Favorite airplane?

[Mack45]

 

[Mack45]

 

[Profreedomokie]

P-51 and A10

 

[DRC458]

Oh, I forgot to list one.
PT-17 Stearman

Ah, yes. I actually got a ride in one of those. Remember Red Baron pizza?

 

[CorpsVet]

Love me some "Spooky". one bad MoFo!

 

[Dave70968]

P-51D Redtail of the 332 Fighter Group
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The D model in front, or the C model on the leader's right wing?

Oh, I forgot to list one.
PT-17 Stearman

I have stick time in one; the airport where I first worked, and got my ticket, had one, and one of the instructors gave me a ride.

For those interested in such things, there's a good museum close enough to make a day trip: Cavanaugh Flight Museum, at Addison Airport (Dallas). The very cool part is that a substantial portion of their collection is fully airworthy, and you can get rides in several (including the only FAA-approved 2-seat Corsair).

Start saving your pennies!

 

[Jwryan84]

The B2 at the Rose Bowl absolutely shook my soul. Was awesome and there was a second out North above the mountains as they were flying in formation. Truly COOOL flying wing. It won't let me upload my video for some reason, but WOW.

 

[Shadowrider]

The B2 at the Rose Bowl absolutely shook my soul. Was awesome and there was a second out North above the mountains as they were flying in formation. Truly COOOL flying wing. It won't let me upload my video for some reason, but WOW.

Totally understandable. If you've not seen it go dig up and watch the video with the Jack Northrop backstory on it.

Jack Northrop, the aviation pioneer who founded Northrop Corp., was granted an extraordinary government security clearance just before his death in 1981 to see the company's design for the B-2 Stealth bomber, which resurrects the "flying wing" concept he had invented in the 1940s, the company's chairman disclosed Wednesday.

 

[dennishoddy]

P-51 Mustang, and SR-71.
A friend of mine was airport fire control duty in Mildenhall England. They had to "mist" the plane for over an hour before the pilots could exit the aircraft. Because of air friction, the plane grew in length and temperature requiring the cool down period.

 

[chadh2o]

Any one that lands safely.

Coolest I've seen in person.

Enola Gay as she hangs from the ceiling at the Air & Space Museum, Dulles Airport, Washington DC. Taken in 2012.