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Old 5th Mar 2016, 08:33
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I find this thread fascinating in that on this list we are considering Marks of aircraft types that were, overall, successful and in many ways very good. The Buccaneer, overall, was a magnificent aircraft for its role in the S2 variants which comprised the majority of the production run (although it did have the some of the worst handling qualities in the landing pattern that I have ever experienced!). Similarly, the Tornado ADV in its main F3 variant and in its latter days in service was a good interceptor, and there are several threads on PPRuNe extolling its virtues, for example its low level speed high capabilities. Therefore, I think that only types for which EVERY Mark was bad really deserve to be on this list.

With the exception of the F2 I have not flown any of the types on the original list - with my inquisitive nature I cannot make up my mind whether this makes me fortunate or unfortunate!
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