This was the 80s. Lots and lots of cornflakes packets stuck to it and painted grey.

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This was the 80s. Lots and lots of cornflakes packets stuck to it and painted grey.

Hehe probably, a Blue Peter job do you reckon?

F16


Mosquito(Purely because it's made of wood.)


And last but not least, the B-52

Spitfire, Mustang P51 and this one of course ^^

Quote from hazaky :

Boing 747 also looks pretty impressive, but I prefer smaller airplanes though.

Quote from Falcon140 :

Mosquito(Purely because it's made of wood.)

That's not a Mosquito

Not sure what it is actually, looks maybe like some kind of Beaufighter variant?

EDIT:

Actually looking at the nose and tail, it *is* a mosquito :doh: one with unusual radial engines instead of the Merlins they normally have.

Quote from Crashgate3 :

That's not a Mosquito

Not sure what it is actually, looks maybe like some kind of Beaufighter variant?

EDIT:

Actually looking at the nose and tail, it *is* a mosquito :doh: one with unusual radial engines instead of the Merlins they normally have.

It looks very similar to a DB-7 but my first thought was that it was a Mosquito. Though the Mosquito isn't the only 'cool' plane to be made of inferior materials. The Hurricanes were covered in canvas fabric, and alot of planes had wooden props!

Its a Mosquito alright, just with radial engines, the tail has been made larger too, probrably to increase stability needed because of all the torque from the big radial engine.



My favourite aircraft to fly online in IL2, shoot them down from a mile off using X4 rockets, then easily outclimb anything if you get into trouble.

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The Wasp!

I love that thing, if you want more experimental aircraft take a look at this, and it IS real!
BMW Flügelrad!

Quote from Crashgate3 :

That's not a Mosquito

Not sure what it is actually, looks maybe like some kind of Beaufighter variant?

EDIT:

Actually looking at the nose and tail, it *is* a mosquito :doh: one with unusual radial engines instead of the Merlins they normally have.

*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Ae._24_Calquin *cough*

:shhh:

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I love that thing, if you want more experimental aircraft take a look at this, and it IS real!

Type 'Nazi UFO' into Google and you get all sorts of awesome pictures and articles

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*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.Ae._24_Calquin *cough*

:shhh:

Interesting. Thanks for that link

Favorite Airliner(s)
Airbus A380
http://widebodyaircraft.nl/a380sing.jpg
Airbus A320(1)
http://corporate.airfrance.com ... /atterrissage_A321_01.jpg

Favorite modern jet(s)
F/A18 Super Hornet
http://www.flightglobal.com/ai ... eing-f18-super-hornet.jpg
F-22 Raptor
http://www.veafotoaqui.com/images/fighters_f22_0005.jpg

Favorite GA Aircraft
The good ol' J3 Piper Cub
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... ef/Piper_Cub_J-3-F-50.jpg

Favorite Helicopter
MH-60 Pave Hawk
http://www.specialoperations.c ... older/library10/hh-60.jpg

And Favorite Historic Aircraft(other than the piper cub)
FW-190 Focke Wulf
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... 90_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg

I'm kinda partial to USAF planes since I'm joining the air force xD (with exception to the F/A-18).

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Type 'Nazi UFO' into Google and you get all sorts of awesome pictures and articles

Well I've seen ALOT of experimental pictures, but what's even more astounding is somethings you are SURE are fake and just an artists impression, but in the case of the Flügelrad and many others, they are REAL! The Germans have always been so far ahead of their time but it surprises me everyday almost how the Axis powers didn't seize the world because they had astoundingly good technology. There's alot of stuff on youtube, generally you can tell what is fake or not, but if you do the research you find that alot of it were real (at least on paper) and the plans to make them were completely factual but alot of things about the Nazi's in WW2 make you think it's surely makebelieve, sadly it's not case with things like the holocaust in general and Josef Mengele and the tests they did on human subjects but we shan't go into that.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Well I've seen ALOT of experimental pictures, but what's even more astounding is somethings you are SURE are fake and just an artists impression, but in the case of the Flügelrad and many others, they are REAL! The Germans have always been so far ahead of their time but it surprises me everyday almost how the Axis powers didn't seize the world because they had astoundingly good technology. There's alot of stuff on youtube, generally you can tell what is fake or not, but if you do the research you find that alot of it were real (at least on paper) and the plans to make them were completely factual but alot of things about the Nazi's in WW2 make you think it's surely makebelieve, sadly it's not case with things like the holocaust in general and Josef Mengele and the tests they did on human subjects but we shan't go into that.

:rolleyes:

The B-17 and Lancaster bombers hold a special place for me, as my grandfather flew both in WWII. I'll fall into the category loving Spitfires and Mustangs, too, and further into the cliche territory with the F-14 (perticularly in Jolly Rogers colours...)

Admittedly I know next to nothing about aircraft, but I love nose kanards and forward-swept wings. Don't know specifically which craft sport those details, though.

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Admittedly I know next to nothing about aircraft, but I love nose kanards and forward-swept wings. Don't know specifically which craft sport those details, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29

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The B-17 and Lancaster bombers hold a special place for me, as my grandfather flew both in WWII. I'll fall into the category loving Spitfires and Mustangs, too, and further into the cliche territory with the F-14 (perticularly in Jolly Rogers colours...)

Admittedly I know next to nothing about aircraft, but I love nose kanards and forward-swept wings. Don't know specifically which craft sport those details, though.

S-37 Berkut
http://www.airwar.ru/image/idop/fighter/s37/s37-4.jpg

Quote from Mazz4200 :

My favourite GA aircraft, Beechcraft Baron....

Quote from Xaid0n :

....and being a Flight Simmer....

I'm with these two snipped quotes. I'm still working on my world tour in the Baron 58 on the flight sim server.

And this bird is the only bird I've flown for real....



Which is why I would really like to get a sports pilot license and get one of these to take the wife down to the local restaurant and winery along the river.....

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Hey rodgers, you should go back onto WSPilots man, it's been dead the last few months Need to get DS back into it.

Quote from Crashgate3 :

:rolleyes:

Hehehe almost!

Other than the usual suspects I quite like the F4 Phantom II.

http://www.boeing.com/defense- ... ry/f4/images/f4snatgd.jpg

As far as airliners go, I love the Tupolev Tu-154. Beautiful swept wings and I find Soviet-era aircraft all have a certain mystique about them.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... .tu-154m.ra-85779.arp.jpg

Favourite military aircraft (besides the Avro Vulcan which Tristan has already posted) is the Rockwell B-1B. Another aircraft that shakes the ground with vigour.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... ver_the_pacific_ocean.jpg

Lots of good picks in this thread; Vulcan, B-52, Blackbird, BAe Hawk.

I have a thang for some of the Cold War era jets from the USSR, t'is especially fun ramming sidewinders up their jeptpipe in Strike Fighters 2.



Polish Sukhoi SU17 'Fitter'



Czech MIG 21 'Fishbed'