[Closed] You can only have one

Depends what you want to do with them?

The one with the mountain

No idea, I'm not a fighter pilot.

Next choice?

Do they come in blue?

Which one has the best cup holder?

which one am I least likely to die in a blazing inferno in?

Unleaded, diesel or electric needing plugged in every 50 miles?

I'll take the A10.

Well, this went a different direction than expected.

I was thinking, in the wake of the aircraft carrier thread, there might be interest in the planes we fly.

IANAFP, but I think the Typhoon is beautiful and the F35 butt ugly. Which is about the only criterion I know on which to purchase fighters.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who fantasises about strafing high street shoppers during the xmas rush.

I'll take the A10

Why would anyone want to get to Kings Lynn that quickly?

Can I swap it for a bike?

This one, please.

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I was thinking, in the wake of the aircraft carrier thread, there might be interest in the planes we fly.

No clues for aircraft fans in the thread title

TBF the US make some awesome aircraft but most are butt-ugly. With the exception of these 2:
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Well the 10year old version of me would pick the typhoon. But that's only because I remember my fighter planes book and my favourite back then was the Saab Viggen. The typhoon has a passing resemblance to the viggen in that it is also a delta.

This:
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Second one.

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Naughty bear! 😆

This one
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This one, please.

Thank you captainflashheart, that's a proper Lightning.

Yes, I'll take one of those, please.

I’ve flown a fighter plane, so therefore I R fighter pilot.

Raptor
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that's a proper Lightning.

Yes, I'll take one of those, please.

+1 for the awesome Lightning.

Which one will make the most profit ?

Which one will make the [s]most profit[/s] best noise?

🙂

Which one will make the most profit ?

Depends on whether you won it in a raffle

Which one do Thule make a roof rack for? Preferably with aerobars?

This one, please.

I used to know someone who had one. As far as I recall it was no longer required and it was just a case of take it off our hands please. It was back in the 70's when it was all rather different. He had some other plane he acquired as well though I can't recall what that was. He also had an impressive collection of WWII parts he'd dug up as well. I was most impressed by the Spitfire gun sight he had. My dad told me a few years later he'd also shown him a .5 Browning he had stashed at the back of a barn.

Not even slightly a fighter, but this every time.

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I'm going to let Kryton57 decide for me.

He needs the practice.

Why would anyone want to get to Kings Lynn that quickly?

I prefer Bear's magic crayon version

But I'd really like a Saab Gripen and to use the M62 as my runway
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Aesthetically I'm not a huge fan of the F-35 (odd proportions) or the Typhoon (mainly the low wing and the air intake I think). On that basis my favourite RAF fighter from my lifetime may be the Jaguar:

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Otherwise, PJM1974 made the most relevant point:

Depends what you want to do with them?

For out and out speed the Typhoon wins and it'd probably also win for air superiority. For air to ground it's closer and would go in the Lightning II's favour if there's an appreciable SAM threat or similar.

The F-35 should be more future proof, but will still no doubt have plenty of teething problems to iron out. And if you need STOVL (or any sort of carrier capability) then the Typhoon is out of the running immediately.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

F-35, better screens for watching Netflix on

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This Viggen is a bit more practical. I'll take it.

Typhoon, cause I make em. Well the brackets that hold the wings on and the flight refuel pipe.

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Prefer this one meself.

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ChrisL - I agree RE Jaguar, fabulous thing.

However, after seeing a French(?) one make an emergency landing in the field behind my house, when I was about 15 years old, a Harrier will remain cooler than a penguins pocket.
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Does Ling do finance on them....?

F-35, better screens for watching Netflix on

‘Alexa, show Top G.... oh, right, yeah’

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@bensales - that's no good unless you can think in Russian !!

The plane I want is the one there are no pictures of. 😆

Just think where plane development might be now if some hadn't been cancelled.

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F4 Phantom for me.

I'd have the bottom one, higher resale value.

Top one is in service and doing good stuff. Bottom one is still ironing our the wrinkles. I also designed one of the bits in the top one.

Now - Typhoon.

5 years time - probably F35 but it would cause me great mental anguish.

YF-23 Black Widow(if it wasn't a gate guardian). Supposedly faster and stealthier than the Raptor but lost out due to some clever marketing and politics by the F-22 manufacturer.

Su-35 for me.

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Not enough love for the F-4 Phantom.....or indeed the Lockheed Starfighter. Looked fantastic to my young man eyes.

I've actually owned 2 jets, this F3 Tornado which I kept at RAF Leeming...

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I used to let mates have a mooch.

& this old F4G that I had down at Alconbury...

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(I accidently tore the photo up cos it was amongst some others I was chucking out. Till I realised)

Not enough love for the F-4 Phantom.

The F4 is probably my fave, meanest, nastiest looking jet ever!

In order of planes mentioned in this thread -
SR71 - fastest is fastest
Harrier - VTOL FTW
'Phoon - spangly modern G-mentalist

The F35 makes the typhoon look old, design wise. Such is the nature of fighter aircraft life cycles.

F35, because we make them (well electronics for them anyway)

No your all wrong

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmm hot russian ladies.

id take the one that has done the most missions with the highest kill count. people talking about looks!! if some anti aircraft gun was shooting at you why would you care what the thing looked like. you'd be looking the one that can get your ass outta there the fastest and evasive.

Spitfire it is, then. 🙂

Spitfire it is, then.

Yeah, they’re ok, fun to fly 8)

I'd have a Concorde.

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ah ha but how would the spitfire fair nowadays? not too good. something more modern, whats been the latest successful jet?

ah ha but how would the spitfire fair nowadays? not too good. something more modern, whats been the latest successful jet?

Baddest-ass of all

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Vongassit: don't be a flanker....

The F35 is awesome...[url= http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/weapons/2017/defense-contractors-holding-the-pentagon-hostage-with-service-contracts.html#.WiBJ4YkR8qk.facebook?referrer=https://t.co/2mhfpbWGRh ]when it works.[/url]

I'll take a Typhoon please!

One of these. But only because there are bits of one to be found in a bog not far from here. Rumour has it there may even be some unaccounted for depleted uranium shells up there too. Not fast, not pretty, but decidedly efficient in what it was designed to do.[img] [/img]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm hot russian ladies.

That plane is a) Ukrainian, and b) very, very similar to an F-15.

EDIT: Okay, with respect to point 'b', not as much as I thought.

F-15:

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Sukhoi
sukhoi.org/eng
The JSC Sukhoi Company is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, and designs both civilian and military aircraft. It was founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau. The Russian government merged Sukhoi with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Irkut, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.

Maybe not so much on point a either 😉

Point taken! I was thinking of the markings, though... 🙂

Oh, and midlifecrashes, good call on [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow ]the Arrow[/url]. Fantastic plane!

Thats just her best outfit 😀

Hot Ukrainian ladies?

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Ah Miss Monique.

If we're adding Sukhoi jets to the options:

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[quote=pondo ][s]Spitfire[/s] Hurricane it is, then.

The Spitfire might have been sexier, but it didn't have the most kills.

Battle of Britain I think you're right aracer, overall WW2, I'd not be so sure

the future is pilotless and drone shaped

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