OT - World's 10 Fastest Aircrafts
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OT - World's 10 Fastest Aircrafts
Another one for Don Tomas' and those of us who love airplanes...
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Rumor has it that the F-22 Raptor can hit mach 2.85. I don't doubt it, that jet can supercruise, meaning not using afterburner, at mach 1.87.
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Love the fast movers but my speed is lo & slo. Beavers, Otters, and Bird Dogs. Occasionally one of those things with the propeller on top!
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A few of those are on static display around here.
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Ok, so what about the 10 coolest aircraft?
P-39 Airacobra
Ford Tri-Motor
Constellation
Fiesler Storch
B-26 Marauder
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina
Junkers JU-88
Lancaster
Beaufighter
P-39 Airacobra
Ford Tri-Motor
Constellation
Fiesler Storch
B-26 Marauder
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina
Junkers JU-88
Lancaster
Beaufighter
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The XB70 Valkyrie was an aircraft way ahead of it's time. There were only two made and one of them was lost in a crash. A lot of the technology developed for in went into the F-111 and B1, which in the "A" model was a speed demon too. My ex worked on the B1's for twenty years, very impressive bird.
Neat post.
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Neat post.
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When I went To A&P school(aircraft mechanic) my instructor had done work on the SR-71 and that has always been one of my favs. Tom
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Iam not up on the ten fastest; I prefer helios and STOL aircraft, beavers, porters,stallions and the like. danny
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All those fast movers are cool. The old F4 Phantom wasn't much behind them, either. What scares me more than any of them is when an F10 Warthog suddenly appears overhead and lights you up, tips sideways and spins around as if that wing were planted in the earth as a pivot pin, and whips away in another direction at 250 m.p.h. and all at about 30 feet above the tree tops. That impresses me as a former Infantry Grunt.
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I vote for the A-10 and AC-130 as the world all time coolest aircraft. How can you go wrong with large guns strapped to an airframe?
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Go F-111!!!!
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Re: OT - World's 10 Fastest Aircrafts
+El Chivo wrote:Ok, so what about the 10 coolest aircraft?
P-39 Airacobra
Ford Tri-Motor
Constellation
Fiesler Storch
B-26 Marauder
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina
Junkers JU-88
Lancaster
Beaufighter
P-40 Warhawk
Spitfire
A-10
Vought Kingfisher
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I always thought the Sopwith Camel, P-38 Lightning, and H-34 Choctaw were the coolest. These just interest me.2ndovc wrote:+El Chivo wrote:Ok, so what about the 10 coolest aircraft?
P-39 Airacobra
Ford Tri-Motor
Constellation
Fiesler Storch
B-26 Marauder
B-29 Superfortress
PBY Catalina
Junkers JU-88
Lancaster
Beaufighter
P-40 Warhawk
Spitfire
A-10
Vought Kingfisher
jb
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The AC130 is just Spooky.
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1. P-51D Mustang - Hands-down winner. (aircraft porn, baby...)El Chivo wrote:Ok, so what about the 10 coolest aircraft?
2. P-38 Lightning - close second (4 .50's and a 20mm? Oh yeahhhhh.......)
3. F-4 Phantom - close 3rd (big, ugly, fast, and will kill you in a heartbeat....)
4. A-10 Warthog - (2 words.....Avenger cannon....)
5. Spitfire (more aircraft porn....)
Catching the pattern here?? Only OLD aircraft are cool. I love watching the F-22, -15, -18, and such as much as the next guy, but none of them can hold a candle in the "coolness" category as those 5 right there.
Jest sayin'...
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The Warthogs were really cool to watch in Desert Storm, however "Puff" is my favorite. Hands down. After seeing first hand in Somalia how they operate...I revere them.
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F 104 was interesting - kind of like an E Jag.
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A10 Warthog
B25 Mitchel
F4U Corsair
P38 Lightning
B25 Mitchel
F4U Corsair
P38 Lightning
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My wifes old bird...1948 Cessna 195, 330 HP Jacobs Radial, L6MB. Hamilton 2B20 prop. Lots of stories about that one...Now resides with a Confederate AF pilot.
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Hey Ford! I'm an A&P as well (although i havent worked in the trade since 2004)fordwannabe wrote:When I went To A&P school(
I worked in the Cessna experimental department on the Citation X type development and type certification program (then later the Excel, CJ 2 and others) --- up till that time, the "Big Ten" was the fastest civvie aircraft beside the Concorde. Dont know if it has been bettered, but it was so close to supersonic, who cares . Anyway, the prototype hitting .99 Mach was a source of immense pride in our department
----- Doug
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Streetstar wrote:Hey Ford! I'm an A&P as well (although i havent worked in the trade since 2004)fordwannabe wrote:When I went To A&P school(
I worked in the Cessna experimental department on the Citation X type development and type certification program (then later the Excel, CJ 2 and others) --- up till that time, the "Big Ten" was the fastest civvie aircraft beside the Concorde. Dont know if it has been bettered, but it was so close to supersonic, who cares . Anyway, the prototype hitting .99 Mach was a source of immense pride in our department
Doug,
I was CX Flight ME for the last two years before the layoffs hit. You know Galen Hensiek, Les Johnson, Leon Whittaker, or any of the other CX crew? Last I heard, the blockpoint is back on for the old CX, though at one time they were going to make it obsolete. But there is still a demand for the old gal out there...so they are back on with a block point currently..though it will be scaled down from the original plan.....PM me and I'll give more details on what WAS slated for blockpoint when I left earlier this year. I won't post it on the board...
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I'm also an A&P; haven't touched a plane since being laid off by United in April 2003 ("Memories" playing softly in the background).
Re: OT - World's 10 Fastest Aircrafts
Actually, the F-107 was faster than the F-111. But few people even know the F-107 existed.
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Very cool.
Thanks!
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Or a Spectre depending on the model. But the AC119's had a Stinger when they weren't following badguys like a Shadow.piller wrote:The AC130 is just Spooky.
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For the cool list: +
B-17, P-82 Twin Mustang, F-100 Super Sabre, Boeing 707. Father flew 17s, 24s, 25s, 29s and A-20s in the war, B-50s (mod'd 29), B-36s and some B-47s after; B-17s and A-20s his favorites.
B-17, P-82 Twin Mustang, F-100 Super Sabre, Boeing 707. Father flew 17s, 24s, 25s, 29s and A-20s in the war, B-50s (mod'd 29), B-36s and some B-47s after; B-17s and A-20s his favorites.
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"Commemorative" AF!Now resides with a Confederate AF pilot.
Great looking bird by the way.
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My son is in Afghanistan right now. He's a back seater in the F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Well I said I went ...never said I graduated. Too much time shooting pool and drinking beer...I was a punk kid and the main reason I went was to find out how they make all that horsepower with 4 cylinders. Wasted my time and my DaD's money! Sorry Dad! Yeah he was proud(not so much). Tom
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Yes we must be politically correct now, mustn't we.olyinaz wrote:"Commemorative" AF!Now resides with a Confederate AF pilot.
Great looking bird by the way.
Best,
Oly
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"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
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At first when I read his response, I gritted my teeth...but then I realized that he was being tongue in cheek, and I laughed..cause I feel the same way....ughhh...jeepnik wrote:Yes we must be politically correct now, mustn't we.olyinaz wrote:"Commemorative" AF!Now resides with a Confederate AF pilot.
Great looking bird by the way.
Best,
Oly
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As a kid growing up in the 1950's living near a large AFB (Eglin), I followed the progression of military jets as they came along and I read of the exploits of the X-15 as it set new records throughout the 50's. Of the military jets back then, the F-104 Starfighter was my favorite:
That Top 10 list stops at the SR-71 Blackbird for me. Although they may be "aircraft", any bird that has to be piggy backed into the air and lands on a glide path is not an "airplane" in my book.
Speaking of the SR-71, I heard somewhere that it was originally designated as the RS-71. It became the SR-71 because Lyndon Johnson mistakenly called it that during the press conference where he announced the airplane to the world, so instead of embarrassing LBJ the military hastily renamed it (at a cost of several million dollars to change all of the literature).
That Top 10 list stops at the SR-71 Blackbird for me. Although they may be "aircraft", any bird that has to be piggy backed into the air and lands on a glide path is not an "airplane" in my book.
Speaking of the SR-71, I heard somewhere that it was originally designated as the RS-71. It became the SR-71 because Lyndon Johnson mistakenly called it that during the press conference where he announced the airplane to the world, so instead of embarrassing LBJ the military hastily renamed it (at a cost of several million dollars to change all of the literature).
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Gotta love the F-104. My Dad worked on the 2 seat version in Puerto Rico when I was born. One of his jets is now in the Pima Air Museum in AZ.
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We use to joke that the Germanys loved the 104......there was one in every back yard.
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Yes, they had a reputation of having "unique" flight characteristics. They weren't called "a missile with a seat in it" for no reason. I read that the Germans would disable the stick shaker that warned of an impending stall. Glide ratio? We don't need no stinkin' glide ratio!
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Hey it glided better than a bowling ball.66GTO wrote:Yes, they had a reputation of having "unique" flight characteristics. They weren't called "a missile with a seat in it" for no reason. I read that the Germans would disable the stick shaker that warned of an impending stall. Glide ratio? We don't need no stinkin' glide ratio!
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
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Now that depends on how fast the bowling ball was rotating! Enough back spin and the bowling ball would beat it 2 or 3 to 1!jeepnik wrote:Hey it glided better than a bowling ball.66GTO wrote:Yes, they had a reputation of having "unique" flight characteristics. They weren't called "a missile with a seat in it" for no reason. I read that the Germans would disable the stick shaker that warned of an impending stall. Glide ratio? We don't need no stinkin' glide ratio!
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I'll always be the Confederate Airforce to me, darn the PC police.jeepnik wrote:Yes we must be politically correct now, mustn't we.olyinaz wrote:"Commemorative" AF!Now resides with a Confederate AF pilot.
Great looking bird by the way.
Best,
Oly
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