Jet Favourites?
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Ive always loved the MIG-15, I mean "dearly".
The F-4 Phantom has a special place in my heart because it woke me up so many times.
I love the B-58 Hustler just because its so cool. The B-47 just because it was so good. The Mirage-lll just "because". I liked the B-57 Canberra just because it aint often we Yanks buy somone elses jet, and, because I got to see one of the last ones in USAF service fly.
I think the MIG-21 was under-rated. The SU-27 is beautiful.
I like the Gripen in the same way I like Swiss army knives. Because they simply work!
The F-4 Phantom has a special place in my heart because it woke me up so many times.
I love the B-58 Hustler just because its so cool. The B-47 just because it was so good. The Mirage-lll just "because". I liked the B-57 Canberra just because it aint often we Yanks buy somone elses jet, and, because I got to see one of the last ones in USAF service fly.
I think the MIG-21 was under-rated. The SU-27 is beautiful.
I like the Gripen in the same way I like Swiss army knives. Because they simply work!
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F111C - 35 years after entering RAAF service they are still the standout performers at any OZ airshow. Still a capable strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
F-86 Sabre - The Avon powered versions were the most powerful and impressive jets in Australia when I was a kid.
Mirage III - I just loved the look of them!
A4G Skyhawk - I loved the fact that they could operate from a CVL and that they kept the RAN's fixed wing FAA alive for 21 years after it had been 'pronounced dead' by the government of the day! Served in the A2A as well as A2G role in the RAN.
FA-2 Sea Harrier - The most exhilarating performance I ever saw at an airshow was a RN Sea Harrier at Farnborough in 2001. I just can't believe that the RN axed this aircraft!
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F-86 Sabre - The Avon powered versions were the most powerful and impressive jets in Australia when I was a kid.
Mirage III - I just loved the look of them!
A4G Skyhawk - I loved the fact that they could operate from a CVL and that they kept the RAN's fixed wing FAA alive for 21 years after it had been 'pronounced dead' by the government of the day! Served in the A2A as well as A2G role in the RAN.
FA-2 Sea Harrier - The most exhilarating performance I ever saw at an airshow was a RN Sea Harrier at Farnborough in 2001. I just can't believe that the RN axed this aircraft!
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The Republic F-105 Thunderchief and the Alpha jet. They both have a look that appeals to me. I think the forward swept inlets on the F-105 gave it a scifi/predatory look.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/f105/
http://www.combataircraft.com/aircraft/talphajet.aspx
Aircraft that never looked quite right - the F-104
http://www.jetplanes.co.uk/f104.html
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http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/f105/
http://www.combataircraft.com/aircraft/talphajet.aspx
Aircraft that never looked quite right - the F-104
http://www.jetplanes.co.uk/f104.html
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Thanks for the replies... I didn't bother elaberating on my choices though I will...
Avro Vulcan - A great design/performance for a fighter bomber. Full stop.
English Electric Lighting - Sheer power/speed completely set it apart from the rest. (Thus creating 'supercruise'.) In terms of rate of climb it still is. All it had to do was accelerate or climb to get out of a sticky situation.
Hawker Sidley Harrier - what more can I say.
The Lighting with its own and Pegusus engine... Like to see that.
...Interestingly the Vulcan was going to be fitted with one and later it was tested with Olympus engines
...Makes me wonder how good Concorde would be as a fighter Bomber!
Avro Vulcan - A great design/performance for a fighter bomber. Full stop.
English Electric Lighting - Sheer power/speed completely set it apart from the rest. (Thus creating 'supercruise'.) In terms of rate of climb it still is. All it had to do was accelerate or climb to get out of a sticky situation.
Hawker Sidley Harrier - what more can I say.
The Lighting with its own and Pegusus engine... Like to see that.
...Interestingly the Vulcan was going to be fitted with one and later it was tested with Olympus engines...Makes me wonder how good Concorde would be as a fighter Bomber!
I love the F-104 Starfighter. One of them is on display at the gate of my former base. That thing is so dam' good looking. I never saw one flying though
I like the Tornado very much because they've been flying over our village since I was a little boy and they certainly played a role in making me an aviation freak.
My all time favourite fighter is the F-14 though. Hey, Top Gun. What do I have to say more? I had the chance to see on life at the Bitburg AFB when they had an open day just before it was closed. Dam' impressing!
The best looking flying thing of all time has to be the B-1B. Honestly, I'd like to make love to it
I like the Tornado very much because they've been flying over our village since I was a little boy and they certainly played a role in making me an aviation freak.
My all time favourite fighter is the F-14 though. Hey, Top Gun. What do I have to say more? I had the chance to see on life at the Bitburg AFB when they had an open day just before it was closed. Dam' impressing!
The best looking flying thing of all time has to be the B-1B. Honestly, I'd like to make love to it
Buccaneer. Carved out of solid aluminium, perfect for an unrefuelled transatlantic jaunt, steady as a rock cruising at 50 feet, jinks between skyscrapers very elegantly, & damn good bomb load. All in a package the weight of an F-4.
Lansen. Grossly underrated, IMO.
Gripen. It's sweet.
Lansen. Grossly underrated, IMO.
Gripen. It's sweet.
I think that the Buccaneer was a hugely underrated aircraft. Even though it was operated in comparatively small numbers compared with its USN counterpart, the A6 Intruder, it gave the RN (and later the RAF) a tremendous strike platform that was capable of penetrating heavily defended territory at low level and hitting its targets with a high degree of accuracy.
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MiG 29- its just beutifull!!!
F86- Same thing.
FA2 Sea harrier- Just too cool and the original!!!!!!!!!
F/A 22- there is something sexy about power
F15 MTSD/Active- loved the way that thing looked even if it wanst a real fighter
SU 35/37/30MK- If it looks right it fly's right.
F111C- she's just a pig
F86- Same thing.
FA2 Sea harrier- Just too cool and the original!!!!!!!!!
F/A 22- there is something sexy about power
F15 MTSD/Active- loved the way that thing looked even if it wanst a real fighter
SU 35/37/30MK- If it looks right it fly's right.
F111C- she's just a pig
Hawker Hunter - Because of the ground support capabilities for its time,and a very gracefull aircraft.
A4 Skyhawks - because of the reliability and robustness.
F111 - for its speed and payload,range,and also the 1st aircraft (apart from C130) that ive seen from under a parachute canopy. knowing you have that sort of back up is very re-assureing.
SU25 - for its robustness and flexibility. Fuel types for example- Kero,Deisal and jet A1.
A4 Skyhawks - because of the reliability and robustness.
F111 - for its speed and payload,range,and also the 1st aircraft (apart from C130) that ive seen from under a parachute canopy. knowing you have that sort of back up is very re-assureing.
SU25 - for its robustness and flexibility. Fuel types for example- Kero,Deisal and jet A1.
Can't agree more - an absolute tragedy it never saw front-line service. Even if a 1960's design, Olympus engines, terrain-following and side-looking radar - it would have still been in service today had it not been killed off by politics and another plane that has since gone out of service. The dastardly F-111!
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Dont tell any aussies its underrated, we love the damn thing!!!!!!!! We even call it the PIG!! I'll be damn sorry to see her go but we'll be getting a pretty formidable strike platform in the F18 F so i'm happy but sad.
Too expensive, unfortunately. We really, really couldn't afford all the stuff we were developing back then. Lovely plane, but we shouldn't have gone there.
A pity, but even more of a pity was that all the clever stuff we'd developed for it was binned in favour of not buying F-111s (ordering then cancelling), at significant expense.
If we'd upgraded the Buccaneer with TSR.2 avionics (the TFR fitted perfectly - it'd been developed using a Bucc testbed ), we'd have had an aircraft with a large proportion of the capabilities, at a price we could afford.We wasted several very large fortunes in the 50s & early 60s, being too ambitious. We could have had more, at lower cost, if we'd tried for a bit less.