if you could fly any plane or jet what would it be?

a ww2 warbird? a10 warthog? the latest jet fighter? the first plane at kittyhawk?

i cant decide between the sr71 blackbird and the a10...i am leaning twards the sr71. as a kid it instilled awe and patriotism of a time when it was still cool to be an american.

Aurora...

F4U

My favourite Jet craft without doubt is B1

But one must give creedence to the lowly life saving gruntworkhorse Douglas Skyraider
and I have a particular like for the SEAFIRE.

P-51, hands down.

F7F Tigercat, Nothing says cool like a pair of 2800's slung out on a stubby pair of wings like that .

Turbine Sherpa (single) what a fun hunting machine that would be.

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the Counter rotating prop Seafury is amight fine machine/beast also!

Er....uh? That's not a SeaFury boss! That's a bastardized Spitfire looking Hurricane or something.

This here be a SeaFury Mate!

AND! The winner is.........the B1's more advanced and much older big brother the XB70.

suits me--anything thats left.

This would be my first choice, about 80 years ago. I watched it land in Oshkosh back in 98 or 99. What a way to travel.

Tough one. Today I would have to go along with the P-51 choice. However, my father flew P-38's and I would love to do that too!

Nothing is cooler looking than a P-39.

A Spad XIII or a P-47D Thunderbolt!

Cheers

Just one? Damn that's tough!

Anyway, I don't think I'd like flying a blackbird enough to devote the year or 2 of training needed to fly it!

Here's my choices for what I think are planes worth flying just for the experience of flight, not just being goddam busy getting between point A and point B.

I'll stick with the Thunderbolt, but could easily be persuaded to go with a Sopwith Triplane or the S.E.5a.

Cheers

I'd have to go with the SR-71. the technology involved in that beast has always facinated me and it's got to be as close to a spaceship an aircraft can be. World war ll favorite would have to be the P-51 or the Me 262.
Grizz

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Macifej:
Er....uh? That's not a SeaFury boss! That's a bastardized Spitfire looking Hurricane or something...[QUOTE]

Bastardized?... maybe you mean developed/evolved? SeaFire 47.

Well, as lomg as we can dream, let's do a good job of it! I'll take a Pitts 'Special' with a flat-4 Lycoming or an "Eagle" with 200 horses out front, load it down with a couple of good 'Thirties' and go back to 1918. Bring on the Fokkers, etc. - Big ones, one at a time and the little ones, fast as you can get here. Which way did that red Fokker Dr. 1 go?
I can dream a bit, ok?

yes the p51 would be awesome but imagine doing a live ammo run with an a-10! a plane built around a gun!

being that there have been so few pilots of the sr71 i think it adds to the allure.

but this is not realy about what i want but everyone individualy.

Toss up between a P-38 Lighting and the P-51 Mustang for something with a fan in front.

My heart belongs to the A-4.

something with wings and one or more props.
one of the Pan-Am clippers would be neat.
Judge Sharpe

Just being able to fly the same kind of aircraft piloted by the likes of Rickenbacker, Gabreski, Collishaw, or McCudden would be dream enough for me, but I'm an eccentric.

Lot's of old restored beasties like that flying over my office every week. Mostly inter-war period but always fun to watch at 80kts and 200 ft.

Just a plain old yellow J-3 Cub. No radio, no transponder with Mode C or Mode S Just the thing to take for a ride at 500 AGL thru Momument Valley. And think of John Ford and The Duke.

After years of flying Attack Helicopters, it would have to be the A-10 or A-4.

I am not a pilot (yet), but I have always dreamed of flying the F4 Phantom and F4U Corsair.

A-10 Warthog....hands down, I simply could not fit in any other single seat jet.

P 40 Warhawk.

Spad or 104 Starfighter.

i think this guy is having fun...

there is no denying the p40's cool factor

Mine is not to fly, but to fly again:

A-4M Skyhawk (or just to fit in the damn thing once more!).

Second choice, and still possible:

Another summer in Alaska with a SuperCub.

...FA-18 Hornet. One hour in the "dome" at Cecil Field in 1996 was a hoot! Then another go in the sim going abourd ship...at night. Both experiences were enough to make the Hornet tops on my list.

Of course, I'd like to fly FW-190,P-47, A6M, etc.

Cross the Ngorongoro Crater in this Sikorsky or whatever it is

Gee Bee Racer


Can't fly, so when I auger in I might as well do it in style.

An2, or X-15. Opposite ends of the spectrum...

Concorde.

Inspiration for the Hawker SeaFury

Like nekkid pictures?

Very Nice! Don't see too many of those beasties anymore (ever). There's a guy who flies his A1 over my house at about 200 feet about once a month. LARGE is the best descriptor I have for that thing. Big, green, & loud.