Halifax

Wellington

Westland Whirlwind

Defiant

Concorde
Sea Venom (to join the excellent RNHF).
Hawker Tempest or Typhoon.

or, if one were to dream, the totally orgasmic Hornet F Mk 3!

Dreaming....
 

Mossi, Wellington and a Typhoon (WW2). Tony Ditheridge from Hawker restorations mentioned the latter several years ago but he's busy with Hurricanes. There is apparently a Mossi somewhere in deepest darkest Suffolk being stored......love to see it.

Mk 3 Chinook?

A Jaguar..

However the best airframes are now at Cosford and life histories have disappeared from my HAL 9000.

Some body asked me a question on techie gen to research a possible project.

It would be like the Lightning however. Complex airframe.

Plus almost 1 in 3 were lost in accidents............

There are already Buccs and Lightnings flying on Capetown so surely they don't count?

XH558 is the ONLY flying Vulcan so we should be considering unique aeroplanes.
As said before Javelin, Mosquito (my choice), TSR2, Victor etc.

Or how about a Valiant - the only V bomber that ever actually dropped a nuke?

Ah the BP Defiant.......Did a lot of research on it way back in 71 when we changed the name of our barrack block at Halton from Dominee to Defiant....think I still have some of the paperwork here with me somewhere including I think a photo.
Agree with the Mossie what about some of our other transports.....the Argosy ahhh the boost of water meth.....the hastings......The Brit one of which flew into Kemble not so many years ago.....Beverly.....in fact why not get one of each that the RAF have flown over the years and keep the memories flying one and all.
The nostalgia is ther but the funds well thats something else.

Almost certainley the 'sawn-off wing' ex-IWM Lambeth and then Duxford based Fighter Collection Mosquito T.3 that was reported sold to Paul Allen's Seattle based Flying Heritage Collection, some time ago, but may or may not have actually departed for the USA as yet.

Victor, Lightning and Concorde :ok:

Forgive me for going American, but I'd love to see an SR-71 back in the air, or even just taxiing. I know there's a handful that haven't had their wings cut. I'm sure the Yanks could do it! :ok: A crowd puller for sure.

Sea Harrier FA2?
Jaguar?
Canberra PR9?

Capability gap? What capability gap? :ugh:

1. Mosquito
2. Tempest or Typhoon
3. F-4J
4. Concorde

. . . and then if money really is no object and enough original drawings can be found, the Martin-Baker MB-5.

MB-5 Sir?

http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/..._5_0561544.asp

http://www.thehomepylon.net/Marlins_MB5/index.html

For me, Supermarine Swift!

The wind tunnel model for the Swift used to live in the HQ 1244 Air Cadets in Swindon......well its a start for you XV277

I was going to say a Mosquito, but that was taken

So I thought I'd say a Sunderland, but that was taken as well

So I'll say an airship, any airship, the R100, the R101, even dare I say it a German one. I'd like to climb all over it and go on the top like Nevill Shute talked about in Slide Rule.

Basic engineering on a SR71

Leaks fuel like a colendar while on the ground as the tanks need airframe kinetic expansion of mach 2 to seal.The type of Avtur used was unique to the aircraft as well. :\

Hydraulic and engine oil has to be replenished just before start up and removed after shut down because it reverts to a waxy / solid state at room temperature.

A No Brainer....:ooh:

:D"Or how about a Valiant - the only V bomber that ever actually dropped a nuke?":D

Cos the only one in existance is the one that dropped the first British Nuke.

A Building has been build around it (Cosfords Cold War Museum). If there were any other airframes , they will not have been maintained for 40 years and the rear spars would have to be redesigned and rebuilt due to their tendancy to unzip...:(

For me, it has to be the Defiant, the Beverly, or the Shack. :ok:

Hawker Hart


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Camm_hart_500.jpg

Stacker, that is just so pervy.:) (Is this the only aircraft named after an architectural feature BTW?)

For me, a Shack, a proper one with a mid-upper turret.
Valiant and Victor, (well, they said 558 was impossible too).
Oh, and a Westland Wyvern for the Fisheads.
And Hunters to replace the Reds' Hawks.

;)
How about a Bloodhound ? Not too many flights though !!!!!!!

The cost of AFs would be kept to a minimum.







'We knew how to whinge but we kept it in the NAAFI bar.'