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Old 23rd Oct 2009, 07:17
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Originally Posted by DBTW
Sorry guys! I have heard the Hawker Hunter referred to as "the Queen of the Skies," and several other beautiful Fighter aircraft.

Of course there can be more than one type bearing such an accolade, but the title can really only refer to true thoroughbreds. It could never apply to a talking baggage, trash hauling, transport type.

I was only saying...
Sorry mate, but the Queen of the Skies title can not be applied to some obscure aircraft that very few people have heard of. The 747 will always been the true Queen of the Skies.
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