Name your own Top 10 Aircraft

Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
I suppose at least the P51 is in front of some of the Spitfires 😀

That doesn’t even merit an answer from me 😉

I suppose at least the P51 is in front of some of the Spitfires 😀

I’m going to be really brave and have a guess at what Mark V’s choice will be, just because he hasn’t posted for a while and needs waking up.

1. Spitfire MkV
2. Spitfire MkVIII
3. Spitfire Mk24
4. Spitfire MkXII
5. Spitfire MkIV
6. Mosquito
7. P51D Mustang
8. Spitfire MkI
9. Spitfire MkXI
10. Bearcat

There, that should wake him!

Only 10 favourites……:(

Very hard choice, narrowed 50+ down to these following 10…just…..in alphabetical order:-

1. Avro Vulcan
2. Beech Staggerwing
3. de Havilland Mosquito
4. EE Lightning
5. Hawker Fury (biplane)
6. Hawker Hurricane
7. Lockheed Constellation
8. Me 109
9. Sopwith Camel
10. Supermarine Scimitar

But, my top 10 significant aeroplanes would be the following, in alphabetical order again:-

1. Avro Lancaster
2. Boeing 707
3. Concorde
4. DC-3/C-47
5. de Havilland Tiger Moth
6. Fokker Einedecker
7. Hawker Harrier
8. Lockheed SR-71
9. Me 109
10. Me 262

Here are my top ten favourites.

1. R.A.F Se5a
2. Hawker Sea Fury
3. Bristol Beaufighter
4. Hawker Fury (biplane)
5. Hawker Tempest/Typhoon
6. North American Mustang
7. Hawker Tempest/Typhoon
8. Sopwith Pup
9. Curtis P40
10. Hawker Hurricane

I have other favs like the Spitfire, Mosquito, Bristol fighter, Hawker Hunter and Lightning EE & P38, but they just didn’t make it into my top ten.

1. Mosquito B IX (or any Mossie, really!)
2. Tempest/Typhoon
3. P 40 (especially in desert cammo)
4. Beaufighter (not one with Merlins, though!)
5. Spitfire (preferrably a Mk. IX)
6. B 25
7. Lancaster
8. FW 190
9. He 219
10. B 24

Cheers,
Neilly

“””””Anyway you are wrong. Neither is an aircraft since last week “””””

Sadly too true. I shall now refer to Concord/Concorde as the piece of beautiful machinery formerly known as an aircraft.

my Top Ten

1)Spitfire-any mark but mark9 is fave Mainly do to Mr Ray Hanna and seeing him fly since i was a kid.
2)Hunter -the most beautiful jet built in my view.
3)Concorde -must lovely airline to fly and a legend.
4)Hurricane- underated yet largely won out freedom
5)Tigercat- power and beauty in one.
6)Seafury-piston power at its best
7)Lightning jet-just a amazing aircraft Britains last great fighter.
8)Vulcan-beautiful and amazing in the air.
9)Lancaster-just because 4 merlins together cant be beat for sound and looks great too.
10)Mosquito-Great aircraft looks perfect and is aircraft i miss the most on airshow scene.
im sure i could name more that i love but spitfire always be my fav
I missed out Buccaneer,P51,and Harrier because only had 10 places to pick for.

Originally posted by Hatton
Moggy, did you deliberately leave the E out of Concorde? Concord isn’t an aircraft…..Concorde is 🙂 [/B]

Yes, just as a protest against the fact it was the French who killed the aircraft and it was they who inserted the superfluous ‘e’.

Anyway you are wrong. Neither is an aircraft since last week 😡

Moggy

Originally posted by Yak 11 Fan
My top 10.

1. P51 Mustang – because it’s simply magnificent
2. Yak9 – I’d like a real one for Christmas please
3. Yak 11 – Very nice aircraft to fly (so I’m told)
4. Hurricane – a classic
5. Harvard – cracking trainer
6. Sea Fury – with a proper engine please
7. Mosquito – other than the fact it’s held together with very old glue :p
8. Fw190 – almost as good as a P51
9. Bearcat – 😀
10. Corsair – certainly looks the part

All out of Yak-9s, sorry…:D

My top 10.

1. P51 Mustang – because it’s simply magnificent
2. Yak9 – I’d like a real one for Christmas please
3. Yak 11 – Very nice aircraft to fly (so I’m told)
4. Hurricane – a classic
5. Harvard – cracking trainer
6. Sea Fury – with a proper engine please
7. Mosquito – other than the fact it’s held together with very old glue :p
8. Fw190 – almost as good as a P51
9. Bearcat – 😀
10. Corsair – certainly looks the part

In no particular order, it’ll probably change tomorrow.

Spitfire – for obvious reasons, Vb my fave.

Extra 300- I get regular flights in one, a fantastic experience that I never tire of.

Pitts S1 – Just looks great

Hunter – As above

Vickers Viscount – Elegant prop liner

Vulcan – Sight, sound and childhood memories at shows

Bucker Jungmann – lovely Bi-plane, just beats Tiger moth on looks.

Ka 6 Glider – Looks good, aim to fly it one day.

Chipmunk – Regular sight during my childhood and a good looker, would love to fly in one. Any offers?

Southern Martlet – Again, just good looks.

But then there’s Mustang, Lancaster, Gladiator, Se5a, DH Moths, Auster, Stearman…………..

:confused:

Neal

As with JohnC, from my own past. . .

1. Canberra B(I)8, most graceful looking nuke bomber in the skies of its day 😎
2. Hunter, simply looks right…at any time on the deck or in the luft
3. EE Lightning, pure power
4. F-4 Phantom, awesome machine in all its variants
5. Buccaneer, in pink, grey or camo, king of low fliers
6. Comet 2C, elegant
7. VC-10, the way home from overseas bases :rolleyes:
8. Brittania, “whispering giant”, “sticky brit”, last of the “airliners”
9. Vulcan, “tin triangle”, only the Brits could get away with such a kite 😉
10. Nimrod, only the Brits could get away with such a kite and make it work

And, generally . . .

1. Spitfire, because. . .
2. Hawker Hind (or Hart)
3. Beaufighter,
4. P-51 Mustang
5. Mosquito
6. F-86 Sabre
7. TSR.2 (was there a TSR.1?)
8. Lancaster
9. Anson
10. Harvard

…..that I worked on:

1. E E Lightning F3 just because it could sit on its tail and outdo anything else.

2. Short Sunderland MR V the last of the RAF’s Flying Boats, I adored these kites

3. Avro Shackleton MR3 See them off and you wouldn’t see them in again, that was for the next shift.

4. The old faithful Avro Anson, the Cheetah radials must have been one of the most easiest piston jobs to service.

5. E E Canberra from an engine bods point of view the most serviceable kite around at that time.

6. Gloster Meteor NF14 just because it was a favourite

7. DH 125 Dominie Lovely looking aircraft

8. DH Comet 2c a schoolboys dream

9. Avro Vulcan on an engine run, standing under the wing was like being attached to a pneumatic drill

10. Douglas DC-3 Dakota variant, the workhorse of the sky.

In chronological order…:

1)The Cayley Gliders
2)1903 Wright Flyer
3)Avro 504
4)Sopwith Pup/Triplane
5)Handley Page HP.42
6)DC2 & DC3
7)Spitfire
8)Gloster Whittle
9)DH Comet
10) Concorde

If there were more spaces available,I’d also have gone for the SE.5,Camel,Vimy,Comet racer etc etc.So many options and so few spaces!Ugh!:rolleyes:

My personal top 10:

1. Supermarine Spitfire
2. Messerschmitt 109/Hispano Ha.1112 M1L Buchon
3. Hawker Hurricane
4. De Havilland Mosquito
5. Avro Lancaster
6. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
7. Junkers 87 Stuka
8. SE5a
9. Fokker Dr1
10. De Havilland Chipmunk

in no particular order (apart from number one)

1. Avro Lancaster
2. Avro Vulcan
3. Concorde
4. Boeing B17 Flying Fortress
5. DC-3
6. Schleicher AS-K13 (not sure if we’re allowed Gliders but i went solo in one so its staying there 😉 )
7. DH Mosquito
8. B52
9. Ryan NYP ‘Spirit of St Louis’
10. HP Halifax

Moggy, did you deliberately leave the E out of Concorde? Concord isn’t an aircraft…..Concorde is 🙂

Mine, most are favorites rather than greatest contributions etc but a fair spread

1. Mosquito – Is there anything more beautiful
2. P51 – It looks the complete article (to me anyway)
3. F4 Phantom – The greatest Jet Fighter Built
4. Vulcan – Simply for the Sound!
5. SR71 – Everything, the build, materials used, age and speed
6. Harrier – Innovation
7. Concorde – So elegant
8. C152 – They survive some pretty challenging students and are a joy to fly
9. UH1 – Huey – An Icon
10. EE Lightning – True Vertical Flight!

I am not sure that the order is that correct really, however, these are mine.

Top ten (I like them)

1) Spitfire Mk IX, High back, round tail, European cammo
2) Mosquito, any solid nose except ‘thimble’
3) DH88 Comet Racer
4) Lockheed Constellation, simply the most beautiful airliner ever
5) Dragon Rapide. Art Deco travel
6) Yak 52. Nicest aircraft I’ve ever owned (Out of two)
7) P38 Lightning
8) Bristol Beaufighter
9) F4 Phantom
10) Concord

Top ten significant aircraft

1) Wright Flyer (Obviously)
2) Fokker Eindekker (Synchro guns)
3) Spitfire
4) Gloster Whittle and its German equivalent (?)
5) DH Mosquito
6) Me 262
7) DC3
8) DH Comet 2
9) Boeing 707
10) DH Moth

Moggy