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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby specter177 » Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:25 am

My favorite would be the Howard 500.

Big, powerful, fast, beautiful, classic, long endurance, and my grandfather once ordained a wedding in one while in flight. :)
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby C » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:53 pm

My favorite would be the Howard 500.

Big, powerful, fast, beautiful, classic, long endurance, and my grandfather once ordained a wedding in one while in flight. :)


Not a bad choice. :) We've had a nice one floating around the UK for a few weeks now post overhaul.
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby olderndirt » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:53 am

The Hawker Sea Fury really looks the part.
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby JoBee » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:00 pm

DHC-2, one of the best examples of a successfully mission-designed and built aircraft in the history of aviation.
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby patchz » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:20 pm

AgustaBellBA609BaronBeaverF4UCorsairF-14SuperOtter. Sorry, don't have one favorite above all others. But if I could only have one, I guess it would be the Beaver Carenado C185F amphibian.
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby aussiewannabe » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:19 pm

My favorite would be the Howard 500.

Big, powerful, fast, beautiful, classic, long endurance, and my grandfather once ordained a wedding in one while in flight. :)


Not a bad choice. :) We've had a nice one floating around the UK for a few weeks now post overhaul.

Really?
I was under the impression that there was only 1 flying Howard 500 left (the one that Milton Shupe did).
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby C » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:52 am

Really?
I was under the impression that there was only 1 flying Howard 500 left (the one that Milton Shupe did).


Yep. :) This one makes it two. I don't think it's flown for a few years until now.

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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby Sir Puma » Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:40 pm

For my FS2004 it's my Electra L188. It's a beauty to fly, sounds great too (still working on it's paint though).

All time favorite aircraft is the F-15. Easy to work on, most powerful fighter jet ever.
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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby drbob777 » Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:35 pm

C172N/P Model.


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Re: what is your favourite aircraft overall?

Postby hhomebrewer » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:31 am

Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat. Pure beauty. It's the radials...
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