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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 40 on 4/7/2006 5:38 PM >
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Among airplanes, I'd have to pick one that barely made it off the drawing board... The Avro Arrow would have made Canada an aerospace giant, but alas, the project was scrapped. I have seen the remains (which consist of the cockpit and intakes) at the Canadian Aviation museum in Ottawa. Incredible and sad sight.

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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 41 on 4/8/2006 5:29 AM >
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Among airplanes, I'd have to pick one that barely made it off the drawing board... The Avro Arrow would have made Canada an aerospace giant, but alas, the project was scrapped. I have seen the remains (which consist of the cockpit and intakes) at the Canadian Aviation museum in Ottawa. Incredible and sad sight.

Avro Arrow



The story of the Arrow is depressing, and I really hate to see that it was never put to use. But if it wasn't cancelled, many of the engineers that moved onto NASA wouldn't have gone, setting the world back several years.

I wonder what happened to the missing prototype.




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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 42 on 4/20/2006 11:13 PM >
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The missing Arrow is just a myth sadly...

RL 202 was the Arrow that is often called the "missing Arrow" as it wasn't in the famous "Death Row" photo of a bunch of Arrows being cut up to go to the smelter in Hamilton. 202 was the Arrow that went at M 1.98 at 75% throttle - a red light came on in the cockpit aborting the high-speed run. Upon landing from this flight, the aircraft's computer had a sensor error which made the computer think that 202 was taking off again, but in reality, the engines had been idled and the brakes locked. This caused the Arrow to skid-off the runway and the landing gear to snap off and the wingtip to get badly damaged. Due partly to it needing repairs, 202 never flew again. The other reason was that it was being outfitted with the missile pack at the time of cancellation. I've seen a photo of all five Arrows (some say there are 6, but this is incorrect - the sixth was RL 206, the first Mk. 2 Arrow, which was nearly complete, except for that it was missing its engines) in a semi-gutted state, but the more popular picture of "Death Row" shows only four Arrows. This is because Avro/RCAF didn't want to throw out the missile system, and so it was being uninstalled before 202 was cut up. There are parts of 202 around, so it is known that this Arrow saw the torch. I think there are pieces of all of the Arrows still around, as well as a bunch of the engines (Both the J-75's and the Iroquois)

RL 207 may have made it out of scrapping Apparently, the RCAF wanted to keep one of the incomplete Arrows in pieces, and 207 was on the line still on Black Friday and was nearing completion. Maybe the NRC or DND still has it...

As for my favourite planes

For military aircraft...

Anything from Lockheed (C-130 (probably my favourite plane of all time), F-35, F-22, U-2, SR-71/A-12/YF-12, F-117/Have Blue, C-141...) , any Blackhawk variant and the UH-1, the Arrow and Canuck

as for civil...

Anything from Diamond or Cirrus is nice, Any Columbia/Lancair is amazing, Boeing 707s and 727s and 737s, and when it comes out the 787 Dreamliner, Lockheed twins and Howards, old Cessnas (120 or 140)

I don't like just one plane, I like 20... lol



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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 43 on 5/26/2006 5:05 PM >
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Well, my personal choices would be:

P-51D Mustang - For obvious reasons

Northrop P-61 Blackwidow- The first WW2 twin - engine fighter designed from the beginning as a night fighter. Top Speed is almost the same as the Mustang.

Douglas A-20 Havoc - The fastest 2-engine attack bomber of WW2.

P-47 Thunderbolt - Again, for obvious reasons

P-38 Lightning - often referred to by both the Germans, and Japanese as the forked - tailed devil.

B-29 Superefortress - what can i say, this big bomber out-ran almost every fighter of the period.

Douglas DC-3 "gooneybird"- The toughest aircraft used in WW2, and still in use today, those that survive.

Gruman F4F "Wildcat" - Not the fastest, but a tough little carrier-based fighter
of WW2.

Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber - Another U.S. carrier-based plane that earned it's place in history




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< Reply # 44 on 5/31/2006 3:57 PM >
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I have a few myself that I like:

So here they are:

Tupolev-144, Lockeed L-1011, DC-10, MD-11, concord, and the Avro Arrow.




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< Reply # 45 on 6/11/2006 2:21 PM >
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Out of pure math and research on behalf of the soviet union, large ground effect aircraft are my favorites.





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< Reply # 46 on 6/12/2006 11:01 PM >
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You better keep that radar in Trenton working atomx. It can get foggy as hell out there sometimes, damn occluded fronts that like to form there.




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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 47 on 7/3/2006 4:01 AM >
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My list;
1) Cessna 150/152 Forgiving little machines, When I was a kid my parents knew someone who flew theirs regularly from Ohio to South America. Wow!

2) Goony bird DC-3 Funny thing about being in a plane built in the late 30’s was that I never felt so invincible in a plane. I felt like I was in a tank. An especially good felling after crashing into a corn field just north of Dayton.

3) Cessna 310 The family plane after the Mooney M20E Chaparral . I’ve got a lot of fond memories of that plane.

4) I feel comfortable on just about anything built by Boeing.

5)The Chance Vought Corsair is just really cool

and,my least favorite the Mooney M20E Chaparral , the plane that dumped us in the field.

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Re: Your favorite aircraft
< Reply # 48 on 7/4/2006 7:24 PM >
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The missing Arrow is just a myth sadly...

RL 202 was the Arrow that is often called the "missing Arrow" as it wasn't in the famous "Death Row" photo of a bunch of Arrows being cut up to go to the smelter in Hamilton. 202 was the Arrow that went at M 1.98 at 75% throttle - a red light came on in the cockpit aborting the high-speed run. Upon landing from this flight, the aircraft's computer had a sensor error which made the computer think that 202 was taking off again, but in reality, the engines had been idled and the brakes locked. This caused the Arrow to skid-off the runway and the landing gear to snap off and the wingtip to get badly damaged. Due partly to it needing repairs, 202 never flew again. The other reason was that it was being outfitted with the missile pack at the time of cancellation. I've seen a photo of all five Arrows (some say there are 6, but this is incorrect - the sixth was RL 206, the first Mk. 2 Arrow, which was nearly complete, except for that it was missing its engines) in a semi-gutted state, but the more popular picture of "Death Row" shows only four Arrows. This is because Avro/RCAF didn't want to throw out the missile system, and so it was being uninstalled before 202 was cut up. There are parts of 202 around, so it is known that this Arrow saw the torch. I think there are pieces of all of the Arrows still around, as well as a bunch of the engines (Both the J-75's and the Iroquois)

RL 207 may have made it out of scrapping Apparently, the RCAF wanted to keep one of the incomplete Arrows in pieces, and 207 was on the line still on Black Friday and was nearing completion. Maybe the NRC or DND still has it...

As for my favourite planes

For military aircraft...

Anything from Lockheed (C-130 (probably my favourite plane of all time), F-35, F-22, U-2, SR-71/A-12/YF-12, F-117/Have Blue, C-141...) , any Blackhawk variant and the UH-1, the Arrow and Canuck

as for civil...

Anything from Diamond or Cirrus is nice, Any Columbia/Lancair is amazing, Boeing 707s and 727s and 737s, and when it comes out the 787 Dreamliner, Lockheed twins and Howards, old Cessnas (120 or 140)

I don't like just one plane, I like 20... lol


A good friend of mine has a piece of Canadian Aviation history at his cottage near Pt Petrie.

A model arrow with the rocket motor still attached. We hooked it while fishing around a quarter-click off the point about 10 years ago.




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< Reply # 49 on 7/4/2006 8:18 PM >
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Mine would have to be the B-36 - big US Cold War Bomber from the 50s

Civil Aviation

Ford Tri-Motor- Just because it's different & Ford built it

Piper J-3 Cub.. low & slow good for UE recon missions.....

I do like alot of the 30s & 40s Aircraft...




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< Reply # 50 on 11/19/2006 1:30 AM >
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You might have found a model Arrow with a rocket motor still attached to it, but I doubt that it's one from Avro.

http://www.avro-ar...row/AHFCModel.html.

Avro's Arrow models are slightly smaller than a man, made of metal, and weighed about 225 kilograms, or about 500lbs. The Nike rocket is a little too big to pull up with a fishing rod (just a little, lol), and, according to what I've read, the model Arrow would have been released from the main rocket for free-flight, so the rocket motor that would be on the model would likely be the ejection rocket. Also, the models landed about 5-6 miles off shore and all launches were successful, so I doubt that a 500lb model moved about 5 miles on it's own to where you guys found yours.

Your friend probably found a toy model rocket, or perhaps a prop from the CBC TV docudrama on the Arrow. If it was a real Avro model, I'd be surprised, given the amount the investment money and technology into finding the models (I think they've recovered or located one).




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< Reply # 51 on 8/22/2007 9:38 PM >
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How about a Bellanca Super Viking (Haven't seen many of these)
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< Reply # 52 on 11/5/2007 7:53 AM >
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i'd have to say the DC-3, followed by the B-25, followed by the Lockheed Orion, followed by the F-86 and finally the most fun ( at least that ive flown) the stinson V-77 reliant




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< Reply # 53 on 11/28/2007 5:01 PM >
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So many to choose from, so little money to buy with.

Personal favorites, namely because I grew up flying in them and later learned to fly in them, are the Cessna taildraggers. My dad had a 170 for years and in 1979 bought a 180 which we still have. Someday, I'll get a 195. And as less and less people fly taildraggers, it makes me happy to be part of that group.

I also have a soft spot for a couple of twins, the Cessna 421C and the Piper Cheyenne III.

I'm surprised what hasn't been mentioned much here. Old staggerwings, twin Beeches, Wacos, Stinsons and others from the golden age. I really thrive on that older stuff. They are remnants of a different era when general aviation was encouraged rather than discouraged.




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Civilian: Cessna 182RG


Military: F-111



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< Reply # 55 on 12/2/2007 10:59 PM >
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Hello all,

Favorite Aircraft.....thats easy:

Warbird Fighter: NAA P-51 Mustang
Warbird Bomber: Boeing B17 Flying Fortress or Convair B36 Peacemaker

Modern Military: F-35 JSF

Vintage Civilian: Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing
Modern Civilian: Beechcraft Bonanza (no V tail doctor killers please)

I have been fortunate to ride in several WW2 a/c like the mustang and a FG1 Corsair (yes there are a few with a seat behind the pilot...no visibility but still), among others. I thank the Lord every day for that and I guess I just got lucky.

Couple of my pics:

Me crammed in the back of the P51

Over Midland TX

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< Reply # 56 on 12/3/2007 2:41 AM >
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Any interest in the T-38 texan?


Posted by Bustedknuckle
Hello all,

Favorite Aircraft.....thats easy:

Warbird Fighter: NAA P-51 Mustang
Warbird Bomber: Boeing B17 Flying Fortress or Convair B36 Peacemaker

Modern Military: F-35 JSF

Vintage Civilian: Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing
Modern Civilian: Beechcraft Bonanza (no V tail doctor killers please)

I have been fortunate to ride in several WW2 a/c like the mustang and a FG1 Corsair (yes there are a few with a seat behind the pilot...no visibility but still), among others. I thank the Lord every day for that and I guess I just got lucky.

Couple of my pics:

Me crammed in the back of the P51

Over Midland TX

Stallion 51
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Any interest in the T-38 texan?


The T38 Talon? Cool plane, never seen one fly though....come to think of it.








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Its a two seat trainer made by North American, like the P-51 but not. THere are a few running around some airports in Tenessee that I've seen.

Check it out:
http://www.airline...en.file/1295693/L/




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Its a two seat trainer made by North American, like the P-51 but not. THere are a few running around some airports in Tenessee that I've seen.

Check it out:
http://www.airline...en.file/1295693/L/


Oh the AT-6 TEXAN......yeah quite familiar with them! Great plane! You said T-38 Texan. T-38 TALON is a 2 place jet trainer.

Some AT-6 or Harvards, for our Canadian friends :)
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