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  • Aircraft appreciation thread
  • tommid
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    Always have had a soft spot for the A6 Intruder. I have to scale model A6’s sitting unbuilt at home. If the weather stays like this I may start making them up.

    failedengineer
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    The MD of a company I used to work for flew those in Vietnam. Off an aircraft carrier. At night.

    BiscuitPowered
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    Ive always liked the look of the Bearcat:

    And the FW190 that inspired it:

    Radials really do it for me baby, yeah!

    Generally the German WW2 fighters are more pleasing to my eye

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    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    Tiger Moth, because it’s the only aircraft i’ve ever looped a loop in

    beamers
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    At the risk of upsetting someone:

    I think we’ve seen the Lancaster already on this thread but not a picture of a painting of one converted in this particular way.

    One of my first “Airfix” (yes I know its a Revell) models from many, many, many (bomber) moons ago:

    swavis
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    There’s a naked fanny on the front of that aircraft 😯

    😆

    swavis
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    On a more serious note, I’ve always liked these since seeing two fly over really low when I was a kid

    rootes1
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    TU-144 deserves a mention I guess, so near, and yet so far…

    not a complete loss though – NASA tarted one up to run experiments on/in..

    More here:
    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-062-DFRC.html

    Pawsy_Bear
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    Spitfire for me. Its the sound of the Merlin, nothing else comes close.

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