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Posted: 10/25/2004 11:28:40 PM EDT

I need to know what plane gets your jollies guys.

For me, its the OV-10 Bronco!
Hell, among many other things, this can even drop a team of SPEC OP paratroopers!

Coming in 2nd place for me if the F-18 Super Hornet

How about you guys?

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:33:37 PM EDT

[#1]

F4u Corsair

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:37:13 PM EDT

[#2]

The A-10 will always be my favorite aircraft.

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:37:48 PM EDT

[#3]

When did they get rid of the ov10?

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:41:13 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
When did they get rid of the ov10?

I believe some units still use them once in a while.

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:42:09 PM EDT

[#5]

Man you've got to tell me which ones, I'd love to try for a chance in of those. I thought they all got phased out?

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:43:14 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
The A-10 will always be my favorite aircraft.

Mine as well. Those pilots are nuts!

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:44:06 PM EDT

[#7]

F/A-18 Hornet

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:46:44 PM EDT

[#8]

The top three for me are the PBM Corando, PBY Catalina, the the Martin Mariner. Love those flying boats.

Posted: 10/25/2004 11:50:38 PM EDT

[#9]

Fixed Wing prop: B-17
Fixed Wing Jet: F-14
Helo: CH-53E

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:03:40 AM EDT

[#10]

The Butcher Bird for me. I had one relative that flew them (an A6), and one that worked on them. It was a true fighter-bomber, and stayed competetive right up to the end. Kurt Tank had some great designs, but the FW 190 is one of the greatest ever.

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:06:50 AM EDT

[#11]

1974 Cessna 172
First plane I ever flew (at the age of 14 no less!) Pilot let me pretty much do everything except the landing.

On my "Love to eventually own and might someday be able to actually afford" list:
Beech B-58 Baron
Beech V-Tail Bonanza
Piper Seneca III, IV or V
Cessna Caravan
Piper SuperCub

Warbirds:
modern
F14
F111
(I'm a sucker for swing wings)
F16 (Thats right, I like the lawn dart)

Modern Bomber?
B1B (again, swing wings)
B52 (sheer fucking size)

Classic ColdWar (korea / vietnam...50s - 70s)?
F86
F80
F4
A4
B58

WWII?
F4U
B17
P47
P38
P51

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:07:27 AM EDT

[#12]

Wild Weasel!

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:15:04 AM EDT

[#13]

Spitfire, no doubt about it. Specifically, the MkXVI. The most graceful WWII bird ever, and quite a nimble air-to-air dogfighter too.

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:32:47 AM EDT

[#14]

AIR WOLF

J/K I've always loved the TOMCAT.....ever since I could remember as a kid, It was love at first sight....as a kid the only things that I always draw is the TOMCAT and GUNS...that was when I was still in kindergarten..

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:33:05 AM EDT

[#15]

I've always thought that the F16 was the best looking aircraft ever, and it's smaller size, superior maneouverability, and multi-role capability really appealed to me.

However, I will fully admit that the F22 is the most bad-ass plane ever to take to the air.

-Troy

P.S., Expect DVDTracker to be along with some great A10 pics. I'm also a big A10 fan. Go Ugly Early!

Posted: 10/26/2004 12:44:27 AM EDT

[#16]

SR-71. No reservations. Baddest ass plane ever. Mach 3.2. 90,000 foot ceiling. Piloted by the CIA.

Posted: 10/26/2004 1:45:11 AM EDT

[#17]

Tacit Blue.. no idea why its my fav..

Posted: 10/26/2004 1:48:28 AM EDT

[#18]

P51 Mustang. Just love the sound of that Rolls Royce Merlin engine.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:13:35 AM EDT

[#19]

A4 Skyhawk. I spent many an hour in and on these birds.

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:18:53 AM EDT

[#20]

toss up between a P-51. SPAD a10 warthog

Posted: 10/26/2004 2:27:22 AM EDT

[#21]

F-111 for me, no question!

My dad was in the AF when I was a kid, and I used to see them all the time. I had a model with working swing wings.

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:11:05 AM EDT

[#22]

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:15:42 AM EDT

[#23]

F-111

Always thought the 'vark was cool

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:17:32 AM EDT

[#24]

Those are little planes....

THIS is a plane!

Sgtar15

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:19:57 AM EDT

[#25]

My favorite aircraft? Is the one I am on that goes up and comes down without incident...

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:28:31 AM EDT

[#26]

SgtAR15......

Quoted:
Modern Bomber?
B1B (again, swing wings)
B52 (sheer fucking size)

Got one in my list....I just didn't get pictures.

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:35:03 AM EDT

[#27]

A10 baby!

www.a-10.org

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:39:27 AM EDT

[#28]

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:47:42 AM EDT

[#29]

Always wanted to go for a ride in one

I find 747's amazing

I thought they only made cars! SAAB Gripen

Just looks cool: MI24 Hind

F22 Raptor:

Posted: 10/26/2004 3:58:54 AM EDT

[#30]

Spitfire

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:02:53 AM EDT

[#31]

Lots of military stuff is neat-o, but of the types of planes I've flown myself, it'd have to be this one :

The Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche. It's efficient, it's cheap to feed, it carries enough stuff, and it's just plain fun to fly.

I might change my mind if anyone wants to take me up in a two-holer F-15 or F-16 though

.

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:05:05 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
The A-10 will always be my favorite aircraft.

+1

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:25:39 AM EDT

[#33]

I don't have one single favorite....

WWII fighter (Atlantic): P51D Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire
WWII fighter (Pacific): Vought F4U Corsair
WWII heavy bomber: B17 Fortress
WWII medium bomber: B25 Mitchell (grandfather fixed those during the war)

Vietnam era: F4 Phantom II (dad flew those bad boys)

Modern: F15E Strike Eagle (dad almost got to fly those)

Helo: Hughes 500MD

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:27:17 AM EDT

[#34]

F4 Phantom

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:37:41 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
... For me, its the OV-10 Bronco! ...

+1

Quoted:
When did they get rid of the ov10?

About 1993, after their admittedly rather dismal performance in the Gulf War.

AFAIK, the only OV-10’s in current use by the U.S. government are used for spraying drug crops in South America. There are also a very small number maintained by a couple of states for fighting forest fires.

Apparently the large cargo area in the back of the fuselage is great for storing water or herbicide tanks.

Sadly, I believe a prototype OV-10 that was being restored to flying condition by a museum was just destroyed in a hanger fire!!

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:39:02 AM EDT

[#36]

RF101C and the F106A. I was an instrument mechanic on both in the early '60's

Posted: 10/26/2004 4:47:02 AM EDT

[#37]

P51 without a doubt, I would love to ride in one someday.

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:00:10 AM EDT

[#38]

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:20:53 AM EDT

[#39]

All your planes belong to me!!!!

pictures of my toy while in Korea

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:21:19 AM EDT

[#40]

Give me the venerable B-17G in classic OD warpaint!

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:25:06 AM EDT

[#41]

Since I spent 8 years busting my knuckles working on them, I have a certain phondness phor Phantoms. The pic below was taken at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii while I was attached to VMFA-235.

D(ThePhormerPhantomPhixer)Peacher

RADAR Techs do it with frequency...

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:27:11 AM EDT

[#42]

Martin XB-51. My great uncle was part of the Martin design team. The planned armament was eight 20mm cannon in the nose and 10,000 lbs. of bombs.

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:30:50 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
Those are little planes....

THIS is a plane!

www.intercontal.com/b52.jpg

Sgtar15

all hail king of planes

BUFF

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:31:50 AM EDT

[#44]

What about Air Force One?

I also love the A-10

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:42:08 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Those are little planes....

THIS is a plane!

www.intercontal.com/b52.jpg

Sgtar15

all hail king of planes

BUFF

There ain't but two kinds of planes in the world. Fighters and TARGETS! That is a very nice target you have there.

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:45:00 AM EDT

[#46]

F15 Eagle. As a kid, I would have given my left nut to fly one.

Posted: 10/26/2004 5:51:43 AM EDT

[#47]

I don't have a single favorite, but lean towards 1930's & 40's types:

P-12
Monocoupe 110 Special
Laird-Turner Meteor
Bucker Jungmeister
P-36

Did I neglect to mention that I'm a round motor freak?