VCIO, Concorde, Vulcan, Lightning and Spitfire!!!
Have flown in 3 and sat in the others so that's a
start! Did fly the Conk simulator though - so much
power!:E

Erm, I mean flown in 2 but only as PAX sadly!:\

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

411A

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:confused:







Spamcanner - Bcal did fly Tristar - in fact the last 2 in Abu Dhabi were in BCAL colours

Now there's a first!

No reply from 411A?

My choice would be :

Spitfire (and model - any place - anytime)
Harvard T6G
C206 with the turbine conversion
Alouette II
A380

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 :ok::D

Thanks G-DAVE:E:E:ok:

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.

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 Hanger.
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.

Boeing Stearman
Tupolev 95 (The mighty Bear)
Hawker Typhoon
Ilyshin 104
Sukhoi 35

Tough choice....I guess I'd choose Concorde, B-1B Lancer, 747, Fokker Dr. 1 and the Wright Flyer.

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.......

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

1. F111
2. Concorde
3. G550
4. Mustang (WW2 one)
5. 7X

1. MD11 ( greatest 3 holer ever )
2. North American P51 Mustang ( what a plane )
3. Mc Donnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II ( a legend! )
4. 777

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

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 :ok:

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! :)