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P-51 Mustang!

Pete we used to have an RAF detachment here back in the 70's.The Vulcan was an ear splitter but the Victor looked like something out of Star Wars..

P- 38 for me

For Vietnam it has to be the T-28 Trojan, since I actually got to fly it.






This one, hanging in the Aerospace Museum in P'cola is in my log book, old "double nuts!"

Of those I've flown, number 1 is probably the F-4(N,J or S versions). It was the first A/C I flew that had afterburner. I probably learned more about operating around the carrier and managing fuel flying Phantoms 'cause you either learned fast or you could find yourself in deep doo doo REAL quick...in more ways than one. We planned for 100 lbs/minute fuel flow on our fuel ladder after launch and at night we were generally "trick or treat" on the ball, i.e., if we "boltered" (missed the wires), we went straight to the tanker.

The Tomcat is right up there too along with the A-4E or TA-4J.

I think the A-10 is the neatest, although I've always been mesmerized by the SR-71.

C-130, because no other airframe is better at this:

And, certainly the Canadian Avro Arrow needs to be toward the top!

+14

F-8

All of them. But if you insist, the Bell UH-1H. The Huey.

kwg

That's cool.



Travis

I have what I suspect is the same book, but in paperback and without the signature.

It's a good read.

The sexiest.

The most lethal.

The baddest at a given point in time.

An engineering marvel.

The most practical.

The most extreme cutting edge technology regardless of when it was made.



Lots of factors.

I always liked the F6F Hellcat. Not glamorous, kind of stubby looking with that big radial engine, but it was the first fighter we had that could dogfight with the Zero. It was also well armored, tough and could take the punishment and get back home.

Like the Jug in the ETO, the Hellcat was the workhorse of the PTO.





For you guys that like the A-10, we have a squadron of them at Gowen Field in Boise. It's very common to see pairs of them out practicing on a Saturday morning. These were taken from the other side of the airport on a hot day earlier this month as I went out to see the B-29 they had on exhibit there.

De Havilland Beaver, it gets me where I want to go.

WWI:

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's Spad XIII:



Baron Manfred von Richtofen's Fokker DR-1:



WWII:

General Adolf Galland's Me-109F:



P-51D:



General Adolf Galland's Me-262:



FW Ta-152:



USAF F-86 "Dog":

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F-16:

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This one kept me awake many a night when they flew quals out of NAS Norfolk. Those twin unmuffled radial Pratt an Whitneys were like music to the ears.



An interesting aircraft aero dynamically that should have never gotten off the ground.

Love the A-10 and would've flown one if I had the eyesight...

Also a big fan of the P-47. She would've been my choice if I was a pilot in WWII.

But....

Without a doubt my all time fav...



This is the A-7 version which I think was the best dog fighter. While the long nose was a terrific performer, I never liked the looks as much. Just looks....wrong!