[Closed] A long overdue awesome aeroplanes thread!

probably destined to be the finest piston engine fighter of all time, but alas for the martin baker mb5 end of hostilities and a chap called whittle.

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fairy firefly

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Dehavilland Hornet.

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Best looking twin piston fighter ever made.

Used to listen to these doing their stuff at night. The very definition of awesome:

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Edit: to satisfy those pedants out there I know the above pic is an A model, the ones I heard were H models, but the pic is pretty cool!

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Hawker Typhoon - one of the least feted WW2 fighters/ground attack aircraft but one of the most feared

Some excellent diversity here, all sorts of stuff showing up.

This may well be seen as a rather mundane plane, but the story behind these beasts coming in to being at Boeing is brilliant (May still be on iPlayer). They remain one of the more impressive feats of engineering in the skies, IMHO.

Over the years, I've spent more time on them than I should. As such, they make me feel happy, because the second time I see one on a trip, it's coming to take me home! (After one long US trip, I spied the tail plane through a window at LAX and it just made me smile immediately!)

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Preferably sitting here;
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Here's the documentary. The test flying stuff is awesome!

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Always liked the proportions on these Grumman A6

@CFH: nice video. I much prefer flying on even the tattiest Boeing 747 over any Airbus - the teeny little windows and communist approach to A/C makes for a poor flying experience.

Needs more...

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This happened quite a lot:

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Did anyone see the documentary on the Dambusters 617 sqn...what they did next, on Monday evening? Twas very interesting and worth watching on catch up if possible.

Some very brave men.....made you feel very humble.

Always liked the proportions on these Grumman A6

I sat on a cliff in the NW USA once and watched the US navy training pilots of this. The local town had a slogan "The Sound of Freedom" as the airbase was there. Bloody noisy.

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I'm not really sure how awesome the solar plane is. Great thread though.

AN-2 Colt

Not many planes can pootle along at under 30MPH 😀

pzl p11

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fokker dviii

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yak-9

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polikarpov i-16

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great shots of a restored IL-2

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Another couple of F1 racers, about the smallest airplane you can fit a person in and go racing with.

Midget Mustang (and P51 🙂 ):
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Cosmic Wind:
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Arnold AR6
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The picture of the Lancaster & Vulcan a few pages ago. That was nice. So here's another.

They also win the "most awesome noise ever" award.

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The Chipmunk & Bulldog brought back memories of my RAF Cadet days. 🙂

They also win the "most awesome noise ever" award.

The combination of those two engine types is symphonic bliss!

another mossie pic

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Top thread.

North American B-25 Mitchell

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Convair B-59 Hustler

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Northrop YB-49

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Miles Magister

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hawker demon

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supermarine spitful

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blackburn firebrand

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Messerschmitt Me 323 D

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Even more impressive considering that it started life as a glider being pulled by one of these!!

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achtung achtung another spitfire vb

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The SE5a. Not the most wonderful plane of WW1, but the one my grandfather was rigger on, in the RFC before the RAF was formed. He was in the squadron adopted by WE Johns for the Biggles stories, and as squadron librarian was given signed copies of all Johns' books then published for them to read.

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F4F Wildcat

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One of our engines is missing

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widely used in D Day proceedings

edit: airspeed horsa

That YB-49 is awesome.

But, not as awesome as the Vulcan.

Here's an upside down one:

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Got to say gents, epic thread 😀

Something from Japan from me

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Loving this thread to bits!
Love this plane, proved essential for helping the Resistance during the War:

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The Lysander. And yes it's got a swastika on it, it's one flown by the Finnish Air Force.

Then there's this, one of the most remarkable aircraft from the Germans, the Fi-156, or Storch

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Has an astonishing STOL capability, and can almost hover with a good headwind, because of its low stall speed.

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B52 "BUF"

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Can't believe anyone would miss the [b][u]Fokker F-27-400M Friendship[/u][/b].

Plenty of flying with the earlier model of Fokker F-27 one as a kid. Always thought the propellers were going to break off ... 😆

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[u]Fokker F-27-500M Friendship[/u][/b]

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me-110
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more yellow nosed bastards at 12 o'clock

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and a proper pic of a Komet

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Please, never let this thread end...

Does this qualify?

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And playing with some big planes:

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