What was/is your favorite airplane to fly?
 

Not too sure if this belongs in this forum, but anyways, what was/is your favorite airplane to fly?

Perhaps TB-10 for piston, and A300 for jets

The L-1011, GV and all of the Dassault Falcons.

Lear 55

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Lear 55

CF-101 Voodoo !

Early model Cessna 180 always my favourite and remains so.

B737 all models, the sports car of the skies

Cessna 185

Pitts S2A.

Flew Extras and Lasers as well, but the Pitts was just a joy.

Airline world? 737-300. Not because it was easy, it had it's challenges and limitations which made it fun.

C208...just cos it was loverly....

Falcon 900, loverly also...

Pilatus Porter...

Well if I HAD to pick just ONE...
 

Piston - contenders DH82, PA18, Stearman. Choice? DH82

Airliner - contenders 727-200, 747-300. Choice? 727-200

Wanna fly - contenders Spitfire MkIX, P51. Choice? Spitfire IX

Out of the 3 choices if I had to pick just one? DH82, but if the
Spit suddenly appeared on my licence itd be that. Don't have
to have flown it to know it'd be my all-time fave.


You lucky lucky bastard! :ok:

Piper PA17 Vagabond. No fuss, no worries - no equipment! Just wonderful fun cheap and easy flying.

All in all? 757 w/RR engines. High thrust to weight AND amazing combination of flying (Andes, Rocky Mountains, trans Atlantic, etc). IMO nothing beats rocketing out of a mountain valley in a 757, with a engine out profile loaded ("thrust, don't fail me now!") :D

Nicest? 777. It does so many things that make the job better.

737NG and A300 for the nicest 'balanced' airliners for hand flying. You just had to get over the 'old' cockpit crap.

Military 'nice' aircraft stopped at the T-38, which was pretty nice. Nothing like having it 'talk' to you coming around the final turn.

Beech 17 (Staggerwing). T'was 87 hours of pure bliss!

A-4 Skyhawk (But I'm a Phantom guy by trade.) Can't beat Ed Heinemann's application of the KISS principle. You flew it all the time. No one maintained the A/P.

For puddle jumping and mild aerobatics, the Luscombe 8a is my choice. Scared myself more in that than I ever did in a military aircraft.:}

727
727
727
727

Can't really decide between Ka 8 and Ka 6 CR.

Flying for food i love the 737-700. An absolute pleasure to fly and quite a bit of power, always nice when you get your second engine back at climb thrust and do the clean up at 3500fpm while accelerating in the normal manner ;)

Single engine-T-34.

Basic twin engine-TC Baron.

Cabin class twin-Aero Comander 680 Grand Commander.

Turbo Prop-Kingair 200.

Corporate jet-Falcon 50EX.

Airliner-727-100.

The Ka-8 is very good agreed, l believe it is possible to make it climb by

easing upwards gently on the stick. Alas, in my view, the Ka - 18

is better. Neither have vices, but you can`t beat span :)

Powered ? the chippy for it`s weight range and, l have to say, the 146

because the over engineered lump has performed, and handled, brilliantly.

Dear me, is that all you have to offer?

Mil : Hunter F9. I'll hold my F4 time in reserve.

Civil: Airbus 320 and the magnificent Airbus 330.

Beat that.

Added later: Slash reminds me of my several years 727 time. Excellent machine.

A330.

Beautiful co-ordination, loads of grunt, no trimming, managed approaches absolutely nailed, makes anyone look good!!!!!!

Deary deary me.

So your favourite airyplane is better than my favourite ?

" Fight ! "

l`ll give you 21,000ft gain in height for no calories against your Hunter.

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

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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.

L188 beautiful finger tip power controls. Instant lift from the propwash over the wing from the constant speed engines.

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.

The original (RR) 75 handled beautifully and its performance was mind-blowing compared to those types with more than 2 engines.
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.

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.

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.

747-200 at 300ton.

ASW 20, years of fun