love those long wings!

Also like the zero, only the japs made aircraft with simple retracts, nearly all simple 90 degree,

alan cantwell · « **Reply #398 on:** October 04, 2015, 08:49:19 pm »

But, if i went jet, and its highly likely, then it would be a hunter, simply classic

spooksgone · « **Reply #399 on:** October 12, 2015, 08:14:16 am »

p51 d Mustang for me.

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