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rotornut
17th Dec 2003, 04:18
Since we've heard about the WORST aircraft to work on, in a recent thread, how about the BEST?
My engineer friends all seem to like the 172 and the Beaver. Any others?

sevenforeseven
17th Dec 2003, 07:01
172 and beaver? What about A340-300/600 or B747-400
Airbus wins every time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fruitloop
17th Dec 2003, 13:36
Fokker 50 (with the exception of the elevator/rudder tension regulators)

the egg man
17th Dec 2003, 16:25
767-200/300 the queen of the skies.no job a major problem.

gas path
17th Dec 2003, 20:02
Sadly not many around any more but I'd vote for the Lockeed L1011 Tristar:ok:

Because it was a challenge:cool:

bbbaldy
17th Dec 2003, 20:50
For me the boeing 757 beautifully engineered and a looker as well.

nilnotedtks
7th Jan 2004, 20:01
British F4M Phantom, with the big dirty Speys, luuuverly !

TURIN
8th Jan 2004, 01:34
ATP. Just for the masses of Overtime it generated.;)

Oh yes, and for the opportunity to make up names to fit the letters.

EG. Another Technical Problem, Avros Taking the Piss.:E

ilovegordon
8th Jan 2004, 07:30
L1011 - no doubt a real challenge. i realised how BMS 3-11 fluid tasted when uplifting inside the misting HSC in a transit aircraft.

my vote to B737NG. small size / fast WAC / no need for work step.

SeldomFixit
8th Jan 2004, 12:34
The best aircraft, without doubt, be it regional, longhaul, piston, jet, pax or freighter, is the one that just flew over the fence, outbound :ok:

Lear_doctor
8th Jan 2004, 15:00
Going back to the original post in this thread, I think you will find a beaver is hard to beat :E

The Doc

the egg man
8th Jan 2004, 23:21
just like the doc
i love beaver too..but not of the aircraft variety.

Perrin
9th Jan 2004, 02:04
Its got to be the beast, a B52 can lose a couple, ten feet of tail and still fly. F406 wasn't bad either.

allthatglitters
11th Jan 2004, 16:59
quite simply the L1011.

DoctorA300
13th Jan 2004, 01:00
Anything made by Airfix