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re: Favorite historic aircraft?
Posted on 1/9/21 at 3:06 pm to slacker130
Posted on 1/9/21 at 3:06 pm to slacker130
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Posted on 1/9/21 at 3:13 pm to BFANLC
PBY Catalina. Granddad built them at the Consolidated Vultee plant near where UNO lakefront Arena is now. This one Is painted to represent the black cats which they would go out at night lumbering along at a 100 knots or so in attack Japanese convoys using radar..the japs were scared to death of them.
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 1/9/21 at 3:21 pm to escatawpabuckeye
JU 87 Stuka, fantastic ground attack and diver bomber
Posted on 1/9/21 at 3:43 pm to usmcnav
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Fun fact: The closest 130 in that picture is the same one that had the mid-air with the F-35 a few months ago.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 4:28 pm to HerkFlyer
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The closest 130 in that picture is the same one that had the mid-air with the F-35 a few months ago.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 4:29 pm to Darth_Vader
P-38 - hands down !
DC-3 - close second !
DC-3 - close second !
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Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:11 pm to Wolfhound45
Everyone made it out ok, fortunately.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:41 pm to BFANLC
For a time it was the Glamorous Glennis. Think I had a toy version of it.
Then because of Executive Decision.
Favorite now is the SR-71.
But I also loved the Tomcat because of the TV show JAG that I grew up with.
Then because of Executive Decision.
Favorite now is the SR-71.
But I also loved the Tomcat because of the TV show JAG that I grew up with.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:44 pm to USMEagles
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The English Electric Canberra was a beautiful first-generation jet bomber.
the WB-57F version of the Canberra is still flying, NASA has 3 of them. One of which was brought back into service from the boneyard after being stored for 40 years!!!
Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:45 pm to Darth_Vader
My father in law was navigator on a Lancaster bomber that was hit twice and he was hit by shrapnel once.
He made it back both times and lived beyond the war years, so it's my favorite aircraft.
He made it back both times and lived beyond the war years, so it's my favorite aircraft.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:48 pm to Darth_Vader
H4-Hercules
Aka: the Spruce Goose
Aka: the Spruce Goose
Posted on 1/9/21 at 5:55 pm to Darth_Vader
The M2/F2
Posted on 1/9/21 at 6:19 pm to Darth_Vader
Lots of good ones in this thread, but for me the Red Baron's Fokker triplane will always be the coolest historic aircraft. You had to have balls of steel to volunteer to be a WWI fighter pilot. The planes were unreliable in even the best circumstances, much less combat, and even slight damage could lead to certain death.
Imagine how intimidating it was for Allied fighter pilots to see this bright red beauty flying toward them, knowing that inside its cockpit, the best fighter pilot on Earth at the time was coming to shoot them down. The Red Baron was so confident in his fighting abilities (and rightfully so) he wanted to attract attention from the best enemy fighters and fight them 1v1. The Australian soldiers that shot him down from the ground respected him so much, they buried him with full military honors, even as an enemy that killed countless Allied pilots in combat.
And now his image sponsors great frozen pizza. Thanks, Red Baron.
Imagine how intimidating it was for Allied fighter pilots to see this bright red beauty flying toward them, knowing that inside its cockpit, the best fighter pilot on Earth at the time was coming to shoot them down. The Red Baron was so confident in his fighting abilities (and rightfully so) he wanted to attract attention from the best enemy fighters and fight them 1v1. The Australian soldiers that shot him down from the ground respected him so much, they buried him with full military honors, even as an enemy that killed countless Allied pilots in combat.
And now his image sponsors great frozen pizza. Thanks, Red Baron.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 6:37 pm to DoUrden
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The plane that never dies
Posted on 1/9/21 at 6:46 pm to Michael Stein
Did you know he only got 18 or 19 kills in the triplane Fokker Dr.1? Most of his kills were in various models of Albatros fighters (also painted red) and a few in a Halberstadt. He also pushed for the development of the Fokker D.VII, arguably one of the best fighters of WW1, but he died before getting a chance to fly it.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 7:08 pm to Darth_Vader
US Army Blackhawk helicopter
Posted on 1/9/21 at 7:52 pm to Champagne
The Northrop F20..the little fighter that could..but never got to. 
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 1/9/21 at 7:56 pm to antibarner
Another Northrop What If? The YF23 Great planes grounded by politics 
This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 1/9/21 at 10:32 pm to Wolfhound45
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The plane that never dies
That’s a video game still
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