If you could bring an aircraft back into production...

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 01 Oct 2003, 02:26

If you could bring an aircraft back into production what would it be and why?

I would probably bring back the Lockheed Constellation back into production because it is such a beautiful aircraft.

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 01 Oct 2003, 08:55

I'll probably ask for another Lockheed

The L-1011 is the most elegant of all the three-holers out there 8) .

ciao,
TriStar

Post by **sn26567** » 01 Oct 2003, 09:29

Wouldn't it be great to see the ancestors in action: the planes of the Wright brothers, Louis Bréguet, and others? A real tribute to aviation history.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 01 Oct 2003, 09:48

I'll go with my namesake. I would love to see a Comet airliner flying again, without the metal fatigue problems.

I also like the TriStar and would love to have flown on one.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 01 Oct 2003, 10:34

sn26567 wrote:Wouldn't it be great to see the ancestors in action: the planes of the Wright brothers, Louis Bréguet, and others? A real tribute to aviation history.

On July 5th this year, a replica of the first ever man carrying glider, designed by Sir George Cayley, of Brompton near Scarborough, was flown across Brompton Dale by Richard Branson, and there was also a flypast by a Virgin Atlantic 747. This was to commemmorate the 150th anniversary of the first manned flight in a fixed wing aircraft.

MiStEr-T · Post by **MiStEr-T** » 01 Oct 2003, 13:37

C O N C O R D E

TBK :cry2::cry2::cry2:

liebensd · Post by **liebensd** » 01 Oct 2003, 18:54

Lockheed Constellation

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 01 Oct 2003, 19:16

Antonov An-22

What an animal

Greetz,

EBOS

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 01 Oct 2003, 21:35

The B727 of course

MiStEr-T · Post by **MiStEr-T** » 02 Oct 2003, 05:32

CARAVELLE

Why not a new caravelle with 21th century technology

(DC'9/MD83..--> Boeing 717)
(caravelle -----> New "airbus-caravelle") :rotate:

TBK :jump:

twan01 · Post by **twan01** » 02 Oct 2003, 10:23

Don't forget the mother of all transport aircraft.... the DC-3.

During the Dayton Airshow in July I had the opportunity to fly in the perfectly restored DC-3 of Delta Airlines.
(A picture of this DC-3 can be seen on the "News" page of my website.)
A few weeks later I flew from Houston to Newark in a new B-777-200 from Continental Airlines.

Guess which flight I enjoyed the most ?

TWAN

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 02 Oct 2003, 12:10

Add to this every British airliner ever built.

The first passenger aircraft with auto-land was British - the DH121 Trident.

The first passenger jet into service was British - the DH106 Comet 1.

The first turboprop passenger aircraft was British - the Vickers Viscount.

The first turbine engine passenger aircraft to cross the Atlantic was British (the Bristol 175 Britannia).

The first turbojet powered aircraft to fly trans-Atlantic passenger services was British - the DH106 Comet 4.

One of the most elegant passenger aircraft ever built - the VC10.

A318 · Post by **A318** » 07 Oct 2003, 12:33

Fokker 70 and the Fokker 100

777 · Post by **777** » 07 Oct 2003, 14:19

I agree with you 'nwa757' especially the 'L-1649A Super Constellation Starliners' is a very nice plane. It is a pitty so few were produced, but they came too late and to close to the 'Jet' age.

Andre

747sp · Post by **747sp** » 11 Oct 2003, 21:56

LOCKHEED L 1011, BOEING 747 SP, ILYUSHIN IL 62

EBAW_flyer · Post by **EBAW_flyer** » 11 Oct 2003, 22:05

Lockheed 1011, Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident and Boeing 727, love those tri-jets. And the Vickers VC-10 (nice old British heavy metal).
Look at this: a dream of all pilots

:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/403486/L/
And the VC-10 even had a Navigator's station

MD-11 · Post by **MD-11** » 13 Oct 2003, 20:13

Vickers VC-10 of British Airways G-ARVM on finals during crosswind landing.

gliding-glider · Post by **gliding-glider** » 13 Oct 2003, 21:15

Definitively the DC3 ..... and the B707

Greetz