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What Military Aircraft Would You Bring Back To Service?

Old 26th Oct 2020, 11:35
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No, no, no. We need the mighty Vigilant, with a glass cockpit and re-engined with a Rotax...er...
No glass cockpit because I like to fly I can watch TV at home
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My vote goes to the Gnat.
We have to think of small, cheap and PLENTIFUL aircraft so we can maintain a command of the skies over the UK......
With missile technology being so dominant, all you need is a delivery system loaded with missiles and the agility to out perform any opposition.
Stuff a Pegasus in and you've virtually created a small Harrier - best of both worlds, no runways, fast and nimble and jink out of the way of any incoming...

It IS a dream, innit?
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 12:40
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And there is a Hornet build in the wings I believe, all be it static.
Just a small point, the Sea Hornet being rebuilt will be a flyer...
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Just an even smaller point....did I mention Sea?

https://en-gb.facebook.com/dehavilland.hornet.F1/


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Originally Posted by treadigraph
With a Hornet being resurrected in New Zealand, you might get an opportunity!

I'll go for the B-36 - I've never even seen one but I'd love to see and hear one in the air...
A long way back I was holding short on a taxiway waiting for the runway and there was a B36 right in front of me now that's luck! Although, I certainly couldn't hear the engines because of my engine and because of my noise cancelling headset. I was really hoping to watch her take off but alas she was just taxiing around that morning not taking off.

PS at least I think it was a B36
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Lots of nostalgia here, but if I may nominate a type that might actually be useful today it would be the S-3 Viking.

90+ airframes sent to the desert with plenty of fatigue life, and a much better tanker than the E/F Super Hornet with the buddy store, and a useful MPA. Save the wear and tear on the Super Hornets and sheds loads more gas to give.
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Just an even smaller point....did I mention Sea?

https://en-gb.facebook.com/dehavilland.hornet.F1/


Beers are on me then. Will be nice to see a flying Sea Hornet though...
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 15:20
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Phantom F-4!
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 15:31
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Originally Posted by sandiego89
Lots of nostalgia here, but if I may nominate a type that might actually be useful today it would be the S-3 Viking.

90+ airframes sent to the desert with plenty of fatigue life, and a much better tanker than the E/F Super Hornet with the buddy store, and a useful MPA. Save the wear and tear on the Super Hornets and sheds loads more gas to give.

I think its a good choice - it worked, it could still work and it would really extend current capabilities
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 15:42
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Nimrod, Harrier, Hunter....

But most all all, DH Mosquito FB.VI!!!!!! ('cos Dad was a navigator in them!)
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Maybe the harrier gr5/7/9. Even with my rose tinted glasses I still recall clocking on at 1600 and working through to 0700 shift change the next morning on many of those Cold War mean machines.
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 16:31
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Chipmunk. Put a silly grin on my face.
There are still quite a few around; I had a tow from one yesterday.

My vote would be for the Lightning, I'd love to see one in the air again. You couldn't do anything useful with it, mind you...
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Harrier GR9 for sure
That and the Sea Harrier.

If a further choice was available of course the mighty Buccaneer.
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As a twenty year old you couldn’t have more fun (in the air) than a Meteor 8.
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As a twenty year old you couldn’t have more fun (in the air) than a Meteor 8.
Even more 'fun' when you lose an engine.
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 17:14
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
I think its a good choice - it worked, it could still work and it would really extend current capabilities
I think the only reason this hasn't happened through a private entity is that the USN are holding on to them 'just in case'.
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
With a Hornet being resurrected in New Zealand, you might get an opportunity!

I'll go for the B-36 - I've never even seen one but I'd love to see and hear one in the air...
In the '50s, we lived near Bovingdon so were used to different types flying over.
One day when I was about 5, I saw a 'big'' plane' with '6 engines pointing backwards'.
I ran indoors and told my brother, who was almost old enough to join the ATC.
He hit me saying I was lying; there was no such thing.
(I don't think it landed at Bovingdon)
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 19:07
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L1011-500 before BA sold the family silver to the RAF.
OK - I'll get my coat.
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Old 26th Oct 2020, 20:31
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Perfect combo.

How about the mighty Blanik, towed aloft by the Supermunk. Oh, RAFGSA how I need you now.
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Vigilante & Hustler. Not that they were in service, but the Mirage 4000 & XB-70 would also be nice

Anything supersonic with 2 or more engines come to think about it!
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