Favorite Aircraft

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Alright, not this type of subect or post has been seen here on the forums a few times but here’s what I was thinking. List your top three aircraft for each catagory. Personally I have listed mine based mostly on looks but also with reference to their contribution to the given catagory or mission. You can use whatever criteria you want, but my main idea was to give the idea of “it just looks damn good” with respect to the particular catagory. At some time of my choosing (and depending on how many responses there are), I’ll close out the thread by posting all the responses and rank all the aircraft types per catagory including the number of votes per aircraft type. For simplicity don’t get too dang technical like FW-190-2VII-30 rather just put down FW-190 or FW-190 Dora. An F-4D looks different enough than an F-4E so that’s O.K. but I think you get the idea. Any way here goes:

Prop fighter Jet fighter Bomber Cargo/Utility

  1. P-51D 1. F-106 1. B-17 1. C-47

  2. FW-190 2. F-8 Crusader 2. HE-111 2. C-130

  3. Spitfire 3. F-4C/D/N/S 3. B-25 3. UC-64

Trainer/Observation Helicopter

  1. OV-10 Bronco 1. UH-1

  2. O-1E Bird Dog 2. C/HH-3E/P

  3. T-6/SNJ/Harvard 3. Bell 47

So there ya have it. Everyone who want’s to chime in have a go at it. It’ll be interesting in the end to see how well our model manufacturers actually pruduce examples of the aircraft that we all are fond of and would all want to build.

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I haven’t given thought on the last three catagories but here are my favortite jets, props and bombers:

Prop Plane

  1. Spitfire
  2. F6F Hellcat
  3. Early Bf. 109s

Jet Planes

  1. F-105
  2. Me 262

Bombers

  1. B-17
  2. A-6
  3. A-1 Skyraider

Most of these planes are already well represented in nice to excellent kits, which they should be because they are popular airplanes. I think a good question to ask (and I think this reflects your last point salbando) is to list your top three favorite airplanes and then list you top three kits you would like to see made or newly tooled. My list of top three kits i would like to see made/newly tooled is as follows:

Prop Plane

  1. TBD (1/48-New Tool – Come On AM)
  2. A/B-26 Invader (1/48 New Tool)
  3. P-61 (1/48 New Tool – I believe one is in the works by one of the European manufacterers)

Jet Planes

  1. F-105 (1/48-New Tool w/ lots of bombs!!!)
  2. F-100 (1/48-New Tool)
  3. U-2 (1/48-New Tool)

Bombers

  1. B-17 (1/48-New Tool)
  2. A-6 (1/48-New Tool)
  3. B-26 (1/48-New Tool)

I guess I would just really like to see Monogram’s catalogue from the 80’s updated too todays standards because I don’t have time to do it myself!!!

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Hey Sal, you hit .263 in 1970!

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I’ll have a go at it…

Props

  1. Albatros D.V
  2. Il2-m3
  3. Bf 109E-4

Jets

  1. Me 262A
  2. MiG 21MF
  3. SR-71

Bombers

  1. Ju 88
  2. B-36
  3. Ju 87

Cargo/Utility

  1. Ford Tri-motor
  2. C-47
  3. C-46

To be honest, I doubt I could name 3 helicopters or trainers, but I do like the AH-64 Apache.

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My short list of most favorite planes are… the F-4’s, B-17, BF-109G6, P-51B/D and the ME-262. Would be great to see a 1/32nd B-17 kit come out, I think it would sell like hot cakes!

Scott

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JFB,

Help me out brutha. I’m just now getting over the flu but I’m honestly not sure what that means.

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Pretty good ballplayer, but a crappy general manager: Sal Bando

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Very interesting topic; I’ll give it a go:

Prop Fighter:

  1. F4U-5N Corsair
  2. P-51D Mustang
  3. Me-109

Jet Fighter:

  1. AV-8B II+ Harrier
  2. A-10 Warthog
  3. A-6 Intruder
    (can you tell I like my fast-movers to be mud-movers?)

Bomber:

  1. B-25 Mitchell
  2. B-17 Flying Fortress
  3. B-52H BUFF

Cargo/Utility:

  1. C-130H/K Hercules
  2. KC-135 Stratotanker
  3. C-5A Galaxy

Trainer/Observation:

  1. OV-10A/D Bronco
  2. OA-37 Dragonfly
  3. O-2 Skymaster

Helicopter:

  1. AH-1W Supercobra
  2. UH-1N Huey
  3. MV-22 Osprey

Andy

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Newbie here, I thought I’d chime in:

Prop Fighter:

  1. F4U-4 Corsair
  2. Spirfile Mk V clipped wing
  3. F6F Hellcat

Jet Fighter:

  1. F/A-18 D & C
  2. AV-8B Night Attack and “Plus”
  3. F/A-18E & F
  4. A-10
  5. F-15E Strike Eagle
  6. F-16C

Bomber:

  1. B-2A Spirit (I got to log an hour in the 509th Bomb Wing’s full motion sim[tup])

Cargo/Utility:

  1. C-130 Hercules
  2. C-17 Globemaster III

Trainer/Observation:

  1. T-6A Texan II
  2. OV-10 Bronco (USMC versions)

Helicopter:

  1. AH-1W
  2. UH-1N
  3. MV-22
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bandosa01.shtml

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Prop. Fighter: Cargo/Utility:

1.Hawker Tempest 1. C-17

  1. P-51D 2. Antonov An-225

3.Supermarine Spitfire 3.Il-76

Jet fighter:

1.YF-23(Even tho it didn’t make it to production it’s still a sleek ride)

2.Sepecat Jaguar

3.F-14

Bomber: Trainer/Observation: Helo:

1.A-10 1.OV-10A Bronco 1.Mi-24 Hind

2.Ju-87 Stuka 2.E-3A Sentry 2.Ah-64 Apache

3.B-52 3.SR-71 3.Airwolf! [(-D]

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Prop fighter:

  1. Any Spitfire
  2. Any P-40
  3. Did I mention Spitfires?

Jet fighter

  1. F-86
  2. F-80
  3. F9F

Bomber

  1. B-17
  2. B-25
  3. B-26

Helicopter

  • The Cobra from the 101st who lit up that house full of snipers in Mogadishu in July 1993. Me and my buddies owe you big buddy!
  • UH-1
  • MH-60
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Prop fighter:

  1. A6M2 Zero

  2. P-61

  3. F-4 Corsair

Jet fighter

  1. Su-27 Flanker

  2. F-14

  3. Mig-29

Bomber

  1. B-29

  2. TU-5 Bear

  3. B-17
    Can you tell I like Eastern Bloc Birds?

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Well here is my list. It sure is cool seeing the variety of aircraft we all like.

Prop

  1. Corsair

2.190D

  1. Typhoon

Jets

  1. Su27

  2. A-4

3.F-18

Bombers

  1. B-1

  2. B-58

3.JU-88

Cargo

1.C47

2.AR232

3.C130

Helos

  1. Super stallion

2.Hi-24

3.Ka-52

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That’s nothin’ - He signed my baseball glove during spring training at Rendevous Field in Mesa, AZ when I was about 11 yrs. old! He signed it right next to Reggie Jackson, IIRC.

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Prop Fighter

  1. Bf109G
  2. P-40E
  3. FW-190

Jet Fighter

  1. Me-262
  2. F-104 Starfighter
  3. F-4 Phantom II

Bomber

  1. B-47E Stratojet
  2. B-58 Hustler
  3. B-17 Flying Fortress

Cargo Utility

  1. C-5A Galaxy
  2. C-141 Starlifter
  3. C-130 Hercules

Trainer/Oberservation

  1. OV-10A Bronco
  2. Storch
  3. T-33

Helicopter

  1. AH1 Cobra
  2. Apache
  3. Sea King
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Prop Fighter

  1. F8F
  2. Mk IX Spitfire
  3. A6M2 Zero

Jet Fighter

  1. F-86E
  2. F-106A
  3. F-101C

Bomber

  1. B-47E Stratojet
  2. B-17F
  3. Tu-22 Blinder

Cargo Utility

  1. C-124
  2. C-121
  3. C-54

Trainer/Oberservation

  1. L-4/J-3 Cub
  2. T-6
  3. PT-13/17 Stearman

Helicopter

  1. UH-1D
  2. CH-34
  3. CH-53E
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Props, jets, bombers, transports I need to think about

Trainers/Observation

  1. OV-1 Mohawk

  2. OV-10 Bronco

  3. T-33

Helicoptetrs

  1. UH-1 Series which includes the AH-1’s since they where born from the Huey and where classed with them when they were new

  2. You mean they made other types of helo’s?

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Prop P-51…F-4 Corsair…P-38

Jets F-18F…Me262…F-15C

Bomber B-25…Ju-87…B-17

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Alright, here I go . . .

Props:

  1. Do-335 “Pfeil” (fastest piston-engine fighter ever)

  2. Ta-152 “Hohenjager”

  3. P-38 Lightning

Jets:

  1. Me-262A/1a “Schwalbe”

  2. F-104S Starfighter

  3. SR-71 Blackbird

Bomber:

  1. XB-70A Valkyrie

  2. Ar-234 “Blitz”

  3. B-1B “Bone”

Cargo/Utility:

  1. AC-130U Spectre

  2. C-17 Globemaster III

  3. C-5B Galaxy

Trainer/Observation:

  1. OA-10A Warthog

  2. OV-10 Bronco

  3. AT-6 “Harvard”/“Texan” (used to own a couple)

Helicopters:

  1. AH-64D Longbow

  2. AH-60L DAP

  3. ACH-47A