What have you flown ???
 

After seeing the GOODYEAR AIRSHIP floating around Liverpool and the Wirral over the past few week's i thought it would be a good question to see what you guy's are flying these day's? OR what have you flown

C150/152
C172
PA28
PA32 Lancer
Seneca
Duchess
DA42
TB20
Lake Buccaneer
Twin Commander

Out of the above, the Cessnas, Commanders and the mid wings (Lake) are my favs. I guess I'm a anything-but-a-low-wing-please kind of guy..;)

More than most by a fair margin, less than Eric Brown by about 80%.

This year: AA5a, AA5b, C152, C172, Stinson 108, Thruster TST, PA38, Easy Raider, CTSW, Auster J5L, Edgley Optica.

G

Trained for PPL on PA28s.

Since qualifying: Beagle Pup, Bulldog, Extra 300, Harvard IIB, L-39, Jet Provost, Chipmunk, Robin 400 and the mighty PA28.

Lunchmaster

152
172 k,m,n
28-161



as Pic, bear in mind I'm only two months into the brown wallet so just learning.

plus trillions of gliders.

I've also flown lots of stuff as non Pic. With a qualified on type P1 of course.


Lunchmaster I take it the mighty 28 was tongue in cheek, took a couple of friends flying today (like a mill pond, beautiful) and was at max TO weight. It didn't accelerate to take of speed, it proceeded....

Only high-wing 2-seaters with 80 hp Rotax: Coyote, FK9, and if all goes well tomorrow my very own Halley Apollo Fox.

Flown:

C150/152/172/206/207/310
PA18/23/28/31/32/38
BE36/55/58
Robin DR400
Pitts S2
Partenavia P68
DH82
Yak52
Jetstream 31/32
Fokker 27/50/70/100
...and a few gliders (and some motor gliders)

Now fly:

Embraer 190

The nicest aircraft to fly? Super Cub, Fokker 100 and ASW20BL
The easiest to fly? Fokker 100
The most fun? DH82
The most horrible? E190

PM

Ah..ASW 20 you lucky, lucky man.

How about smallest; Druine Turbulent and largest; B747-400 with virtually everything inbetween except Tiger Moth and Bulldog :ok:

I am still doing my PPL but I have tried a few aircraft, especially when I started the PPL, had my first lesson on a C152 and did not like it. :eek:

C152/C172/PA28/TB10/DR400

Order of preference:

1 - TB10 :D
2 - DR400 :E
3 - PA28 :ok:
4 - C172 :uhoh:
5 - C152 :eek::ouch:

Some of us might not like to admit in public to having flown interesting things for which the paperwork might not have been entirely in oder.

For example I have never flown one of these

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have I. (FTAOD: not the one in the picture.)

What's so bad about it?

PA22
Auster
Tiger Moth
Cessna F150 & 152
Chipmunk
Jet Provost T3, T4, T5 & T5A
Gnat (Yes please, Santa!)
Hunter F6, GT6, F6A, T7, T7A, T8B, FGA9
Meteor T7
Beaver AL1
Buccaneer S2, S2A, S2B
Vulcan B2
B-52G (OK, just the one GCA)
Hawk T1
Phantom FGR2
Jetstream T1 (awful bastard thing)
VC10 C1, C1K, K2, K3, K4
Bulldog
PA28-140
PA28-161
PA28-180
Robin 400
Terrier A61
Quickie Q200 (superb roll response, but a longitudinal control system of baffling complexity second only to the Gnat!)
RV-4
Yak 18T
T-67A
Zlin Z 526
A330 (only a couple of minutes appraisal!)

Plus T21, T31, T42, T49, Tutor and ASK-21 gliders.

Crew seat rides in:
Sea Vixen FAW2
C-130
Andover
A310MRTT

American Aviation AA1B, AA5A, AA5B
Aero Vodochody L39
Beechcraft B18,35P,B55
Bellanca 7ECA,7GCBC
Cessna 120,140,150,152,172,175,177,180,185,206,210,310,337,340,414, 421,Crane
Consolidated Vultee CV580
De Havilland DHC1, DHC2
Diamond DA 20
Douglas DC6
Ercoupe
Grumman,G73,S2F
Lockheed L188
Luscombe 8E
Nanchang CJ6A
North American T6,T28
Mooney M20C
Piper PA 22,24,28-140/151/180/181/200R/201RT,30,31,34,44,60
Socota TB9
Stinson 108,L5
Taylorcraft BC12D
Vans RV6

AC-580
American Yankee
Bonanza
C-140, 150, 152, 170, 172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 206, 210, 310, 337, P337, 421, 500.
PA-18-150
PA-23-250
PA-24-180, 235, 250, 260, 400.
PA-28-140, 150, 180, 235.
PA-28R-180, 200
PA-30
PA-32-260, 300.
Navajo
BE-100
DHC-2, 6
7ECA
Boeing Stearman, 727-100/200, 747-100/200.
Falcon 20
Westwind II
L-382E/G
DC-8-63, 71, 72, 73.
Maule M7
Mooney M20
Pitts S2
Yak 52

Been a while so models are a bit vague

C152 (aerobat) C172, C182, Decathelon 8KCAB.

- Tecnam P92 Echo Super
- Ultravia Pelican
- An ultralight I can't remember
- FK9
- Flight Design CT
- Marchetti SF-260

About 4 glider types
Piper Tri-Pacer
Mooney M20J/K
Pilatus PC7MKII
C130
PA28/140/161/180/181/R200
PA34/200/220T
PA31
Piper 6X/Matrix/Meridian
BE55/58
C172/177/182/185/206/208/210/402/414/425/441
BE90/100/200/300/1900
PC12-10/45
E110/120
DC3TP
DO228
DH Twin Otter
C500/C550/CII/CJ2/CJ3/CJ4/680/Mustang
TBM700/850
Challenger 605
Diamond DA20C1/DA42
Pitts S2B
Cessna 400 Corvalis
Falcon 7X
G-IV-SP/ G550
Yak 18T / 52
BN2A
Lear 45/60

Some very impressive diversity of experience here! :ok:

Not much exotica in my logbook, but I'm always looking to add new experiences. Airplanes I have time in so far:

Land planes:
Beech B-19 Sport, C-23 Sundowner, C24R Sierra, BE-76 Duchess, Various model 35s
Bellanca/Champion 8KCAB Decathlon
Cessna 150,152,172,172RG,175,177,177RG,182,182RG,195,205,210,T210,3 10
Citabria 7GCBC and 7ECA
Grumman American AA-5A and B Cheetah and Tiger. (and AG-5B)
Hawker HS125-400,700,800XP
IAI-1124/1124A (Westwind I and II)
Learjet 60
Piper PA-12 ,18,24,28-140 thru 200T,30,34

Seaplanes:
C-150,172,182 straight floats, C-185 on amphibs
PA-18 Super Cub straight floats, PA-23 Apache on straight and amphib floats
Lake Buccaneer

The Decathlon is the most pure fun followed closely by the Super Cub float plane in a mountainous environment. The Lear 60 wins hands down in terms of raw performance, but the quirky old Westwind still owns my heart as it was my first jet and is the type I have the most time in.

The biggest dog of the bunch has to be the Seneca I. It gets the job done is the best I can say about it! The turbo models are far superior. If there was ever an airplane I felt totally at ease with, it would have to be the mighty Skyhawk. I would love to own an early '70s model someday.

Somewhere down the road I'd like to add a glider rating too.

Almost snap, only up to B747-300, and not quite everything in between.

So what's wrong with the Turb ? ( when you can get it to start ) great little aeroplane, Such Fun ! ( to quote Mirandas' Mother )