5 Airplanes of your choice you would love to fly.

[fadedfootpaths]

Given an oppurtunity, what 5 aircraft would you pick to fly?:8


Personally, I would love to fly the Antonov An-225, Supermarine Spitfire, Concorde, A380 and the DC-3:E:E:E

[alebest]

Yeah! My first reply on PPRUNE.
Personally, I like almost all the planes, but my favourites are the Twin Otter, Concorde, Pilatus PC6, Airbus A300 & Citation X. It will be nice to fly theese beautiful birds!:)

[aviatordom]

DC-3, Spitfire, Eurofighter Typhoon, 747-200, 757

[fadedfootpaths]

I would love to try the twin otter tooo:ok: lemme make it my 6th:E

[BelArgUSA]

Any airplane with -
(1) 3 engines at least, 4 engines preferred, for oceanic crossings;
(2) flight crew consisting of 2 pilots and a flight engineer;
(3) preference for steam powered gages;
(4) control wheel, no joystick;
(5) Hydraulic + cable combination for controls, no fly-by-wire.
xxx
If a Piper Cub, stick is acceptable.
:}
Happy contrails

[BYALPHAINDIA]

Pax Aircraft:

1 - 777 200 or 300 - ANY!!:D
2 - Concorde - Aaaargh Nobody Drives Her Anymore!!:oh:
3 - L1011 - Get me Capt 411A!!:cool:
4 - Bac 1-11 - The Smokier The Better!!:}


Mil Aircraft:

1 - Tornado F3 or GR4 Anyday - Ring Me!!:cool:
2 - EE Lightning - on a QRA!!:D
3 - Harrier GR9 - A bit of weeding!!:eek:
4 - Halifax Bomber - Take the Family on holiday to Germany!!:oh:

[411A]

1. Lockheed L1011...flying one now, and for the last 28 years in Command, a very nice airplane.

2. Lockheed JetStar, a fine performer, especially with Garret engines (flew this one, too, for awhile).

3. Lockheed L-188 Electra...instant power when you needed it, although very complicated systems (also flew this one, as well).

4. Lockheed 1649 Constellation. Fast, but engines gave problems from time to time...(also flew this one as well, anyone see a pattern here?:})

5. Douglas DC-6B.
The most reliable 4-engine piston transport ever produced...and yes, I flew this one for over one thousand hours. Very low cost of operation as well, thanks to its very reliable engines.

Runners up.
B707-320B (advanced cowl)...the classic jet transport, yep, flew this for a long while.
King Air, any varient.
Twin Otter, great fun, but slow in the cruise.
And, last but not least, my Cessna 411A, fast, quiet, comfortable.

Types that I have no desire to fly...
Any airplane that routinely is flown up side down...don't like these, get sick.:eek:

[Skipness One Echo]

Who the Hell is desperate enough to fly the TriStar? I mean aside from our own Royal Air Force that is?

Anyhoo....

1) The L1011 TriStar, no really, I would love to
2) MD11 too late for the DC10 I expect
3) The VC10.....anyone in 10SQ comment?
4) HS748, done the ATP, a poor comparison
5) F27 / FH227, failing that the Fokker 50

The real # 1 was of course was the BAC / Aerospatiale long pointy noise machine....

[TSR2]

Comet 4 (My first jet flight)
B727-200 (Memories of many excellent holidays)
L1011 (My transport to the Paris airshow 1973)
DC10-30 (Memories of numerous flights on G-DCIO)
Concorde (If only !!)

Runners up :
B707-320
A330-300
B747-400
Super VC10
HS Trident 3

[BYALPHAINDIA]

411A - Did you ever fly an British Reg Tristars?

BA, BCAL, CAL Etc.

28 Years - You must be in the record books for the Tristar surely?:ok:

A shame Lockheed 'Gave up the Ghost' with her.:sad:

[Skipness One Echo]

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only.

[411A]

411A - Did you ever fly an British Reg Tristars?



Yes, two types, from BA and Court Line.

[FlightDetent]

Why does nobody mention th B-17? :sad: Or Su-37?

[BYALPHAINDIA]

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only.

True, I had a 'Mental' Block there - Or Information Overload...:ok:

I was thinking of - G-BBAE etc....

[fadedfootpaths]

Really Interesting replies:D

[OlivierG]

Here is my choice:
1) Bombardier Global Express XRS
2) Lockheed SR-71 (too late... :rolleyes:)
3) Airbus A380
4) North American P-51 Mustang
5) Cessna Citation X

[G SXTY]

1) Spitfire (willing to sell body parts)
2) Concorde
3) BAC Lightning
4) L-1011 Tristar
5) Q400 with a three-axis autopilot*

* Dash 8 drivers would understand. ;)

[G-BPED]

1) B757

2) B777

3) B747-400

4) Concorde

5) A380

Regards,

G-BPED

[Farrell]

Alright then. Seeing as though I am here:

1. Fairchild C-123 Provider
(Time fast running out on this one, if anyone would like to oblige - childhood dream come true)

2. Lockheed Electra

3. Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

4. Beechcraft 18

5. Piper Apache

[barit1]

Harvard/Texan; Mister Mulligan DGA-6 (winner of all the BIG money in 1935 racing); Mossie; B-47; Early Learjet 23/24/25

(note that two of them are wood wings) :)

[drivez]

Cessna 152. B-17, Concorde, MD-82,777.

Runners up, 747,757, who can forget the beluga,:sad: please let me fly one.

[chiglet]

I am [unfortunately not a Pilot, but an 'umble ATCer]...however, I have "waggled the pole" on several a/c, mainly "light twins"...Pa23/30/31 BN2 and "singles" DHc1,C172,Pa38 and for 40 minutes, a Hawk :D
I would love to waggle the pole in a DC3, DH82a, Lancaster, Lightning and the mighty Vulcan.
watp,iktch

[RingwaySam]

Lockheed L1011
Boeing 747SP
Boeing 747-200
Tupolev 154
Airbus A380I've been on the MD11, DC10, B763 and B752 which are some of my favourite aircraft, particularly the MD11 and DC10 - If I made a list of which I would fly on regardless if i've been on or not it would be

Lockheed L1011
Boeing 747SP
McDonnell-Douglas DC10
McDonnell-Douglas MD11
Boeing 767-200/300411A, maybe a few rides for us L1011 lovers? :sad:

[BYALPHAINDIA]

Yeah, It would be good if 411A organised a pleasure flight on his L1011.:ok:

[scudpilot]

Sr71 and Aroura please... ;)

[738FO]

777
737NG
Beechcraft King Air 350er
Citation Sovereign
CRJ-900

[point8six]

1) B747-400
2) B747-200
3) L 1011
4) VC10
5) B52
the latter is just a dream!

[Chille Con Carnie]

1) L1011
2) A300
3) L188
4) DC10
5) Monsun-209

[tartan_penguin]

1. Spitfire... coz i made loads of Airfix models when I was a nipper.
2. Lancaster Bomber .... as above!
3. A380... coz its nice and new
4. Concorde... coz its a classic.
5. Phantom.... coz I used to watch them flying into RAF Leuchars when i was a nipper.

[Donkey497]

Concorde
Mosquito
A380
SR71
English Electric Lightning

Might manage the A380 in the next six months, but apart from that, it looks like I've missed the boat.

[apaddyinuk]

Concorde (No brainer there)
VC-10 (Best looking subsonic airliner ever to fly)
Connie (Best looking airliner full stop!)
CV880 (Just cos I think they look cool)
Stratocruiser (The original one!)

[barit1]

I have to tell this story -

When I was a teen I had a weird dream; I had built a 1/10 scale B-36 with six chainsaw engines. I had a motorcycle seat on the fwd fuselage and was just taking off -

then I woke up. :ugh: :rolleyes:

[Tmbstory]

I would have liked to fly a P51 Mustang. Nearly arranged it once but the Regulatory Authority said we had to have prior P51 or similar experience, so lost the chance.


Tmb

[SNS3Guppy]

Whatever I'm being paid to fly at any given time. I don't care what kind of powerplants, how many, the number of wings, if the gear goes up or down, or how fast. I'm just as happy in a Cessna 172 as a Super Cub as a 747.

I really liked the Air Tractor 802, and I liked the C-130.

The 20 series Lears were a lot of fun.

I think the most fun I ever had in an airplane was a Lake Amphibian. Something about quietly floating with the cockpit hatch door open after landing in the finger of a lake, and having a water snake swim up to the cockpit that ranked up there with one of the neatest experiences I've ever had in a light airplane.

Then again, ask me on any given day, and whatever I'm flying, there's your answer on that day. Any day flying is better than a day sitting thinking about flying.

[MOLWillie]

SR71 just to see that curve.

I'm happy with my putt putt Cessna but sometimes I like to pedal faster.

[spamcanner]

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only

Er, I think you'll find they did. I was lucky enough to
have a jumpseat ride on one to Lanzagrotty in the
late 90s. Lovely jet :O

[Skipness One Echo]

No you are wrong. British Caledonian NEVER flew the TriStar, and especially not in 1990 considering they were absorbed into BA in 1987 !

What you flew on was an ex BA TriStar that was flying for Caledonian, the rebranded British Airtours. Different companies mon ami.

[Guest 112233]

Hey a 1/10 scale model of a B36 - Still a big aeroplane.

Ones I have flown 1) Tiger Moth Yep - The Gods smile.
2) Aerobat - More please
3) PA28 - Have to start someware.
4) Concorde - In my dreams.
5) Bleriot Monoplane (Across the
Channel in my Dreams)

Anything with wings will do - Earthbound. Will happly slip those surly bonds. CAT III

[Avman]

Heck, do you mean fly in as pax or as PIC? Whatever, as pax:

Having been lucky enough to experience many prop types such as the Airspeed Ambassador, DC-3/4/6/7, Lockheed Constellation, Curtiss C-46,
L-188 Electra, Viscount, Vanguard, Convair 440, Martin 404, YS-11 and the IL-18; it would have to be the ones I missed out on:

1. Bristol B-170 (missed out when one I was due to fly on went tech)
2. B377 Stratocruiser (missed a chance to fly on a C-97)
3. Vickers Viking
4. IL-14
5. Bristol Britannia (missed out on a ride in a British Eagle example)

Btw 411A, I loved the Tristar but it had one major flaw: no propellers! ;)

I am not a licenced pilot. If I was, I'd love to get my hands on:

1. The connie (of course)
2. DC-6
3. Spitfire
4. Lancaster
5. Mosquito

[RJ100]

Would have to be...

1. Concorde
2. L1011
3. B747-200
4. B727
5. Connie

RJ.

[spamcanner]

VCIO, Concorde, Vulcan, Lightning and Spitfire!!!
Have flown in 3 and sat in the others so that's a
start! Did fly the Conk simulator though - so much
power!:E

[spamcanner]

Erm, I mean flown in 2 but only as PAX sadly!:\

[OPS1329]

My favourite 5 in the airliner category that I have flown on as a passenger:-

Concorde
Boeing 747SP
Douglas DC6
Lockheed Electra
Ilyushin 18

and the 5 that I would like to have flown:-

Lockheed Constellation
Bristol Britannia
VC10
Douglas DC8
Ilyushin 62

[GotTheTshirt]

411A

Flew in a Court Line Tristar as a passenger I presume :}

You say you have 28 years in L1011 command - Court Line stopped in Aug 1974:confused:







Spamcanner - Bcal did fly Tristar - in fact the last 2 in Abu Dhabi were in BCAL colours

[OldCessna]

Now there's a first!

No reply from 411A?

[African Wings]

My choice would be :

Spitfire (and model - any place - anytime)
Harvard T6G
C206 with the turbine conversion
Alouette II
A380

[G-DAVE]

My five would be (in no particular order);

Tornado GR1 (Played in one as an Air Cadet)
Harrier GR7 (same reason and it's unique)
Concorde
Spitfire
C5 Galaxy (ask my girlfriend why that's on the list :()

So many more though, a top 5 isn't enough!

Great idea for a thread by the way :ok::D

[fadedfootpaths]

Great idea for a thread by the way

Thanks G-DAVE:E:E:ok:

[Vref+10.....to 44]

bcal...........no tristars

caledonian........tristars.

seems simple to me.pass it on.

1.tristar-1/100/200/250/500
2.777
3. 747
4.grumman goose
5. anything with bunks on, where you kip after 6 hours work.

[RVF750]

Err,

747-400, -pax only so far, plus a bit of time on the jump seat before 9/11
A380,- no chance yet!
Concorde, - sat in one outside the Hanger.
BAe Hawk (1 hour of serious G that I wil lnever forget- thanks Dave H.)
Chipmunk, - many hours in CCF. If only I could get enough loot to buy one now. :{

2 1/5 out of 5 isn't too bad.

[SMT Member]

Boeing Stearman
Tupolev 95 (The mighty Bear)
Hawker Typhoon
Ilyshin 104
Sukhoi 35

[nossi89]

Tough choice....I guess I'd choose Concorde, B-1B Lancer, 747, Fokker Dr. 1 and the Wright Flyer.

[udachi moya]

1/ L1049 Connie - simply beautiful
2/ DC3 - prestige
3/ Spitfire - elegant & sexy
4/ F15 - almost orgasmic
5/ F22 - all of the above and more........

and following reading this thread I am off to a flight expereince website to find out of I can buy myself a ride in a fast jet.......

[misd-agin]

Have to be jet fighters for me. F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22 and MiG-29. The ability to point the nose wherever you choose is something I miss.

Many of the a/c folks are dreaming about are available for the right price.

Googled 'renting military fighter', first link -

Thirty Thousand Feet - Aviation Rent-A-Ride (http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/rentride.htm)

[redsnail]

1. F111
2. Concorde
3. G550
4. Mustang (WW2 one)
5. 7X

[Austin_Danger_Powers]

1. MD11 ( greatest 3 holer ever )
2. North American P51 Mustang ( what a plane )
3. Mc Donnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II ( a legend! )
4. 777

[WALSue]

L1011 (which seem strangely popular on here!)
Concorde
Vulcan
Tiger Moth
Edge 540/Extra 300 and be allowed to go a bit bonkers in it

Though at the moment, I'll be content with whatever hours I can get in a PA-38

[wiggy]

1. P-51
2. Mosquito
3. Lancaster
4. F-4
5. B747-400

(but never ever ever ever , on any version of my list, was the L1011 :}:}:})

One of life'e very minor regrets is that I was born too late and I missed out on the props . Still I've only got almost :{ 1000 hrs in one of the above..and lots more on another. Still I'd give almost all my 747-400 hours for just 1 hour in a P-51... really..but I'm not swopping any of the F-4 hours for anything - that flying was priceless :ok:

[barit1]

OK, it's time for me to see you drool.

The reason I have not listed the P-51 is that almost a half-century ago I won a lottery, and the prize was a half-hour in the back of a P-51H - the ultimate production Mustang. It was several hundred pounds lighter than a P-51D, with attendant effect on TO roll and climb rate.

Although I enjoyed the aerobatics, the thing that sticks with me is the SLOW turn rate and LARGE turn radius at cruise speed. We rolled into a 60` right bank, felt 2.0 Gs centripetal force, yet the nose barely crept around the horizon. An object lesson in Newtonian physics! :)

[TheCosmicFrog]

Concorde
Airbus A330
Boeing 777
Boeing 757
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

[Bishopscourt]

Mosquito
Vulcan
FW 190
Buccaneer
Sea Fury

[HeathrowAirport]

Concorde
Boeing 757
Boeing 777
Airbus A380
Airbus A321

[Ten West]

1: English Electric Frightening.
2: Lockheed SR71
3: McDonnell Douglas F4J Phantom II
4: Grumman F14A Tomcat.
5: North American X15 (Do rockets count?)

[Lord Lucan]

Surprised no-one has mentioned the Sunderland (or the Empire boats). It would definitely be one of my choices.

Others would be the English Electric Lightning, Mosquito, Spitfire and Lancaster.

(how old does that make me?)

[fadedfootpaths]

You are Preshistoric Lord Lucan:E:E:E

[The SSK]

I either had plans to, or had a chance to, fly in a Connie, Ambassador, Twin Pioneer and DH Dragon - but never did. So if I could turn the clock back, I'd remedy that. For the fifth - a Catalina (off/on the water of course).

[The AvgasDinosaur]

Lockheed Super Constellation
Short Sunderland
Antonov 22
Avro Vulcan
Boeing 707-320C ( full on freighter)
Please
Thank you Santa
Be lucky
David
Reserves
SR71
L1011
B36
C123
C124
C133
Stratocruiser
Avro Tudor
Vickers Viking

[Ian L]

I'm not a pilot but for pure sex appeal it would have to be:-
Buccaneer. Buccaneer. Buccaneer. Buccaneer and err Buccaneer.

[cessna24]

BEECH KING AIR all series
B-25
MUSTANG
AVRO 748

Lovin the props!

[fadedfootpaths]

Buccaneer aint a bad choice :ok:

[TOMMY1954]

5 airplanes I would like to have flown:

Concorde
Caravelle
L. Super Constellation
DC 3
Ilyushin 62

My favourite 5 airplanes I have flown as a passenger

Boeing 707
Boeing 727
L. 1011
Fokker 100
Airbus A310

Regards

[wingisland]

good thread, had to have a good think about this one!

Dove
Spitfire (of course!)
Mosquito
Lancaster
Harrier
F-15
Tiger Moth (have flown, it was brilliant!)
C208
Pitts S-1 (with an open cockpit :ok:)

Okay more than 5, but if i dont stop now the list might get too long!

[GeorgEGNT]

Current

Boeing 757/737
Airbus A320/A330
Tornado F3 (Just to see what all the FJ fuss is about)

Historical

Concorde
DC-3
Tristar
Lightning
Vulcan

[WW1018]

Vickers VC-10, The satisfaction of setting half the car alarms off in long stay carparks at the airports would be great when taking off :P haha

Boeing 757-200, My fav, Love narrow Bodied Airliners, Also the RB211-535E4B's make them hotrods, And they look great in just about any livery and the cockpit avionics are nice.

Airbus A321, Flymonarch Preferably, with the CRT Glass cockpits, and hearing those 2 IAE V2500's spool up from inside the flight deck.

Boeing 737-300/500, BMI Baby, Love those lil critters.

Flybe Embraer 145's, Love the ERJ145 flightdeck, and that lovely HYD noise when the engines are running at idle, Also AE3007 Spools are lovely from inside :D

Mike.

[chai ja]

Flown a biz jet and soon a320.

DC10
MD83
L1011
A330
A300

[kellyoldsmunt]

buccaneer
mustang
SR71
beegee
citation

[boguing]

Mosquito

Spitfire

Fiesler Storch

Chipmunk

DC3

[akerosid]

Hard to pick my favourites, but ...

1. 747 Classic
2. Convair 880/990 (yeah, like that's going to happen!)
3. A380
4. A340-500 ... always seems the most photogenic of all aircrat.
5. 757 ... goes like a "bat out of hell" ...

[aztec2008]

Porter
Edge 540
Tristar
Mustang
Embraer 190

I think 4 out of 5 of those are ones I would have realistic chances of trying out.

[Semu]

XB-70, talked to a gentlemen who flew chase on one once, and he was still drooling, thirty years later.

AN-225, just to park next to those cheeky little A380s. OK, and because of the little globe back at the nav station.

A-4 because a test pilot that flew every jet known to mankind said that would be his first choice.

Any four engine seaplane, maybe a Sunderland

PC-6

In reality,

1. B747-200
2. PA 12 with an 0-360 bolted on
3. CV-240
4. Helio Courier
5. Citabria

[barit1]

One of these (http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2008-4-18-B-36-SAC-Video.wmv) will do

[silverstreak]

L1011

L188

Trident

VC10

Vangard

Herald (HP7)

CV580

DC9

B727

I know its only 5 but what the hell...

[18greens]

Mosquito

Vampire

Lighting

Tempest

F5

and anything else that goes upside down.

[Airspeedintervention]

In order of priority :
1. SR-71 Blackbird
2. TR-3 Aurora
3. F/A-18 Hornet
4. Concorde
5. U-5A Twin Helio Courier

[MedusaThrills]

Supercub, Stampe, Sukhoi-29, Tornado GR4, Airbus A380

[eliptic]

1/ Renegade Spirit Experimental:}
2/ 707 N707JT:ok:
3/ Air Force One:=
4/ Concord :mad:
5/ A380:D

[Simtech]

In no particular order:

Buccaneer

Typhoon (Sabre-powered version)

Spitfire

Sopwith Camel

A-10 Thunderbolt II

[barit1]

Curtiss P-6E (17th Pursuit Group)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/barit1/Curtiss_P-6E_Hawk_USAF.jpg

[Inside Info]

1: pilatus pc-21
2: lockheed sr71
3: pitts special s2b
4: tecnam p2006t
4: f22

[Will Fraser]

O-2, 402C, Apache, Schweizer, F-18D

[Juno78]

In no particular order, SR-71, Vulcan, Spitfire, Harrier, Tomcat. Clearly none of which is ever going to happen, particularly seeing as I'm currently on a Robin HR200 :p

[ArthurBorges]

PBY Catalina to wander from lake to lake on a Canadian camping holiday of indefinite length.
MiG-15 for a taste of the legend.
J-35 Draken for the clean angular lines and Nordic tourism.
Tupolev 95M for the feel of the turboprops on a 20+ hour patrol flight.
Sukhoi 47 Berkut just to see what swept wings mounted back to front can do.

I still think longingly back to 1995 or so when the Finnish Air Force was selling its fleet of MiG-21s with Marconi electronics for USD 3,000 apiece.

[pigboat]

Lockheed 1049 Constellation
Lockheed L188 Electra
Douglas DC-6/7
Spartan Executive
Beechcraft D17S

I've flown the PBY, DC-3 on wheels and skis, and the original Lockheed 10A Electra and Lockheed 12 Electra Junior.

[Mooncrest]

Viscount
Boeing 707
Boeing 727
Cargomaster
Rollason Turbulent

[thrust clb]

TBM 850
Baron 58
A340-600
DC-3
J3 cub to fly with my 8-year old son

[Lightning Mate]

Lightning

again & again & again & again

[vonbag]

In my dreams (have only some thousands hours of "experience" on a few of these types with MS FS ;-)) are:

Single seat Fighters:
Macchi MC 202 Folgore
Reggiane RE 2005 Sagittario
Messerschmitt BF 109G
Focke-Wulf FW190A
Messerschmitt Me 262A

Airliners/transport/bombers:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.55
Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 Marsupiale
Savioa-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (aka "the damned hunchback")
Douglas DC3 Dakota
Arado Ar 234 Blitz



(sorry for any eventual imprecision in airplane's names)

[powerstall]

5 airplanes i would really love to fly...

the Columbia
the Discovery
the Atlantis
the Endeavor
lastly.... the Challenger

.. :ok:

[punkalouver]

Concorde, L-1011, SR-71, F-16, B-36.

[parabellum]

VC10
Phantom F4
B52
Hawker Hunter
Mosquito

[PropSyncOff]

Viscount
Electra
VC10
CV990
707

none left, but Vanguard would be #1

[fr8doggie]

1. AC-130

2. LC-130

3. MC-130

4. HC-130

5. EC-130

and of course.... any old C-130! :ok:

[FLCH]

Here's my 2p worth:

Fairey FD2

Victor

Trident (The Gripper) on an Autoland Cat 3B

Britten Norman Islander (in the Carribean)

757/767.....ok done those but still lotsa fun.

[603DX]

Slingsby T21 Sedbergh
Kirby Cadet Mk. II
Avro Anson
DH Chipmunk
EE Canberra T4All RAF service aircraft - and no unfulfilled yearnings here, I was fortunate to fly in all of these, and had the controls of all except the Anson - thanks to the CCF organisation in my youth ..... aah, memories, memories!