5 Airplanes of your choice you would love to fly.
 

Given an oppurtunity, what 5 aircraft would you pick to fly?:8


Personally, I would love to fly the Antonov An-225, Supermarine Spitfire, Concorde, A380 and the DC-3:E:E:E

Yeah! My first reply on PPRUNE.
Personally, I like almost all the planes, but my favourites are the Twin Otter, Concorde, Pilatus PC6, Airbus A300 & Citation X. It will be nice to fly theese beautiful birds!:)

DC-3, Spitfire, Eurofighter Typhoon, 747-200, 757

I would love to try the twin otter tooo:ok: lemme make it my 6th:E

My favorite planes -
 

Any airplane with -
(1) 3 engines at least, 4 engines preferred, for oceanic crossings;
(2) flight crew consisting of 2 pilots and a flight engineer;
(3) preference for steam powered gages;
(4) control wheel, no joystick;
(5) Hydraulic + cable combination for controls, no fly-by-wire.
xxx
If a Piper Cub, stick is acceptable.
:}
Happy contrails

Pax Aircraft:

1 - 777 200 or 300 - ANY!!:D
2 - Concorde - Aaaargh Nobody Drives Her Anymore!!:oh:
3 - L1011 - Get me Capt 411A!!:cool:
4 - Bac 1-11 - The Smokier The Better!!:}


Mil Aircraft:

1 - Tornado F3 or GR4 Anyday - Ring Me!!:cool:
2 - EE Lightning - on a QRA!!:D
3 - Harrier GR9 - A bit of weeding!!:eek:
4 - Halifax Bomber - Take the Family on holiday to Germany!!:oh:

1. Lockheed L1011...flying one now, and for the last 28 years in Command, a very nice airplane.

2. Lockheed JetStar, a fine performer, especially with Garret engines (flew this one, too, for awhile).

3. Lockheed L-188 Electra...instant power when you needed it, although very complicated systems (also flew this one, as well).

4. Lockheed 1649 Constellation. Fast, but engines gave problems from time to time...(also flew this one as well, anyone see a pattern here?:})

5. Douglas DC-6B.
The most reliable 4-engine piston transport ever produced...and yes, I flew this one for over one thousand hours. Very low cost of operation as well, thanks to its very reliable engines.

Runners up.
B707-320B (advanced cowl)...the classic jet transport, yep, flew this for a long while.
King Air, any varient.
Twin Otter, great fun, but slow in the cruise.
And, last but not least, my Cessna 411A, fast, quiet, comfortable.

Types that I have no desire to fly...
Any airplane that routinely is flown up side down...don't like these, get sick.:eek:

Who the Hell is desperate enough to fly the TriStar? I mean aside from our own Royal Air Force that is?

Anyhoo....

1) The L1011 TriStar, no really, I would love to
2) MD11 too late for the DC10 I expect
3) The VC10.....anyone in 10SQ comment?
4) HS748, done the ATP, a poor comparison
5) F27 / FH227, failing that the Fokker 50

The real # 1 was of course was the BAC / Aerospatiale long pointy noise machine....

Comet 4 (My first jet flight)
B727-200 (Memories of many excellent holidays)
L1011 (My transport to the Paris airshow 1973)
DC10-30 (Memories of numerous flights on G-DCIO)
Concorde (If only !!)

Runners up :
B707-320
A330-300
B747-400
Super VC10
HS Trident 3

411A - Did you ever fly an British Reg Tristars?

BA, BCAL, CAL Etc.

28 Years - You must be in the record books for the Tristar surely?:ok:

A shame Lockheed 'Gave up the Ghost' with her.:sad:

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only.

Yes, two types, from BA and Court Line.

Why does nobody mention th B-17? :sad: Or Su-37?

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only.

True, I had a 'Mental' Block there - Or Information Overload...:ok:

I was thinking of - G-BBAE etc....

Really Interesting replies:D

Here is my choice:
1) Bombardier Global Express XRS
2) Lockheed SR-71 (too late... :rolleyes:)
3) Airbus A380
4) North American P-51 Mustang
5) Cessna Citation X

1) Spitfire (willing to sell body parts)
2) Concorde
3) BAC Lightning
4) L-1011 Tristar
5) Q400 with a three-axis autopilot*

* Dash 8 drivers would understand. ;)

1) B757

2) B777

3) B747-400

4) Concorde

5) A380

Regards,

G-BPED

Alright then. Seeing as though I am here:

1. Fairchild C-123 Provider
(Time fast running out on this one, if anyone would like to oblige - childhood dream come true)

2. Lockheed Electra

3. Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

4. Beechcraft 18

5. Piper Apache

Harvard/Texan; Mister Mulligan DGA-6 (winner of all the BIG money in 1935 racing); Mossie; B-47; Early Learjet 23/24/25

(note that two of them are wood wings) :)

Cessna 152. B-17, Concorde, MD-82,777.

Runners up, 747,757, who can forget the beluga,:sad: please let me fly one.

I am [unfortunately not a Pilot, but an 'umble ATCer]...however, I have "waggled the pole" on several a/c, mainly "light twins"...Pa23/30/31 BN2 and "singles" DHc1,C172,Pa38 and for 40 minutes, a Hawk :D
I would love to waggle the pole in a DC3, DH82a, Lancaster, Lightning and the mighty Vulcan.
watp,iktch

• Lockheed L1011
• Boeing 747SP
• Boeing 747-200
• Tupolev 154
• Airbus A380

I've been on the MD11, DC10, B763 and B752 which are some of my favourite aircraft, particularly the MD11 and DC10 - If I made a list of which I would fly on regardless if i've been on or not it would be

• Lockheed L1011
• Boeing 747SP
• McDonnell-Douglas DC10
• McDonnell-Douglas MD11
• Boeing 767-200/300

411A, maybe a few rides for us L1011 lovers? :sad:

Yeah, It would be good if 411A organised a pleasure flight on his L1011.:ok:

Sr71 and Aroura please... ;)

777
737NG
Beechcraft King Air 350er
Citation Sovereign
CRJ-900

1) B747-400
2) B747-200
3) L 1011
4) VC10
5) B52
the latter is just a dream!

1) L1011
2) A300
3) L188
4) DC10
5) Monsun-209

1. Spitfire... coz i made loads of Airfix models when I was a nipper.
2. Lancaster Bomber .... as above!
3. A380... coz its nice and new
4. Concorde... coz its a classic.
5. Phantom.... coz I used to watch them flying into RAF Leuchars when i was a nipper.

Concorde
Mosquito
A380
SR71
English Electric Lightning

Might manage the A380 in the next six months, but apart from that, it looks like I've missed the boat.

Concorde (No brainer there)
VC-10 (Best looking subsonic airliner ever to fly)
Connie (Best looking airliner full stop!)
CV880 (Just cos I think they look cool)
Stratocruiser (The original one!)

I have to tell this story -

When I was a teen I had a weird dream; I had built a 1/10 scale B-36 with six chainsaw engines. I had a motorcycle seat on the fwd fuselage and was just taking off -

then I woke up. :ugh: :rolleyes:

I wish
 

I would have liked to fly a P51 Mustang. Nearly arranged it once but the Regulatory Authority said we had to have prior P51 or similar experience, so lost the chance.


Tmb

Whatever I'm being paid to fly at any given time. I don't care what kind of powerplants, how many, the number of wings, if the gear goes up or down, or how fast. I'm just as happy in a Cessna 172 as a Super Cub as a 747.

I really liked the Air Tractor 802, and I liked the C-130.

The 20 series Lears were a lot of fun.

I think the most fun I ever had in an airplane was a Lake Amphibian. Something about quietly floating with the cockpit hatch door open after landing in the finger of a lake, and having a water snake swim up to the cockpit that ranked up there with one of the neatest experiences I've ever had in a light airplane.

Then again, ask me on any given day, and whatever I'm flying, there's your answer on that day. Any day flying is better than a day sitting thinking about flying.

SR71 just to see that curve.

I'm happy with my putt putt Cessna but sometimes I like to pedal faster.

BCAL NEVER flew TriStars, shame on you. DC10-10s and DC10-30s only

Er, I think you'll find they did. I was lucky enough to
have a jumpseat ride on one to Lanzagrotty in the
late 90s. Lovely jet :O

No you are wrong. British Caledonian NEVER flew the TriStar, and especially not in 1990 considering they were absorbed into BA in 1987 !

What you flew on was an ex BA TriStar that was flying for Caledonian, the rebranded British Airtours. Different companies mon ami.

B36
 

Hey a 1/10 scale model of a B36 - Still a big aeroplane.

Ones I have flown 1) Tiger Moth Yep - The Gods smile.
2) Aerobat - More please
3) PA28 - Have to start someware.
4) Concorde - In my dreams.
5) Bleriot Monoplane (Across the
Channel in my Dreams)

Anything with wings will do - Earthbound. Will happly slip those surly bonds. CAT III

Heck, do you mean fly in as pax or as PIC? Whatever, as pax:

Having been lucky enough to experience many prop types such as the Airspeed Ambassador, DC-3/4/6/7, Lockheed Constellation, Curtiss C-46,
L-188 Electra, Viscount, Vanguard, Convair 440, Martin 404, YS-11 and the IL-18; it would have to be the ones I missed out on:

1. Bristol B-170 (missed out when one I was due to fly on went tech)
2. B377 Stratocruiser (missed a chance to fly on a C-97)
3. Vickers Viking
4. IL-14
5. Bristol Britannia (missed out on a ride in a British Eagle example)

Btw 411A, I loved the Tristar but it had one major flaw: no propellers! ;)

I am not a licenced pilot. If I was, I'd love to get my hands on:

1. The connie (of course)
2. DC-6
3. Spitfire
4. Lancaster
5. Mosquito

Would have to be...

1. Concorde
2. L1011
3. B747-200
4. B727
5. Connie

RJ.