What is the rarest aircraft youve seen?

[alrot]

Depends how you look at it. As I mentioned earler, if you've never seen one of anything before it could be classed as rare.

Pretty wise though ,its all about relative point of view,simple as If I never seen it ,it rare to me

Cheers

[an-225]

Woah! Lovin the nose on that DC-3 alrot! Beautiful unlike this blunt nose MS shoves at us.  ::) Jakemaster on this side of the world you will have to be VERY lucky to see a 757 let alone a DC-3.

[Boss_BlueAngels]

I know the question is rar-EST, but there are just too many one of a kinds, or nearly one of a kinds that I've seen to just narrow it down to one. lol

The only Boeing 337 Stratoliner in flying condition - before she went to the Air and Space Museum.  I saw it the very first time while on my very first solo on July 14th, 2000.  It was one of the very first test flights of the newly restored aircraft over at Paine Field in Everett Washington.  Man was that a great sight to be flying behind in the pattern!!

Saw it a few more times before she headed for the east coast.  

Another one was the only Me-262 in flying condition (at the time anyway) also at Paine Field in the Museum of Flight Restoration center.  

Today I watched Boeing's modified 747 depart out of Paine Field while I was at work.  I literally stopped in my tracks when I saw that beast!  I couldn't believe how incredibly huge that thing looked!  

At Boeing Field in Seattle the military division of Boeing had a modiefied 757 ( I think it was 757) that had a modified nose.  It was a replica of the radome of the F/A-22 Raptor.  Later on it also housed the avionics for boings version of the JSF.  The aircraft was their "avionics testbed" And it had a crazy canard mounted on top of the fuse.  Take a look at the pic here: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1115914/M/

They also had another odd 737 parked there that had some huge hump on it.  http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0257249/L/
You can see it at the end of the lineup of AWACS.

Also we have an An-2 based here at the field.  

The truely rarest aircraft I have seen is a one of a kind.  Our FAA Designated Examiner designed and created his own single seat low-wing aircraft.  pretty sweet lookin' little guy too!  I'll have to get a pic for you guys one of these days!

There is also a resident Travel Air, and several restored Stinson airplanes on field.  

What can I say, Seattle is called Jet-city for a reason!  And I love it!

[an-225]

Wow! I love that 757 Boss Blueangels! Your quite lucky to see all of those!

[Jakemaster]

Depends how you look at it. As I mentioned earler, if you've never seen one of anything before it could be classed as rare.

Well yes, but thats very vague.  Ive only seen one or two 747s, but they arent rare.  Ive only seen on 777, but it isnt rare.  And there are alot more like that, and it holds true for many people.  

[Jakemaster]

[quote]Woah! Lovin the nose on that DC-3 alrot! Beautiful unlike this blunt nose MS shoves at us.

[concordepilot]

Well the two rarest aircraft i've been flying in are the Lighting and Concorde.

Concorde was when we went to New York and the LIghting was when we went to Africa on holiday and we wnet to the airbase which had about 15 of them in it.

[DaveSims]

Well I now have to change the T-6 from rarely seen to actually got to fly today.  It is an amazing machine.

[an-225]

Sorry to say Jakemaster (please don't kill me! ) but the nose on the DC-3 in your sig isn't exactly what I would call attractive either...  :-X

Ok two more posts and I've made a thread with 100 posts, keep spotting guys!  ;)

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

AN-124...AN-72...IL-78...IL-76...TU-134...TU-154M...Boeing 707 PAX...

[an-225]

AN-124...AN-72...IL-78...IL-76...TU-134...TU-154M...Boeing 707 PAX... 8)

You crossed the line at the Il-78 Midas tanker.  >:(

So NO one else here has seen an E-4B? The "double hump" 747? With the radar dome on top?

[dcunning30]

I've see all of these up close, and I've been in the 747.

[dcunning30]

So NO one else here has seen an E-4B? The "double hump" 747? With the radar dome on top?

I see those multiple times every week!  

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

You crossed the line at the Il-78 Midas tanker.  >:(

LOL...'Twas a very lucky catch actually...I was standing outside when I saw something like an IL-76 approaching...I stood for a while and then 'lo...There were these refuel pods...Was very excited...Shame I didn't have a camera back then...

[DizZa]

Super Connie
B1b
C-5
An-124
Formation Flight of all the P51's and Spitfires in the sothern hemisphere.
Beech Starship
C-17
Cessna 172SP

All flying

I've seen a smashed up wingless dc-2 too.