Moggy's 'Most Iconic Aircraft' list

Originally posted by Moggy C
That’s THE York 🙂

Moggy

I should’ve known! Of course, I stand corrected. 😉

Always a good idea to mention THE York.;)

Ashley,

Since you’re at Duxford, I’m a bit surprised there’s no P-47 in your list.

Best regards, Transall.

No.

That’s THE York 🙂

Moggy

Moggy, you surprise me! I thought you would have interpreted the York as an icon for The Battle of Britain film. 😀

Hmm,

The York as an icon for the Berlin Airlift.

Nice one.

Moggy

First time I’ve read this thread (yes, most slack of me, must try harder to keep up :p) and it has been most interesting reading.

To me, something that is iconic is a symbol of something or someone. For example, Spitfires and Hurricanes are iconic to me as a symbol of the Battle of Britain – I see a Spit or Hurri and I remember all those young men who took to the skies in defence of Britain and never returned. Therefore, my iconic aircraft are ones that I look at and think “that reminds me of such and such, or I associate that with such and such, or so and so flew such an aircraft”. Does this make sense?

So, my list of iconic aircraft:

Spitfire
Hurricane
Mosquito
Lancaster
Lysander
TSR.2
Me262
Meteor
Harrier
Concorde
Bell X1
Hunter
Vulcan
Comet
Typhoon (the spanking Hawker version, not that new noisy new-fangled thingy)
B2
York

I am sure some of you will throw your hands up in horror at some of my choices and others amongst you will be thinking “but what about such and such”, but this is MY list…the aircraft that are iconic to ME, not the aircraft I think are iconic in general 🙂

Becka

Originally posted by Janie
Damien

Brilliant idea! I’m up for it.
Leah: How about you?
Do you want to go public with this one?

I’m up for it, but only if the jelly is blackcurrent :p 😀 😉 🙂

Originally posted by David Burke
At-6 – surely the note of the Harvard is like a Banshee wail – it’s might sometimes have a throaty roar put that prop tip going nearly supersonic isn’t exactly harmonious.

I love that noise. But you will notice most poeple only do it at airshows, and those who do it reguarrly are not being kind to the engine and kind to surrounding people in surrounding areas. You won’t find me doing it.

Damien

Brilliant idea! I’m up for it.
Leah: How about you?
Do you want to go public with this one?

At-6 – surely the note of the Harvard is like a Banshee wail – it’s might sometimes have a throaty roar put that prop tip going nearly supersonic isn’t exactly harmonious.

Originally posted by Janie

How many hours do you have in a Chipmunk?

And, Leah – smile, pleeeeeeease. We’re all friends here.

Well, i have more than 150hrs in a harvard, i know it’s back seat, but what can you expect from someone who has only just got her licence?????

hours in a skumnkmunk? you have to kidding me right? You couldn’t give me all the money in the world to get me into one of those things!!

Friends, I have never said I am friends with anyone here.

I’ll count them for you tonight. It was one of the first aircraft I flew – nearly 12 years ago and the one on which I did my complex rating and some of my first aerobatics and I’ve only ever flown it from the front seat.

How many hours do you have in a Chipmunk?

And, Leah – smile, pleeeeeeease. We’re all friends here.

Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
The Mustang is a work of art 😀 I prefer the term purposeful rather than aggressive

😀

Maybe so but still not as nice as the T6

Originally posted by At6Pilot2B
Dummie! yay got it the wrong way around…hehehe… although it is a close tie for sound, but not for looks, mustang is a very aggressive looking plane, and the harvard is much more elegant to look at… but then i guess if ya got an ME109 on ya ass, i think i would choose the mustang! hehehe

The Mustang is a work of art 😀 I prefer the term purposeful rather than aggressive

😀

Originally posted by Janie

Funnily enough, I would slot a Yak-11 in-between the T6 and the Mustang. That is truly beautiful to fly and severely underrated, except by their owners who live with wry, smug knowing grins.

Yak 11 may fly nice, but have sh!t ground handling. Horrible on take off, stiff undercarrage and stupid 180 degree castering tailwheel.
And like a cartain BBD owner said, people say a spitfire is much nicer to fly, but then, they haven’t got a yak!
Very sleek, but i would order them T6, P-51, Yak 11.

I think it may be time to get the tin hat out :p

I would have made a comment about Yak 11’s but I thought I was on pretty dodgy ground as it was, Digby will be informing my carers to increase my medication if I carry on.

Janie, was that Spitfire flight for me? If so you missed my birthday by a month, thanks for the thought though 😀

Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
Pah!!!!

The only thing that sounds and looks nicer than a T6 is a Mustang

Dummie! yay got it the wrong way around…hehehe… although it is a close tie for sound, but not for looks, mustang is a very aggressive looking plane, and the harvard is much more elegant to look at… but then i guess if ya got an ME109 on ya ass, i think i would choose the mustang! hehehe

Originally posted by Janie
… and have better harmonised controls.

and exactly how many hours do you have on a Harvard then?

Originally posted by Mike J
…and sound much nicer!:)

So you are deaf then? Skunkmunks are noise and have a very irratating note, but a Harvard has a lovely deep throaty note. Maybe you should open your ears up next time.

Originally posted by SteveYoung
Presumably because they were already on RAF strength, and therefore a) would not have carried an acquisition cost, and b) already had a sizeable spares inventory. And of course, they’re far far prettier than T6’s. 😀

Nothing is more elengent than a T6, T6’s P-51 and Hurricanes are the prettiest. A skunkmunk has nothing going for it, a very ugly plane indeed. Nearly as ugly as Jordan!