NoPolitics: Airplanes you like that no one else does

[NovemberEcho]

The Skymaster. Best twin out there.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Oh, that list was by no means exhaustive. Brewster Buffalo. ME-163, ffs! Freaking Space Shuttle Challenger. Let me at em!

the Finns did great with the Brewster!

 

[killbilly]

Oh, that list was by no means exhaustive. Brewster Buffalo. ME-163, ffs! Freaking Space Shuttle Challenger. Let me at em!

English Electric Lightning.

Fight me.


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[Boris Badenov]

the Finns did great with the Brewster!

The Finns seem to do rather well with everything if you can sober them up long enough. Mosin-Nagants, cell phones, race cars, you name it.

 

[alaskadrifter]

737-400 combi, not a sexy plane, but a workhorse that I flew on a bunch as a kid. Also the Metroliners, but mostly because when I was young Penair had snack trays under some of the seats that had knock off Oreos, Grandma’s cookies, and those snacks that had the fake cheese sandwiched between two crackers.

 

[Boris Badenov]

English Electric Lightning.

Fight me.


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I raise you Avro Canada Arrow, eh.

 

[Space Monkey]

I don't think any of the ones I like the most are like universally hated, but they always seem to be uh let's say a bit "looked at sideways".

Luscombe
Aerostar
MU-2 (obviously)
F-104
B-58
MD-11

You get the idea. If some old dude at an FBO back in the mists of time told you that it was a death-trap, I want to fly it.

Citabria 7ECA->-8KCAB
AN-2
C-185
CJ 2+/3+/4
L101/L10
AT-802 & AT-602
Volkswagen Bug (1970's era)

 

[Space Monkey]

The Skymaster. Best twin out there.

Indeed. At least of the piston twins.
There was that aft engine cooling issue, but, you know, as Rossana Rosanadanna used to say, "There's Always Something!"

 

[NovemberEcho]

The Zveno-SPB

 

[deadstick]

Oh, that list was by no means exhaustive. Brewster Buffalo. ME-163, ffs! Freaking Space Shuttle Challenger. Let me at em!

Don’t forget the DH106 Comet. That’s gotta be on your doomer-plane list.

FWIW, the Bronco has TPE331s.

 

[Space Monkey]

I raise you Avro Canada Arrow, eh.

Oh, Snap! Completely neglected THAT fine, transcendent bird. Yuppers!

 

[jynxyjoe]

I raise you Avro Canada Arrow, eh.

The flying paper airplane. SMH

 

[Boris Badenov]

The flying paper airplane. SMH

It was projected to be great! I also think the TIE fighter is wildly underrated!

 

[DeltaAlphaNovember]

Alarus. Two seater. Low wing. 115 HP. Had a few at the flight school I worked at.

 

[RetiredATLATC]

C337 or the B350. Others may like them, but I like them more.

The B350 rocked in northern Iraq.

I'll also add the FB111 and KC35 as that's what I worked on with my jet engine license.

 

[milleR]

Pilatus Porter

edit: the Garrett powered version, obviously

 

[Space Monkey]

It was projected to be great! I also think the TIE fighter is wildly underrated!

In the words of Graham Chapman, "Now you're just being silly."

 

[Space Monkey]

C337 or the B350. Others may like them, but I like them more.

Nope. @NovemberEcho already said he likes them more...

3 eggs. 3 more eggs. 7 strips of bacon. A fine breakfast.

 

[Space Monkey]

I like the Cirrus SR20/22. Did my CFII in an SR20. Comfortable, fast, and lots of toys. Literally the only GA airplane I’ve flown where I didn’t feel like I was getting intimate with the person next to me.

Ah, hell, brother. If you're not intimate with your significant other in the cockpit, you're not doing it right.

 

[killbilly]

Pilatus Porter

edit: the Garrett powered version, obviously

Plus you crash better than anyone you know.


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