O.K. its a slow night....and a lame topic, but you'd be suprised how consistant the top three are..My faves in order
1.Avro Vulcan (real 50's spaceship look)
2.xb-70 Valkyrie(speeling?)
3.SR-71

Fletch,

Concorde should be up there somewhere. Did you know that a concorde can travel faster than a bullet from a gun, which is why they never made a military version, cos if it opened fire it would shoot itself down!!!!!!!!!!

dunno why but i quite like the look of the mig-29

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Originally posted by scotty g
Concorde should be up there somewhere. Did you know that a concorde can travel faster than a bullet from a gun, which is why they never made a military version, cos if it opened fire it would shoot itself down!!!!!!!!!!

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Jaguar fighter WOW

1: P51D Mustang



2: Spitfire Mk14/19



3: Mig 3



I could go on and on and on and.........

[Edited on 18/5/05 by donut]

1. SR71A Blackbird
2. XB70 Valkyrie
3. F15 Eagle

Other notable mentions are: BAe Lightning, A10 Thunderbolt, F4 Phantom and Concorde.

Cheers,
Craig.

lots of competition but:

1, F16


2, DC3 Dakota


3, Spitfire

i'm with the above,dave you took the pictures right out of my head.

I do think the harrier looks cool in action though

spitfire
harrier
hercules

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Originally posted by scotty g
Concorde should be up there somewhere. Did you know that a concorde can travel faster than a bullet from a gun, which is why they never made a military version, cos if it opened fire it would shoot itself down!!!!!!!!!!

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XB 70



SR 71





X 15

Wright Flyer
Gloster Meteor
Bede 5 (jet version)

So many great planes...

Lockheed Constellation came to mind as a cool old plane:

mosquito in first,dc3 second and the p38?lightning third.
spoke to an old boy at the mosquito museum,turns out he flew them in the war,i asked "how they went"his eyes glazed up a bit and said"imagine an 18 tear old kid with 2 mins to live being given the keys to the fastest sports car in the world.
fastest plane in the air till them orible jet things came along

In no particular order

Sukhoi SU-27m
They look excellent when showing off dog fighting Manoeuvres america jets can only dream of.

Lockheed C130 specter
Take a normal C130 and hang an assortment of wepons out of one side including a howitzer and gatling guns.
Pictured below.

English Electric Lightning
Take 2 hand size jet engines and build a plane around them.



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" Yo, Ice Man...WOW.....ALRIGHT!!" (etc)

Spitfire. No competition. No argument. End of discussion!

Bristol Boxkite
DH Vampire
DH Tiger Moth
Wright Flyer?

ATB

Simon

In no particular order:

SR71

Fokker Tri-plane


F4U Corsair


Also in the running:
B-17G
P-38
Sopwith Pup

I agree with the SR-71 and add these:

F-15 Strike Eagle



Rutan's Long EZ

1. A10 Warthog
2. SR 71
3. P51

1) The Blackbird Spy Plane
2) F16 Falcon
3) The Eurofighter.......assuming it is ever finished

I have always been impressed with the Caspian Sea Monster for the sheer scale and ingenuity of the thing, not the prettiest craft in the world though!!!
There is something about all the "wing in ground effect" craft that i like. A kit version would be cool. Hell of a way to pop over to France for the duty free's on a calm day.

Don't forget this awesome DH Comet...




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Avro Arrow (politicians of the day should be lined up and chain-gunned)
Mosquito
Spitfire

...t

The B2 Spirit is another jaw droping aircraft. If you can see it coming that is.
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Spitfire
F15
SR71

A late addition to my extended list of favorites - can't forget the GeeBee:

Or.......



or......



or...

spitfire
sr71

and the jury is still out on the last, but harrier is a strong contender (i use to live near dunsfold aerodrome where topgear is now filmed where they used to make them, they flew over the fields behind our house when out on their test runs )

Ned.

My vote is on the Lightning and the Tornado GR1

here is a picture of my brother about to go and make Saddamn have another bad day !!!!

therefore I'm probably a bit biased [pg=]

First


Image deleted by owner

It's got my name on the side

Second


Image deleted by owner

It's got my name on the side

Third


Image deleted by owner

Not got my name on the side, but great fun to work on.

Bias me

Atb Dan.

and it's ability to do this is just undescribably amazing, always leaves shivers down my spine whener i see it happening, does use a lot of fuel though




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Number 1 for me would have to be the Sukhoi Su35. possibly the best handling jet fighter in the world.

Its a variant on the su27 mentioned earlier.

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again
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Oh yeah,

Moller Skycar
Airscooter

ATB

Simon

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Shame we didnt finish the TSR2 as that might have got a few votes.

My three are:

Lancaster Bomber (i'm a little biased on that one though)

Joint Strike fighter, when it appears

Tornado, especially the GR4, for just being the most useful fighter/aircraft/reconnaissance plane ever!

Andy

As mentioned before the North American XB70 Valkyrie.


The BAC TSR2:



Rockwell B1 Lancer



But the mummy of them all must be Speedbird:


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Name the three coolest looking aircraft..
Stickking to aeroplanes:
1.Spitfire - just gorgeous
2.Lancaster Bomber - Guns Galore
3. Harrier



Other cool aircraft:
3.Hot air Balloon

2.Chinook


But the all time undisputable king of the sky has got to be....


1.The Space shuttle!

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Avro Arrow (politicians of the day should be lined up and chain-gunned)
Mosquito
Spitfire

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Personal favourites are;

1. Spitfire mk V

2. Bristol Beaufighter

3. De Haviland Comet - The 1st jet airliner

Plus De Haviland Mosquito, P51 Mustang, Hawker Hurricane, Jaguar and Tornado.

If no images appear see photo archive.




[Edited on 24/5/05 by Spyderman]

ooh, a fun one.

1) A10 (if only for the cannon)


2) Grumman X-29


3) Douglas X-36

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Pfalz D.III



Messerschmitt Bf-109



Heinkel He-111



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Stuka
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I thought about the Stuka, but I prefer the other 3...

my 3 are.........

spitfire mark 9

harrier

and.......wait for it.......

the brugger colibri


[img]http://www.ppl.flyer.co.uk/pfa2002/g-hrlm.html[/img]

oh heck..image didnt work..try a link.
brugger colibri

[Edited on 27/5/05 by colibriman]