Best Pilot Ever

[cub3pp]

Just wondered, I voted Hoover, only 3 kills, but "the best damn pilot I ever saw" (chuck yeager)

[Scorpiоn]

Adolf Galland. Or Dick Bong for coolest name.

[cub3pp]

i though about Bong, but i also though about many others, so i put "others"

makes sense

[Smoke2much]

None of the above.

Guy Gisbon

[Sock]

Francis Gabreski.  Only American fighter pilot to become an ace in two wars.

Sock

[Smoke2much]

[quote]Francis Gabreski.

[Sock]

[quote]

Respect...

[Smoke2much]

He was the bloke in WW2 and Korea right?

[Sock]

Yup, 31 kills in WWII, and 5 1/2 in Korea.

Sock

[SabreHawk]

Ehh, heh, heh, heh...............Geuss ya know who I voted fer..............
Chuck;
Hey Riddley, ya got any Beemans?
Riddley;
Yeah,.....I reckon I got me a stick
Chuck;.
Well loan me one will'ya, I'll pay ya back later.
Riddley;
Fair enough!

Check him out here:
http://www.engineerscouncil.org/Yeager/home.htm

[BFMF]

James Doolittle!

[OTTOL]

It's ............ME, isn't it!?


Sorry, I couldn't help myself, it's a quote from the YoungOnes.

               How about anyone who has flown an SR71.  If you haven't read any of the books written by the guys who flew em', you should. They required monitoring and manipulation of multiple systems manually...........all while flying at 42miles/per minute!!  ........fail to do THIS properly, and you were punished with a flameout, which usually resulted in aircraft disintegration!!!!  :o

[KJones]

I voted for Chuck Yeager, but I was reminded of the line in the movie "The Right Stuff"...

"Who's the best pilot you ever saw? You're lookin' at him." - Gordo Cooper (Dennis Quaid)

[Rifleman]

Joseph McConnell Jr........first US triple jet ace..........anyone honestly heard of him ?

http://www.acepilots.com/korea_mcconnell.html

[ozzy72]

Me! No question, my inverted loop of the Golden Gate Bridge in Concorde is still unrepeated