C-185 for power
DC-3 for fun flying B-747-200C for making dough |
Piston: C310 Riley Turbostream
Prop: Cessna Conquest II Dash 10 Small Jet: Falcon 10 Large Jet: A340-500 (VIP) Light weight, sooo much power!! For food: A330-200/A380 TIE G |
Flown a lot of Boeing stuff - but the 737-300 I like the most.
Liked the 777. liked the 757 and like the 737 NG - don't like the A320/319. I liked the 737-200 in many ways apart from the fact it would go down like a brick but wouild climb like mule. The 747 I can't comment on as I ever only operated as F/E - however from my perspective in that seat it was a worldbeater. Regards Exeng |
Jet contenders 737-200, 727-200: 727 the easy winner(looks better, flies faster, descends quicker, can have a reasonable T.O. alternate, carries a real payload, puts out more smoke and is nice and quiet up front on takeoff and approach)
Big prop contenders: Herc, 748, ATR: Herc the easy winner(powered controls, giant cockpit, good speed, big crosswinds, cool flying) Little prop Contendors: BE99, BE100, DHC-6: DHC-6 the easy winner(can land just about anywhere on floats,skis or tundra tires) multiple small Piston contenders: Be-76 by a bit(good, comfortable all year around plane) Warbird Contenders: DHC-1, AT-6, Stearman, DH82, DH83, PT-26: DHC-1 is the easy winner overall. (If you get a chance, fly one. Excepting speed, flies like a Spitfire, super light on controls, you almost get to an usual attitude by just thinking about it. Can easily hold a very steep turn with one finger). Worst ever: Any Cessna 337 with the Robertson STOL kit(feels like you are trying to manouver a locomotive). |
Boeing 727, my first jet, just a delight to fly.
Boeing 767, close second. Boeing 757, most overrated, loads of power but handles like a truck ! |
Used to fly a lovely if slippery little Mooney that I remember fondly, as well as a PA-23 Geronimo that was funky and underpowered but I still loved.
The 319/320/321 didn't really do it for me (as one pilot put it, "it's like kissing your sister"), but I thoroughly enjoyed flying the B747-200. I was surprised to find that I enjoy flying the B747-400 even more ;). I will forever envy those who have had the privilege of flying the DC-3 and the B727 though :ok:. |
The Mighty Douglass DC 6. A big wing, reliable engines and wonderfully balanced controls....... the most satisfying airliner to fly ever made.
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L188 beautiful finger tip power controls. Instant lift from the propwash over the wing from the constant speed engines.
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First plane .... first Love, the CE177RG I owed for some time. The SWM I certainly do not miss. The B737NG was the nicer version of the Jet to handfly and the B777 made the paycheck earned like a piece of cake.
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Boeing 757, most overrated, loads of power but handles like a truck ! I believe that Boeing stiffened up the controls after a couple of landing tailstrikes. Still remains one of the most versatile in the history of commercial aircraft. |
That may well be, strangely enough the 757-300 is a much nicer flying machine than the -200.
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Glider: ASW19
Piston: Chipmunk. Turboprop: None. Small Jet: Hawk Big Jet: VC10 |
So many good aeroplanes to choose from makes it difficult, however I could immediately think of the two I would never want to see again;
SD 330 and the Hastings! |
B727-100 for that sporty feel with docile landing speeds
Ted Smith Aerostar. Loved out running Beech C-90s, Commander 680s, and 681s. Even gave a fully loaded 690 a run for the money too, Extra 300-L for flying upside down while listening to CDs or the radio. Not a bad x-country machine either, thanks to the Bose Headsets Stearman for nostalgia. |
The Stampe - much better aerobatically then the Tiger.
The T33a with Nene engine - simply in a different world to the British jet trainers of the 50s. Chipmunk - agreed. Comet IV - overpowered and carried/used too much fuel for the accountants - but beautiful B767 |
J3 Cub, doors open, farm strip, summer evening. Bliss.
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Do 228 was one ugly plane but was the nicest handling aircraft I have flown. 737 was nice to hand fly but I hated operating the cramped noisy thing. A320 nothing special to hand fly but is very nice environment to operate in.
Overall for me I prefer the Airbus for day to day work. Stiff crosswind give me the Do228, was superb. |
Q400. Can't recall having a boring day flying her.
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747-200 at 300ton.
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ASW 20, years of fun
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