Daimo B
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I like France.
Nice bread and cheese.
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Ste
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You can't seriously class anything like the vulcan, TSR2, Buccaneer etc as modern day. The criteria for this should be that it has to be in active service at the moment.
My list would include the Harrier GR9. (during my time on 3 Squadron we spent a lot of time on red/green/maple flag exercises and teh Harrier was consistently top performer. It was almost impossible for the f16s doing the air defence rolls to shoot them down. and as such only one was ever 'shot down' during 5 'flag exercises. Also, seeing one take off and land on a carrier with no need for catapults and arrestor hooks is an awesome sight. It's major downside was lack of stores carrying. If it had a paveway under one wing it had to have a 1000lb dumb bomb under the other to balance it. once the paveway was dropped, the dumb bomb was just let go.
But with a kill ratio higher than any aircraft in the world today, this wins.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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this is probably mine, since i was a kid, it was like the ferrari of planes to me
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Steve
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eurofighter is too cheesy for my liking, yes its probably technically the best, but im sure iv learnt that theyve made it so easy to fly they could pluck average joe of the street and teach them to fly it in a very small amount of time, probably by design incase they run short of pilots during a major war scenario
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste W
You can't seriously class anything like the vulcan, TSR2, Buccaneer etc as modern day.
the criteria was post 1960 too
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Ojc
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I like the Starfighter as it likes to kill it's pilots.
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Ste
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1960 isn't modern day. You wouldn't class a 60's car as modern, so why aircraft?
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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jr
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 that is true, proper widow maker
F4 Phantom is cool for some unknown reason too
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Ste
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This thread should be fave cold war era aircraft tbh 
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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[Edited on 24-03-2010 by Sunz]
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Steve
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quote:
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1960 isn't modern day. You wouldn't class a 60's car as modern, so why aircraft?
aircraft have a far longer service life then cars, the buccaneer was in service in 1962 and was still in action in 1994
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Ste
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But not any more. hence not modern.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Daimo B
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A plane that would drop out the sky like a stone if the computers failed still concerns me.
Least with most others you've got a few miles gliding
Ironically, the F22 and the Eurofighter were pencilled in around the same time.
Both had major problems getting the computers to fly the plane.
Both now are in operation, and where-as you hear lots about the Eurofighter, you don't hear anythign about F22's (well anything i've read just maons about them being big, heavy, non-dogfight orientated).
Basically, not as good as the current USAF fleet they already have
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jr
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quote:
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But not any more. hence not modern.
1994 is still relativly recent enough
much like alot of new cars, new planes lack soul, no matter how many £2500 torques rench's you use on them  
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Ojc
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Actually in all seriousness I've always had a softspot for the Northrop Grumman A-6 Intruder since I watched the film as a kid with Danny Glover who was flying them, what was it?
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Steve
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I agree with JunioR
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Daimo B
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much like alot of new cars, new planes lack soul, no matter how many £2500 torques rench's you use on them
Funnily enough, you can say the same about modern cars
get rid of every driver aid, paddle gearbox, and every electronics. Bring back the raw simpleness.
Mind you, if i was in a plane though, i'd want the best technology going, esp going 1000mph 600ft off the deck with some chump Yankee pilot pretending to shoot me down
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Ojc
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ME262 broke the sound barrier before Chuck Yeager did BTW.
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But did Fritz have a cool name like Chuck Yaeger Ollie? :9:'
SR71 is small. Its not as small as some fighter planes granted, but all pics make you think it will be of Concorde proportions yet it really is a small plane.
If someone wants to post a pic of the Duxford USAF hanger and see the B52 towering over it you will know what i mean. I was really shoocked 1st time i saw it.
boscombe down? Was that the ufo that was spotted crashing and eye witness reports of a blacck plane (from US) with odd tail section followed by a hotbed of CIA flights to London?
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jr
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Boscombe down was when a "black" aircraft crash landed, was hidden in a security guarded hanger and then lots of US officals arrived on a "Janet" 737
as to why a Janet 737 (which is a Area 51 bus effectivley) ended up in the UK hours after a "Black" Aircraft crashed only helps the rumours
[Edited on 24-03-2010 by jr]
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jr
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http://www.dreamlandresort.com/black_projects/boscombe.htm
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Ojc
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Wasn't the aircraft visible for a while but had a cover over the front?
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yeah, there were rumours that it was the 'aurora' or 'astra' as it is sometimes called, very mysterious. rumours were it was either being used in sarajevo or the RAF were interested in its tech.
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Ojc
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Love these stories, and this one has more evidence than most. It's not often it happens in this country as well.
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