racer42 0 #1 September 21, 2003 Yeah I know, but it's raining, we already got a couple of airplane threads up. It'll keep some us occupied and off the streets for awhile. Feel free to add your personal favorites. For me it's anything from Vickers/Supermarine. There is just something about the sound of a Rolls Royce V12.L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ypelchat 0 #2 September 21, 2003 QuoteYeah I know, but it's raining, we already got a couple of airplane threads up. It'll keep some us occupied and off the streets for awhile. Feel free to add your personal favorites. For me it's anything from Vickers/Supermarine. There is just something about the sound of a Rolls Royce V12. Naaaaa! None of the above. My personal vote goes to the Frankenotter.......before they repainted it. Yves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkpbxman 0 #3 September 21, 2003 Mullins's (sp?) King Air Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #4 September 21, 2003 p-38 lighting!!!!! that is one BADASS plane!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #5 September 21, 2003 none of the above... the SR-71. w/o a doubt. although the b1b is very cool, low level, wings swept back etc... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #6 September 21, 2003 What was I thinking???!!L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHixxx 0 #7 September 21, 2003 Fokker Dr-1 xxx, Hixxxdeath,as men call him, ends what they call men -but beauty is more now than dying’s when Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #8 September 21, 2003 Re: SAAB Gripen --- The Draken is far sexier IMO... Then there's the F-104 Starfigher...then ahhh... the SR-71...so many to choose from...I always liked the F-106 Delta Dart too. When I was a kid, I used to see them take off from Otis AFB when my family visited Cape Cod. The B-1B is a fav too...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanillaSkyGirl 6 #9 September 21, 2003 This is quite interesting. I never knew that planes could be so sexy. I do not know anything about planes, but I am beginning to feel the urge to investigate. Does anyone have pictures of the various models, or can anyone recommend a favorite website or two? Thank you in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gawain 0 #10 September 21, 2003 Here's one place to start... http://www.photovault.com Then click the Aerospace link. There's civilian, military pics...a lot of pics...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyAnt 0 #11 September 21, 2003 Durrr!!! Everybody knows the sexiest plane ever built is the the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk (pictured). "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shunkka 0 #12 September 21, 2003 i vote for harrier because it is unique (almost) ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #13 September 21, 2003 definitely the blackbird.... "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sinker 0 #14 September 21, 2003 Durrr!!! Everybody knows the sexiest plane ever built is the the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk (pictured). *** I opened the link and SPROING!!! I got the biggest chubby!!! Man! What a sexy beast! -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wmw999 2,460 #15 September 21, 2003 I'm down for the SR71 too. I saw one up close and personal in San Antonio. It's awesome. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pilotdave 0 #16 September 21, 2003 I voted for the Beech Staggerwing, but here's a pic of me (in red) learning how to bail out of a Spitfire before going for a flight at Oshkosh '96. The other pic is a view of Lake Winnebago from inside the Spitfire. Yes, I know I'm the lucky. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites betzilla 56 #17 September 21, 2003 The Wing Derringer is pretty hot -- there's just something about a two-seater twin that makes me purr. I'll need to do more than just my piddly three hours in a C-152 before I can even think about having one in my future though... (edited to add clicky) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites miked10270 0 #18 September 21, 2003 Naah.... All wrong! YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!! But which one of the 4? One of 2 for getting from here to there in comfort... One for popping up to the lake... One for people to go "WTF!!? WANNA JUMP THAT!" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riggerrob 643 #19 September 21, 2003 DeHavilland Mosquito bomber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites miked10270 0 #20 September 21, 2003 QuoteDeHavilland Mosquito bomber Oh $hit YES! List now up to 5... Just the thing for those fast & low level flights across Germany (lest they forget). Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites betzilla 56 #21 September 21, 2003 IS that third one a turbine Beaver? Sweet. Me, I want small and fast. I don't want to take the whole family along -- just me and my sweetie. I'll stick with the Derringer. Of course the brown stripes in the photo I posted HAVE to go . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites VectorBoy 0 #22 September 21, 2003 Rutans boomerang, sexy and very x-files. Google it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflyguy 0 #23 September 21, 2003 Since you said Sexy, I had to say the Staggerwing. But life isn't all about being sexy, so, I would pick the P-51 for a kickass good time. The P-51 woudld be sort of like dating a really rad skydiver chick, instead of a floofy movie star. Both good, one funner than the other. ---------------------------- bzzzz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,027 #24 September 21, 2003 Concorde, Spitfire,and MY MOONEY All others are also-rans.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites usedtajump 1 #25 September 21, 2003 QuoteIS that third one a turbine Beaver? Sweet. Me, I want small and fast. I don't want to take the whole family along -- just me and my sweetie. I'll stick with the Derringer. Of course the brown stripes in the photo I posted HAVE to go . I think it may be a Broussard, which is a French built airacraft similar to the Beaver. The main difference are the little verticle stabilizers on the ends horizontal stabilizer. There was one on the airport where I jumped in the 80s at the same time we were jumping a Beaver. I also think there was some difference in the windows, also. The Broussard wasn't certified to fly in the US unless under an experemental or restricted catagory.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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Gawain 0 #10 September 21, 2003 Here's one place to start... http://www.photovault.com Then click the Aerospace link. There's civilian, military pics...a lot of pics...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyAnt 0 #11 September 21, 2003 Durrr!!! Everybody knows the sexiest plane ever built is the the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk (pictured). "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shunkka 0 #12 September 21, 2003 i vote for harrier because it is unique (almost) ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #13 September 21, 2003 definitely the blackbird.... "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #14 September 21, 2003 Durrr!!! Everybody knows the sexiest plane ever built is the the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk (pictured). *** I opened the link and SPROING!!! I got the biggest chubby!!! Man! What a sexy beast! -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,460 #15 September 21, 2003 I'm down for the SR71 too. I saw one up close and personal in San Antonio. It's awesome. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #16 September 21, 2003 I voted for the Beech Staggerwing, but here's a pic of me (in red) learning how to bail out of a Spitfire before going for a flight at Oshkosh '96. The other pic is a view of Lake Winnebago from inside the Spitfire. Yes, I know I'm the lucky. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betzilla 56 #17 September 21, 2003 The Wing Derringer is pretty hot -- there's just something about a two-seater twin that makes me purr. I'll need to do more than just my piddly three hours in a C-152 before I can even think about having one in my future though... (edited to add clicky) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #18 September 21, 2003 Naah.... All wrong! YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!! But which one of the 4? One of 2 for getting from here to there in comfort... One for popping up to the lake... One for people to go "WTF!!? WANNA JUMP THAT!" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #19 September 21, 2003 DeHavilland Mosquito bomber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #20 September 21, 2003 QuoteDeHavilland Mosquito bomber Oh $hit YES! List now up to 5... Just the thing for those fast & low level flights across Germany (lest they forget). Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betzilla 56 #21 September 21, 2003 IS that third one a turbine Beaver? Sweet. Me, I want small and fast. I don't want to take the whole family along -- just me and my sweetie. I'll stick with the Derringer. Of course the brown stripes in the photo I posted HAVE to go . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #22 September 21, 2003 Rutans boomerang, sexy and very x-files. Google it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyguy 0 #23 September 21, 2003 Since you said Sexy, I had to say the Staggerwing. But life isn't all about being sexy, so, I would pick the P-51 for a kickass good time. The P-51 woudld be sort of like dating a really rad skydiver chick, instead of a floofy movie star. Both good, one funner than the other. ---------------------------- bzzzz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,027 #24 September 21, 2003 Concorde, Spitfire,and MY MOONEY All others are also-rans.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #25 September 21, 2003 QuoteIS that third one a turbine Beaver? Sweet. Me, I want small and fast. I don't want to take the whole family along -- just me and my sweetie. I'll stick with the Derringer. Of course the brown stripes in the photo I posted HAVE to go . I think it may be a Broussard, which is a French built airacraft similar to the Beaver. The main difference are the little verticle stabilizers on the ends horizontal stabilizer. There was one on the airport where I jumped in the 80s at the same time we were jumping a Beaver. I also think there was some difference in the windows, also. The Broussard wasn't certified to fly in the US unless under an experemental or restricted catagory.The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
