If I had to choose one or two non-combat planes I would love to own:
Tigermoth
Boeing Stearman
What a couple of pure fun flyers with good looks to boot!
Eric
Well there are a bunch to choose from but
for Pre-WWII: PBY, TBF,
WWII: A-20, B-26 Marauder, C-46, SBD,
Korean: AD’s, A-26, B-47, C-119,
Vietnam: A-1, B-58, C-121,C-130, OV-10, U-2
Current; A-10 (of course), B-1B, C-17, SR-71
Staggerwing
Bonanza
Catalina
A-26 Invader
Constellation
T-6/SNJ Texan
Spartan Executive
Howard DGA
C-130
Correction:
Mine would be the A-10 Warthog. I love that plane!
Mike
Aeronca 7AC “Champ”
PZL-104 “Wilga”
Maule “Lunar Rocket”
J-3 “Cub”
Cessna “Skyhawk”
AN-2 “Colt”
SM S.55 X
C-7A “Caribou”
Fiesler Fi 156 Storch
Bücker Bü-133C Jungmeister
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Frank
WWII - L-4
Vietnam - O-2
surprise… [(-D]
The mighty Prowler [^]
the thing can loose half a wing and still bring me home
My top three would be the Martin P4M Mercator, Martin AM Mauler ant the Douglas B-18 Bolo.
Bristol Beaufort, followed by Fairey Barracuda, Mk 2 Lanc, DC3, Curtis C46 (might get round to doing one in South African colours some day),B25, B26, and for the non military fans, how about the Avro Canada Jetliner?
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Northrop M2-F2/3. Fly without wings! Loved it ever since I first saw it at the opening of Six Million Dollar Man and seeing it at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. After that A-10 and A-6.
Armed non fighter aircraft would be the AC-130H Specter, Got to see a live fire exercise and it was awesome.
Unarmed non fighter would be the MC-130H Talon I, with Fulton Recovery System. Got to see that in operation during an Air Show in Flordia.
Saddly, I believe both of these models have gone the way of the dinosaur, much like me, and retired.
Don [alien]
sky raider
a-6 intruder
t-38 talon
an-225
ac-130 gunship