5 Airplanes of your choice you would love to fly.
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My favourite 5 in the airliner category that I have flown on as a passenger:-
Concorde
Boeing 747SP
Douglas DC6
Lockheed Electra
Ilyushin 18
and the 5 that I would like to have flown:-
Lockheed Constellation
Bristol Britannia
VC10
Douglas DC8
Ilyushin 62
Concorde
Boeing 747SP
Douglas DC6
Lockheed Electra
Ilyushin 18
and the 5 that I would like to have flown:-
Lockheed Constellation
Bristol Britannia
VC10
Douglas DC8
Ilyushin 62
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Flew in a Court Line Tristar as a passenger I presume
You say you have 28 years in L1011 command - Court Line stopped in Aug 1974
Spamcanner - Bcal did fly Tristar - in fact the last 2 in Abu Dhabi were in BCAL colours
Flew in a Court Line Tristar as a passenger I presume
You say you have 28 years in L1011 command - Court Line stopped in Aug 1974
Spamcanner - Bcal did fly Tristar - in fact the last 2 in Abu Dhabi were in BCAL colours
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My five would be (in no particular order);
Tornado GR1 (Played in one as an Air Cadet)
Harrier GR7 (same reason and it's unique)
Concorde
Spitfire
C5 Galaxy (ask my girlfriend why that's on the list
)
So many more though, a top 5 isn't enough!
Great idea for a thread by the way
Tornado GR1 (Played in one as an Air Cadet)
Harrier GR7 (same reason and it's unique)
Concorde
Spitfire
C5 Galaxy (ask my girlfriend why that's on the list
)So many more though, a top 5 isn't enough!
Great idea for a thread by the way
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bcal...........no tristars
caledonian........tristars.
seems simple to me.pass it on.
1.tristar-1/100/200/250/500
2.777
3. 747
4.grumman goose
5. anything with bunks on, where you kip after 6 hours work.
caledonian........tristars.
seems simple to me.pass it on.
1.tristar-1/100/200/250/500
2.777
3. 747
4.grumman goose
5. anything with bunks on, where you kip after 6 hours work.
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Err,
747-400, -pax only so far, plus a bit of time on the jump seat before 9/11
A380,- no chance yet!
Concorde, - sat in one outside the hangar.
BAe Hawk (1 hour of serious G that I wil lnever forget- thanks Dave H.)
Chipmunk, - many hours in CCF. If only I could get enough loot to buy one now.
2 1/5 out of 5 isn't too bad.
747-400, -pax only so far, plus a bit of time on the jump seat before 9/11
A380,- no chance yet!
Concorde, - sat in one outside the hangar.
BAe Hawk (1 hour of serious G that I wil lnever forget- thanks Dave H.)
Chipmunk, - many hours in CCF. If only I could get enough loot to buy one now.
2 1/5 out of 5 isn't too bad.
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1/ L1049 Connie - simply beautiful
2/ DC3 - prestige
3/ Spitfire - elegant & sexy
4/ F15 - almost orgasmic
5/ F22 - all of the above and more........
and following reading this thread I am off to a flight expereince website to find out of I can buy myself a ride in a fast jet.......
2/ DC3 - prestige
3/ Spitfire - elegant & sexy
4/ F15 - almost orgasmic
5/ F22 - all of the above and more........
and following reading this thread I am off to a flight expereince website to find out of I can buy myself a ride in a fast jet.......
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Have to be jet fighters for me. F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22 and MiG-29. The ability to point the nose wherever you choose is something I miss.
Many of the a/c folks are dreaming about are available for the right price.
Googled 'renting military fighter', first link -
Thirty Thousand Feet - Aviation Rent-A-Ride
Many of the a/c folks are dreaming about are available for the right price.
Googled 'renting military fighter', first link -
Thirty Thousand Feet - Aviation Rent-A-Ride
PPRuNe Handmaiden
1. F111
2. Concorde
3. G550
4. Mustang (WW2 one)
5. 7X
2. Concorde
3. G550
4. Mustang (WW2 one)
5. 7X
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L1011 (which seem strangely popular on here!)
Concorde
Vulcan
Tiger Moth
Edge 540/Extra 300 and be allowed to go a bit bonkers in it
Though at the moment, I'll be content with whatever hours I can get in a PA-38
Concorde
Vulcan
Tiger Moth
Edge 540/Extra 300 and be allowed to go a bit bonkers in it
Though at the moment, I'll be content with whatever hours I can get in a PA-38
1. P-51
2. Mosquito
3. Lancaster
4. F-4
5. B747-400
(but never ever ever ever , on any version of my list, was the L1011)
One of life'e very minor regrets is that I was born too late and I missed out on the props . Still I've only got almost 1000 hrs in one of the above..and lots more on another. Still I'd give almost all my 747-400 hours for just 1 hour in a P-51... really..but I'm not swopping any of the F-4 hours for anything - that flying was priceless
2. Mosquito
3. Lancaster
4. F-4
5. B747-400
(but never ever ever ever , on any version of my list, was the L1011
)One of life'e very minor regrets is that I was born too late and I missed out on the props . Still I've only got almost
1000 hrs in one of the above..and lots more on another. Still I'd give almost all my 747-400 hours for just 1 hour in a P-51... really..but I'm not swopping any of the F-4 hours for anything - that flying was priceless
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OK, it's time for me to see you drool.
The reason I have not listed the P-51 is that almost a half-century ago I won a lottery, and the prize was a half-hour in the back of a P-51H - the ultimate production Mustang. It was several hundred pounds lighter than a P-51D, with attendant effect on TO roll and climb rate.
Although I enjoyed the aerobatics, the thing that sticks with me is the SLOW turn rate and LARGE turn radius at cruise speed. We rolled into a 60` right bank, felt 2.0 Gs centripetal force, yet the nose barely crept around the horizon. An object lesson in Newtonian physics!
The reason I have not listed the P-51 is that almost a half-century ago I won a lottery, and the prize was a half-hour in the back of a P-51H - the ultimate production Mustang. It was several hundred pounds lighter than a P-51D, with attendant effect on TO roll and climb rate.
Although I enjoyed the aerobatics, the thing that sticks with me is the SLOW turn rate and LARGE turn radius at cruise speed. We rolled into a 60` right bank, felt 2.0 Gs centripetal force, yet the nose barely crept around the horizon. An object lesson in Newtonian physics!
