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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:29:26 PM EDT
Is the DC-3, C-47, and all its variants. The first active military aircraft I ever flew in was a Canadian AF Dakota in 1985. They were still flying a couple as navigation trainers then.
  C-47 Skytrain Flybys - Cleveland National Airshow 2018 |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:32:57 PM EDT
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OPNI
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:37:18 PM EDT
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User name does not check out.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:38:16 PM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:38:55 PM EDT
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Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:39:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:39:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: User name does not check out. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:39:37 PM EDT
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I clicked the thread expecting to see a A-10
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:43:25 PM EDT
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Greatest? Dunno. But they sure were absolutely stunning to see in flight. Such a beautiful aircraft. Very fortunate I was able to get a flight on one once. Ahhhhh the deep rumble of some big radial engines... They did great work for our country in many capacities, and it's cool they are still in use today.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:45:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:47:17 PM EDT
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Weird looking SR-71.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:48:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it. Done 
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:49:32 PM EDT
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I think you copied the wrong link. The video was supposed to be f104. Dont let it happen again.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:50:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it. Unloaded it might work. Love to see it tried..lol |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:50:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Weird looking SR-71. This. The 71 was and still is an icon of greatness. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:51:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryBRRRRRT you say? 
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:53:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it. Done.   1942 - EDO AIRCRAFT CORP of College Point, NY |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:53:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThey were even pushing Trans stuff back then. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:53:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:54:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:54:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLooks like Oshkosh's airport. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:55:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Unloaded it might work. Love to see it tried..lol Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it. Unloaded it might work. Love to see it tried..lol https://www.flytheshark.com/c47-on-floats/ Someone beat me to the still photo, here's video |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:55:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:55:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHow many of those are not only still flying, but also still working for a living? |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:56:20 PM EDT
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I'd say it's a tossup between the XB-70 and the MiG-31 Firefox
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:56:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. The 71 was and still is an icon of greatness. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Weird looking SR-71. This. The 71 was and still is an icon of greatness.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:57:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gooney bird is a great aeroplane. Now put floats on it. Some one did in 1942. Try this URL https://www.flytheshark.com/c47-on-floats/#:~:text=The%20EDO%20corporation%20was%20developed%20amphibious%20floats%20for,floats%20appears%20to%20have%20been%20installed%20on%20C47. It makes me wonder why this could not be another version of the PBY series of aircraft. I think that USAA operated PBYs to rescue downed bomber crews in the late stages of the Pacific Theater in WWII. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:58:12 PM EDT
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I have a small soft part for the A-10.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:58:32 PM EDT
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Greatest airplane ever built was the Wright Flyer
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:58:48 PM EDT
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This one is local to me. I see it flying from time to time.
They sure were a workhorse. RIP Bob.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 1:59:48 PM EDT
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That's a weird way to spell XB-70 Valkyrie OP
 
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:00:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How many of those are not only still flying, but also still working for a living? Quote HistoryQuoted: How many of those are not only still flying, but also still working for a living? You said ever built. Not still flying. Don't change the rules mid game just cause you got proved wrong |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:02:12 PM EDT
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I flew in one of those from Peoria, IL, to Dulles in about 1969. There is a restored one with the Ozark paint scheme.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:02:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think that USAAF operated PBYs to rescue downed bomber crews in the late stages of the Pacific Theater in WWII. They did. Called it the OA-10.  |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:03:09 PM EDT
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I got a thing for WWII aircraft so my entry is the P51 Mustang
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:03:28 PM EDT
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A guy I car pooled with (a long time ago) got to "fly the Hump" in a C-47 a few times.........he hated it.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:04:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You said ever built. Not still flying. Don't change the rules mid game just cause you got proved wrong Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How many of those are not only still flying, but also still working for a living? You said ever built. Not still flying. Don't change the rules mid game just cause you got proved wrong Ah, but the still working over 85 years since its introduction is part of what makes it the greatest ever! No rule change at all, because I was not proven wrong! |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:05:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:07:43 PM EDT
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 Most overpowered hunk of shit I ever flown, but even with almost 20 years in jets now I still flying miss her! |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:08:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:09:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/251062/51EC26E5-9333-48AF-A413-6C20D03178AB-2189290.jpg Most overpowered hunk of shit I ever flown, but even with almost 20 years in jets now I still flying miss her! They still fly 6’s in Alaska, and 4’s in Canadia |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:11:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think you copied the wrong link. The video was supposed to be f104. Dont let it happen again. F-104? I guess it killed a lot of Germans, so it has that going for it. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:13:00 PM EDT
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I clicked on this thread thinking the OP better say DC-3. Good job.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:15:58 PM EDT
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you guys are slow...
No Ac-47? 
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:16:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Greatest airplane ever built was the Wright Flyer Building a scale RC model and seeing how many mods would be required to make it controllable enough to reliably fly, is one of those projects I never got around to. Intentionally building it to be unstable, is something that I think didn't return to the aviation mindset until the military started playing around with fly-by-wire systems in fighters and stealth planes. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:17:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Weird looking SR-71. You spelled A-12 wrong, but you were closer than the OP. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:19:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:23:41 PM EDT
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No Jug, no care
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:26:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I clicked on this thread thinking the OP better say DC-3. Good job. I was thinking, "A-10..... Nah, C-47/DC-3." |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:28:29 PM EDT
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In the top three - DC-3, C-130, and C-17.
I would probably put the C-130 at the bottom of the list. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 2:28:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryA very honorable mention. I might even rank it as 2nd greatest. |
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