What are your five favourite aircraft in history?

[AVIATOR]

Not in any order of preference, but mine are......

1] Douglas Dakota C-47

2] Short Stirling

3] Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

4] Consolidated PBY Catalina

5] Chance Vought Crusader.

[Eldorado82]

1. Skyhawk A-4
2. Fanthom F-4
3. F15I Thunder
4. F16I Storm
5. Galaxy

[shawn a]

I'll double it up
As a kid;          Now;
P47                 F-22
P51                 Mig 29OVT
P38                 Thrust vectoring SU30
F89                 SR71
X1                   Warthog
 
Things change over time.

[F-111 C/C]

In no particular order:
Saab Draken
F-111
F-4
F-14
F-15

[Viggen]

• 37 Viggen
• F14 Tomcat
• SR71 Blackbird
• F15 Eagle
• Panavia Tornado

Only the Viggen is my first choice, the rest i like an equal amount.

[AVIATOR]

Well as you can see by my choice, I am into WW2 aviation history. Probably seems an unusual choice that I include the Short Stirling. It was never a glamour aircraft and was difficult to fly. Short Bros used the same engines that were in the Short Sunderland.
To me it always looked very rugged and business like. A man's plane.
It filled the gap as the first four engined bomber for the RAF and later became a great tug for glider troops at D Day.

[Webmaster]

5] Chance Vought Crusader.

Nice choice there!

Things change over time indeed, but some stick forever. I have a "dynamic" top 50. But I guess my top 5 is:

Tornado
Viggen             
Tu-22 Blinder
Eurofighter Typhoon
B-1B Lancer
 

[AVIATOR]

I think that the Lancer is one of the prettiest planes that ever flew. Such clean and sleek lines.

[shawn a]

A "Bone" pilot told me that when they park the plane, and no hydraulic fluid leaks out under a particular engine, they worry about that particular engine.
I think it's pretty too, but I also like the bigger version of it--

The TU-160.

[AVIATOR]

I don't like any 'potential enemy aircraft'.

[MightyHunter]

F14
C-5
Buccaneer
Nimrod MR2

and lastly the MRA4 as Im working on her now I am being biased

 

Anything with wings and jet engines with loud noise gets my vote

[AVIATOR]

Buccaneer

Yep, nice looking plane. Here's a couple of pics.