Someone has to say it..... TSR2

A modernised Rotodyne, Chinook capability with tilt rotor performance.

I’m torn between the Vulcan or SR-71....
The sweetest noise of any aircraft ever was a Vulcan in that iconic slow roll, but no reason other than that.
I once watched an SR-71 display from Mildenhall, it left me speechless, just awesome raw power! To be honest it could still do a worthy job today, just letting the opposition know you are always watching.

Chipmunk. Put a silly grin on my face.

How about T21 and T31 gliders? Let's get the kids all over the country flying solo again.

Bucc...with new spars.

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...

^^This^^, for smiles per miles it must surely be unbeaten?!

Mosquito.......

I know this is the military forum but - forgive me, I'm a civilian - what for?

For sheer elegance:
Concorde
Vulcan
Mosquito (thanks, Captain)

As a passenger:
A380 (though as derjodel says, it's still in service)
747-400 upper deck business class
Short Empire (even I am not old enough to have flown in one, but the idea of having time to take ten leisurely days to fly to Australia, stopping overnight in exotic places, is surely attractive).

As a pilot:
I was only a humble PPL, but for sheer fun, the best flying I had was in STOL aircraft like the Helio Courier, in and out of back-country airstrips around the world, often excitingly short and in really interesting places.

Would the Sea Harrier be a credible resurrection?

A re-engined refurbished VC10. Fast, the right size to take an army company somewhere and a great tanker (3 hoses). A SA Bulldog as a cheap basic starter trainer. Strong, capable, easy to fly, A much modified Canberra/B57 as a cheap attack aeroplane. Did more than some of it successors. The B57G was a star in Vietnam.

If it was possible to bring back the era as well, the Handley-Page HP 42. All day, almost all VFR, no radio/nav aids/ controlled airspace to speak of. Lots of nightstops with interesting passengers. Probably the best airline job ever.

I would bring back the Hawker Typhoon fitted with modern rockets & engine :-)

Come on chaps & chapesses, we all know what we realy need ........ Kirby Cadet MkIII :)

F-111. Long range(by tactical standards)tactical bomber and EW platform.

A Spiteful or a Seafang

Amen.

What a loss, what sh1t decisions.

The XB-70 Valkyrie. What it could have achieved we'll never know.

Agree re-engined VC10! With a pair of Trents on the back, great at freight, VIP, pax or fuelling.

F-111 For sure!