Which Is Your Favourite Military Aircraft

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 29 Nov 2003, 11:22

My number one military aircraft: Mig 29
followed by KC-10A on numer two and these on number 3 and 4:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/344426/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/294437/M/

TWA

TheFlyingdutchman · Post by **TheFlyingdutchman** » 01 Dec 2003, 09:25

Hi guys,

My favorite is the Saab JA37 Viggen
Nothings beats Viggen power

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/376910/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/376792/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/374781/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/350066/L/

Greetz,

Evert

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Birko · Post by **Birko** » 02 Jan 2004, 04:38

I love the look of the Messerschmitt Me262. It's fascinatingly ugly and looks more like a deep sea fish with wings. Being the first fighter without propellors makes it more mystical. Very few survived the War, but one ended up in Australia as a War Spoil - "The Black X".

I don't know who made the site, but an afficionado has traced this planes history here http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fiveds/history.html

Hopefully I can get to Canberra and see this beast, albeit in pieces.

OOODF · Post by **OOODF** » 02 Feb 2004, 22:53

Here is the PZL 130 "Orlik".

Altough it's a training aircraft, I would say it's one of the best looking
military planes I know of. And you should see the new one...

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/500626/M/

YACHTIE · Post by **YACHTIE** » 04 Mar 2004, 13:21

Well, better late than never, but my favorite would be the B1 "Lancer" , imagine a plane that size and weight going supersonic (have pics) and last but not least F22 "Raptor" the replacement for the present fighter force.
I would upload the pics if someone can explain to me how to
Ciao

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 26 Mar 2004, 17:02

B-52 and B-29 all the way

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 26 Mar 2004, 17:34

afcourse the Fokker F-60 anti- submarine bomber, i love the anti-submarine harpoon missle`s on her wings

Flying_Dutchman · Post by **Flying_Dutchman** » 26 Mar 2004, 18:04

I have no favourite military aircraft

The reason why is because I don't like military aviation, but I'am crazy about civil aviation. Maybe it sounds weird but I haven't feelings for military aviation.

meerkat · Post by **meerkat** » 26 Mar 2004, 18:25

Why post then F-D?

Flying_Dutchman · Post by **Flying_Dutchman** » 26 Mar 2004, 18:40

I didn't post to show you that I don't like military aviation. But I thought everybody post here and maybe some people wanted to know my opinion, so I reply that I don't have a favourite military aircraft. Maybe it sounded that I hate it or so, but that's not true. So my excuses.

YACHTIE · Post by **YACHTIE** » 26 Mar 2004, 19:12

Finally managed to get some of my favs uploaded, if interested see
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/thumbnails.php?album=73

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 26 Mar 2004, 21:56

or this one ...

http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/albums/us ... 16/c17.jpg

Made this pic at FRA 8)

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 21 Apr 2004, 19:11

On top of my list is the F-15E, I just love the power and beauty of this fighter. I saw 2 in the flying display at Twenthe AB on June the 20th.

On the second place is the MiG-29, I just love the looks of it. Espacially in the old East German camouflage painting.

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 15 May 2004, 21:55

During a NATO submarine wargame in the Northsea, Russia had send the Tupolev TU 95, a maritime, longrange, bomber. ( the fastest turboprob planes on the world ). The sound of this machine was great !!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/213783/M/

jgp · Post by **jgp** » 20 Jun 2004, 07:56

B744skipper same here...those F15's drive me carzy!
Had them flying all around the sky when i was in kuwait

Rago · Post by **Rago** » 02 Aug 2004, 23:18

Hi guys,

i'm very late te reply, but my favorit is the Shackleton. Had the opportunity to visit the only left flying in South-africa, only one comment :
fantastic!

:mexwave:

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 03 Aug 2004, 10:08

Welcome to Luchtzak Rago. I didn't know there were any airworthy Shackletons left. The "Shack" was an interesting development from the Avro Lancaster and used for reconnaisance pirposes before the introduction of the Nimrod. I have a video about the Lancaster and its progression into the Shackleton, and the video ends on a sad note with a Shackleton being burned on a scrap heap

YACHTIE · Post by **YACHTIE** » 03 Aug 2004, 16:05

Since we are on late entries and despite having already submitted my favs, there is one interesting plane I did not mention before that holds a soft spot for me which is the Canadian designed and built AVRO Arrow.
Probably unknown to most, if not all of you but it was way ahaed of its time at first flight. It's now considered somewhat of a black spot in Cdn. history when the then PC government of PM Diefenbaker cancelled the project amongst rumours of US pressure to do so. All the brains of the project went south of the border to work afterwards and therefore the loss of the Cdn space/aerospace expertise.
The Mark 2 production version of the arrow, powered with two Avro Canada Iroquois turbo jet engines, would have been capable of achieving Mach 2 with full military load. This aircraft was a culmination of research and development unprecedented in Canada's aeronautical history. Thousands of people witnessed the first flight of the prototype flown by Chief Test Pilot, Jan Zurakowski, on March 25, 1958.
do a google search or got to:http://www.avroarrow.org/

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 08 Aug 2004, 12:10

YACHTIE - that's an interesting story about a very little-known aircraft. Canada had a lot of potential in aircraft design and development (including a very early turbojet airliner design before the Boeing 707 got off the ground). Wasn't Jan Zurakowski a test pilot with one of the British manufacturers? (Gloster maybe, I'm not too sure) and he was a Battle of Britain ace pilot (many people from Eastern Europe came over to fight with the RAF and there were many Czechs and Poles in the Battle of Britain.)

Ozzie1969 · Post by **Ozzie1969** » 05 Sep 2004, 17:44

My favourite military aircraft is the Eurofighter Typhoon, closely followed by the Saab Grippen, the Mig-29 Fulcrum and the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker. But hey, as long as it flies and it's not a bird, I like it! 8)