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SVX
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I don't often start threads, but after watching that truly brilliant documentary (Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies, on BBC 4); I thought I'd pose this question to the aviation aficionados here on BP&T: If you could have a flight in any type either as PAX or pilot, which would you choose? Because there are so many wonderful aircraft out there, I think that we can choose a Military and Commercial type, feel free to post pics as well  Military: English Electric Lightning T.5 - PAX obviously, but until recently it was my nearly achievable dream. I also think that the Lightning is one of the most brutally beautiful aircraft ever built.  Commercial: I've thought long and hard, but I think I would've liked to have had a flight in the Tupolev Tu-144, probably over Concorde, as it would've been something that not many people from the West could ever have experienced.  Over to you
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King Herald
18,355 posts
85 months
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Boeing 777-200LR Mainly because I'm booked to fly in one in two weeks to take me home after five offshore.  But other than that, a Spitfire, Lancaster, Vulcan, Shackleton. I think that is the top part of the list. They were all planes I was crazy about, as a young kid with a dad in the RAF.
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fid
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109 months
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Spitfire. Top of my lottery buy list too!
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Eric Mc
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134 months
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Has to be a Spitfire - at least there are some two seaters about.
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CTjockey
42 posts
31 months
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VC10. I'd sell a body part, or a relative, to get a ride in one before they cease to be. 
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Simpo Two
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CAPP0
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72 months
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Spitfire would be great but I have a quiet, and probably unreachable, ambition to fly a DC-3.
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mrmaggit
9,456 posts
117 months
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Mossie.
Loved 'em since I first saw 633 Squadron at the pictures.
maggit
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Quote
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147 months
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Space Shuttle
ME 262
HondaJet
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King Herald
18,355 posts
85 months
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CTjockey said: VC10. I'd sell a body part, or a relative, to get a ride in one before they cease to be. I once flew from Singapore to Brize Norton in a VC10. Unfortunately I was only 10 years old so didn't fully appreciate the moment.
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fatboy69
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56 months
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XH558, Spitfire, Phantom, Harrier, SR71 Blackbird.
Reasons? None other than they are just aircraft i have always wanted to fly in.
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Eric Mc
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134 months
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Quote said: Space Shuttle
ME 262
HondaJet Agree with the Space Shutle - but a decidedly dodgy proposition - and now completely impossible.
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jjones
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toxgobbler
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60 months
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Vulcan. 
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SVX
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80 months
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Eric Mc said: Quote said: Space Shuttle
ME 262
HondaJet Agree with the Space Shutle - but a decidedly dodgy proposition - and now completely impossible. I also wonder what would've happened if the Buran programme had come to fruition.
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kiteless
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73 months
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Apart from the fact that they are impossibly beautiful, I've always wanted a flight in a VC-10. Military? I'd love a passenger flight in a MIG-25. As a youngster, they just seemed like they designed the biggest f  k-off engines they could, then fitted an airframe around them. Russky TVR-think, if you will. On the subs bench: Commercial: Bristol Britannia Military: Harrier
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SVX
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80 months
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kiteless said: Apart from the fact that they are impossibly beautiful, I've always wanted a flight in a VC-10. The VC-10 flypast at RIAT this year was wonderful - the sound of 4 Conways is truly lovely.  Sorry for the crappy shot
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LHRFlightman
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SVX
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80 months
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LHRFlightman said: Saturn V. PAX or pilot  ?
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Simpo Two
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