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26-06-2007 6:35pm

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spitfire and concorde -> eeek yes both brit aircraft but both stunningly georgeous - what are your fav ?

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#2 26-06-2007 6:41pm
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Dc -10

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#3 26-06-2007 6:59pm
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MD11 + B777. Two beautiful aeroplanes! I love the wingtips on the MD11

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#4 26-06-2007 7:12pm
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A-10 Thunderbolt.

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#5 26-06-2007 7:16pm
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Tankbuster!!! Ugly bitch.

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#6 26-06-2007 7:19pm
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Sopwith Camel

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#7 26-06-2007 7:30pm
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Steyr wrote:

A-10 Thunderbolt.

Seconded!

I'd also include the SR-71 Blackbird

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#8 26-06-2007 7:40pm
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Steyr wrote:

A-10 Thunderbolt.

Steyr you really do have a thing for A-10s.
It's not healthy, what with all the beautiful aircraft out there.
I'll bet it was your idea to have them in Galway?

They really are ugly, remember designation warthog.
Only attractive when they are in action and you are not at receiving end

My choices are Bell UH1 Huey for the beautiful noise, Spitfire for it's lines and it's engine sound, DHC Beaver for being a lovely ould workhorse, MD 500 for being the heli workhorse and the view through the canopy.
And of course Concorde for it's sheer beauty

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#9 26-06-2007 8:05pm
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Tornado for me. I love to see the wings sweep back and forward on tight turns/high speed runs. That and the only thing I've ever heard as loud was the Eurofighter.

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#10 26-06-2007 8:50pm
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Uncontested hands-down winner: Stelio Frati's masterpiece, the F.8L Falco. It may take me the rest of my life, but I will build and fly one of these...

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#11 26-06-2007 8:55pm
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Blackbird or Su-37

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#12 26-06-2007 8:56pm
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Dauphin or S76D...hmmmmm

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#13 26-06-2007 9:32pm
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Rafale

F-14

Have to add the F-15, Su-27/30 series, A330 and Dauphin.

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#14 26-06-2007 9:43pm
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I don't know about "most beautiful" but one of my personal favourites is the Vickers VC10.

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#15 26-06-2007 9:46pm
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P51D mustang, beautiful.

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#16 26-06-2007 9:55pm
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RJ 100 ( BAE 146-300) and the boeing 767-300.

I dont like MD-83s.

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#17 27-06-2007 1:56pm
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Yes yes..............oh yes.

Bombs gone, bombs gone!

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#18 27-06-2007 2:22pm
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The F-14 and the F22 and the SU-34..I also love the Swedish planes..the Gripens

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#19 27-06-2007 2:48pm
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Military;

de Havilland Mosquito, just shading the Mk. V Supermarine Spitfire.

Civilian;

The gorgeous Vickers Super VC-10. Happy memories.

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#20 27-06-2007 3:13pm
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So many to choose from.....

Concorde/Spit are obvious in some ways.

Ill be honest , the one that arrives at the airport on time to bring me home at the end of a hard trip abroad is always the most welcome !

Electic69, how anyone can say helecopters of any sort are good looking , I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder !

I always loved the SR71, and the Lightning , and the early Mirages ( looked like a jet a school boy would draw )

ohhh man so difficult

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#21 27-06-2007 3:27pm
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Gentlemen, I give you your winner, the TSR2.

followed in close second place by the XB70

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#22 27-06-2007 3:29pm
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F-14, Sr-71.

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#23 27-06-2007 3:33pm
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In no particular order,

Su27, Super Constellation, B2, Boeing 707

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#24 27-06-2007 4:07pm
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Davidth88 wrote:

Electic69, how anyone can say helecopters of any sort are good looking , I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder !

:eek: :eek: did u not see the pics that i posted? fixed wings are no comparison to copters! so much more elegant, and classy.u try land a plane in a back garden thats 1/2 an arce :P

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#25 27-06-2007 4:38pm
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electric69 wrote:

:eek: :eek: did u not see the pics that i posted? fixed wings are no comparison to copters! so much more elegant, and classy.u try land a plane in a back garden thats 1/2 an arce :P

Ahem... Harrier, Yak-141, F-35B. :rolleyes:

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#26 27-06-2007 4:53pm
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Steyr wrote:

Yes yes..............oh yes.

Bombs gone, bombs gone!

How can anyone say that's not beautiful?

Another I've always liked, the F-104 Starfighter.

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#27 27-06-2007 6:52pm
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Has to be the F16

Though Im a big fan of the choppers too - The Dauphin is gorgeous - Along with the Merlin.

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#28 27-06-2007 10:27pm
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Captain Chaos wrote:

Ahem... Harrier, Yak-141, F-35B. :rolleyes:

pfffft fly in a helicopter and then fly in a fixed wing and then tell me which is more enjoyable and more skillful to fly

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#29 27-06-2007 11:31pm
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:eek: I'm amazed what some people find attractive. Concorde - NO!! What makes your heart jump when you see it. F-18 defiantly does. Dauphin - never.

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#30 28-06-2007 5:42am
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sallygap wrote:

:eek: I'm amazed what some people find attractive. Concorde - NO!! What makes your heart jump when you see it. F-18 defiantly does. Dauphin - never.

Dauphin and Concorde - no!

Hornet - yes!

:eek: Wow, different strokes......,

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#31 28-06-2007 8:46am
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Easy question.
Military aircraft, it would be the deHavilland Mosquito.
Civilian, it would have to be the Douglas DC-3. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

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