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Posted: 11/14/2005 10:02:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 10:08:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 10:09:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 10:21:49 AM EDT
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I've always liked the BE-60. (Duke)
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Posted: 11/14/2005 10:49:33 AM EDT
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The Hustler was a really good looking aircraft; but I always felt like those four huge engine pods detracted from it's lines. Killer plane though. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:04:28 PM EDT
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Without the comically oversized pods announcing to the world what kind of cajones America had, the B58 would have just been a delta Vigilante:  While the RA5/A3J is a beautiful airplane in its own right, I'd rank it well below both the Hustler and the Blackbird on my list, despite it being the object that got me interested in planes. ETA: When you mentioned sheer visceral response in a thread on beautiful airplanes, I felt the sudden need to post photos of the B58. If ever there was a "sexier" airplane built, I don't know of it. 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:10:14 PM EDT
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You clowns are not even close
 ....Stearman Now that is the most beautiful looking plane in avation.... |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:10:19 PM EDT
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Ta 152
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:45:53 PM EDT
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and...
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:46:13 PM EDT
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Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet:
 And my other all-time favorites:  
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Posted: 11/14/2005 12:47:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:12:19 PM EDT
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I have a friend that flew those for BA for years, we were sitting at Reno Air races this year and figured that he had more time supersonic than EVERYONE else there combined. This included at least 3 astronauts and a sled driver. He's got some great stories about the plane. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:21:38 PM EDT
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+ 1   Prettiest German WWII prop fighter WBK |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:28:41 PM EDT
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http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/xf82-2.jpg
F-82 Twin Mustang and I believe it was the first US plane that shot down a MiG-15. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:37:50 PM EDT
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Prettiest plane? the one that makes a good landing with my shaggy ashcan on it.
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:39:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:55:14 PM EDT
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 Years ahead of its time.................dead before its time as well. The AVRO ARROW! Rean circles around ANYTHING in the air. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 1:57:28 PM EDT
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From the classic era (Remember he asked for "prettiest" not evil, wicked mean and nasty like the B-58 (I don't include any Consolidated/Convair products in the actual list as I have to rcuse for family reasons, my Grandfather and his brother did a lot of work for the company and I'm prejudiced) modern F-16, SR-71 (although it really isn't modern, unbelievable when you look and see when the engineering started) Super Connies get an Honorable Mention - Is that "Old Blue From Pt. Mugu"? I flew cross-country and back in that once. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:05:31 PM EDT
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I just saw something on the history channel about the Starship. They were all bought back by the manufacturer because maintenance was SO expensive. The one single private owner bought a few airframes and a ton of parts from the manufacturer to keep his one Starship running. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:07:07 PM EDT
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Spent many a day and night wrenchin' on these birds. They were work horses.
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:11:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:13:39 PM EDT
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I always loved the "Scooter" 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:14:44 PM EDT
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My favorite. Then again the pilot of that exact plane if a good friend.
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:16:23 PM EDT
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I have odd tastes when it comes to aircraft looks.
I think the Harrier is... sexy. Yes. You read that correctly.  With landing gear extended, the Harrier just looks deadly. Like talons from a bird of prey or something.
I LOVE SKYHAWKS! Sexy little aircraft. I don't know how their performance was in real life, but I look at a Skyhawk and just think "Maneuverable." |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:20:59 PM EDT
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 I like mine BIG..      |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:21:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:45:12 PM EDT
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Getting back on track
The LS-10 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 2:47:40 PM EDT
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Ya'll are nuts, well..most anyway....top 5 hands down...
     followed closely by...    
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:03:35 PM EDT
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for you DC-3 lovers, I present the first Delta DC-3 purchased, and subsequently found in Puerto Rico, and brought back for a full restoration.
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:16:28 PM EDT
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I'm surprised that no one has come up with the correct answer yet ... <G>
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:23:34 PM EDT
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 F-86 my favorite aircraft ever 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:31:40 PM EDT
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My fave.....
 Pretty as a peach Taffy |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:35:30 PM EDT
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I almost posted these Pics, but figured that the 56 KBPS people would be pissed..
Oops... Too late. Guppy Intruments Flight Guppy Huge Cargo Bay Landing Gear Landing |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:40:47 PM EDT
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140s and a Champion.
  Theory: Flying is fun+Champs are slow=You spend more time flying=You have more fun in a Champ.
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:41:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:42:50 PM EDT
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My 3 favorite in order:
  
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:43:28 PM EDT
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 To me, that's a design of pure grace and elegance. It looks completely out of place on the ground. For fighter aircraft, it would be an F-16 in clean configuration with no armament or drop tanks. CJ |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 3:46:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 4:24:10 PM EDT
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Major issue w/ Capt. Pooby  Major Major "They paid us to bomb our own airfield.... ". The R1 & 2 were Cool , way Cool and "pretty" in a way . Sort of ...Not the classic beauty of some of the Plane porn . But in a Biggest Baddest engine (a P&W WASP I think) /smallest air frame , loudest fire breathing rip snorting "How much wing do we really need ?" kind of pretty . Unfortunatly the answer to the wing ? was MORE ! Granville Bros. Aircraft "We custom build the fastest airplanes in America today ." |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 4:29:57 PM EDT
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When I was a kid I heard a plane and looked up (I was and still am an airplane looker upper) and there was a B-70 Valkrie blue sky bright sunlight .... I started yelling to my friends in the street "LOOK "LOOK" they couldnt have cared less , and zip it was gone . The thing was so bizzare looking there was no mistaking it . High and white . VERY COOL
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Posted: 11/14/2005 4:34:50 PM EDT
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Yeah, I always look, too.
Never had the pleasure of seeing a Valkyrie in flight, though. Being a confirmed aviation nut and pilot in training, I ALWAYS look. I hear the Russians were scared shitless that we'd build and deploy the B70 in large numbers. being considerably faster than any SAM in existence at the time, it'd have been virtually untouchable to all but a "golden BB", a totally blind luck shot. Think of it... a huge bomber that flies in the same speed regime as an SR-71. Wind tunnel tested to mach SIX. Terrifying to think of if you're the enemy. Copying myself from the bomber thread:  This would make a nice theater bomber.  This would make an outstanding replacement for the B-52. Why do all Naboo spacecraft look like Kelly Johnson had a hand in their design? CJ |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 4:42:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 4:57:58 PM EDT
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Super Saber also very cool !
There's a film of one trying to land and old testing film I think . The guy got low and slow behind the power curve which I understand wasnt much in those early jets . He rotated a little early lost speed and tip stalled into the runway Aux. fuel tanks and all . I geuss that was B4 the 0 feet ejector seats ....... Every time I see it I think "OH SHIT KICK IT IN THE ASS QUICK!" That one bothers me because you can see the pilot / plane sruggling to correct .....but no joy 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:01:57 PM EDT
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I think they called that the sabre dance. The photos above are from my dads squadron in Viet Nam. His plane is SK 063 and is the one taking off into the sunset or sunrise. My dad has about 20 slide carosels full of pictures from his year over there. I am thinking about having the cool ones scanned so I can build him a website devoted to his squadron and give it to him as a Fathers day present next year. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:13:10 PM EDT
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No order here:
B-17F  P-51D  DC-3 (I got a joyride in N200MF R.I.P.  ) SR-71  F-15C/E (I took these )  F-14   F-18 
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:19:47 PM EDT
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Stealth before there was stealth.
 XP-67 Moonbat |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:33:45 PM EDT
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Boeing 747-400 "Queen of the Skies"
 In the event of a Red X: JAL 747-446  In the event of a Red X: Air China 747-4J6M  In the event of a Red X: KLM 747-406M So graceful. Brian |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:36:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:38:50 PM EDT
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Holy crap! That's my background on my desktop that I never use! Nice pics everyone, keep 'em rolling. |
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Posted: 11/14/2005 5:42:45 PM EDT
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