What would you choose to have a flight in, and why?
Discussion
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
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
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.
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.
For a more relaxed POV, it would be a Boeing Clipper or possibly a Catalina on the Nile route through Africa back in the days of Empire.
http://socks-studio.com/2010/11/07/flying-boats/
http://socks-studio.com/2010/11/07/flying-boats/
wingsuit base jump, p1 obviously
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k
i have dependents and this is approaching mid life crisis territory so not possible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k
i have dependents and this is approaching mid life crisis territory so not possible
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
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
?[quote=jjones]wingsuit base jump, p1 obviously
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k[/quote
1'40" !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k[/quote
1'40" !!
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