Favorite airplane

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:33 pm

Die NATTER o-ho!

Hehe... and we all thought the Ohka was "crazy"

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:55 pm

Well, a Lockheed Shooting Star figures prominently in my first work of fiction. So I guess I'll have to claim a special fondness for that craft even though I've no doubt I butchered the details pertaining to flying it.

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:18 pm

emmline wrote:Well, a Lockheed Shooting Star figures prominently in my first work of fiction. So I guess I'll have to claim a special fondness for that craft even though I've no doubt I butchered the details pertaining to flying it.

Here's one, it was the first U. S. operational jet fighter.

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:23 pm

Mukade

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:24 pm

Since Dad spent WWII fixing B29 Superfortress Bombers- I'll say.....

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brianc · Post by **brianc** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:41 pm

There's a pilot at the nearby air field that has one of these - and it is LOUD!

Mig-9

Anglorfin · Post by **Anglorfin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:51 pm

WWII era is the F6F Hellcat.

Jet powered plane is the F14A Tomcat

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djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:13 pm

I'm not sure about favourites, or how any of these can be a "winner" but this one has some family connection. My uncle was a tail gunner until shot down and captured.

This one still gets a lot of press in Canada. It was so far ahead of its time that US President Eisenhower made a special fishing trip up to Canada with our then prime minister, and immediately afterwards, Canada pulled the rug out from under the project, burned all the plans, and destroyed all the models built to date. The team that Avro had assembled to build the Arrow soon afterwards showed up in the US as the design team for NASA's bid for space.

djm

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:01 pm

I'm a Kelly Johnson fan as well, so the P-38 is up there as well. Glad this thread started!

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:15 pm

This Russian Tupolev 144 supersonic transport was offered for sale on Ebay for $10 million in 2001.

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:18 pm

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:20 am

I love mine!

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:27 am

while waiting on the tarmac one evening while Nate was in CAP, I saw someone with one of these (his was painted blue with gold lettering). Boy - was it LOUD!

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:32 am

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:58 am