MR Brush Brutalizer Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 It's gotta be: SR-71 blackbird B-2 spirit F-117 nighthawk MIG-31 foxhound - the one to scare SR-71 away! SU-47 berkut - the X-MEN plane! SU-75 Checkmate YF-23 SU-33 "the one with the flappy wings on the front" A-10 while a ugly plane, its still in my memories from "operation flashpoint" the old videogame. It has a unique design like no one else. SR-72 from the new top gun 2 movie, america's new scary demon against russia. F16, F22, F35 were excluded for being kinda cool but just not "WOW OMG cool" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 F-4 Phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR Brush Brutalizer Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 The F-4 phantom was used in the movie iron eagle 2, as a "russian mig" by the "russians" who came to work on a joint operation with the americans. America didnt really have access to russian migs for a movie so they had to paint the F-4 in black and pretend its the evil russian migs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dafixer Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 B-70 Valkyrie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) Concorde - enough said. DC-3/C-47 - it's been around for 85 years, and you can still go and fly in one... F-14 - sheer swing-wing sexiness... Harrier (AV-8) - a fixed-wing aeroplane that can fly backwards and sideways... Hunter - pure aerodynamic elegance... Spitfire - graceful and beautiful and deadly with it... SR-71 - still futuristic-looking to this day... U-2 - essentially a jet-powered glider... V-22 Osprey - half-aeroplane, half-helicopter hybrid , doesn't get much cooler... Vulcan - to see something that size flown at an air display like it was a fighter... Edited December 24, 2021 by andyf117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) I normally do not contribute to these type of Top 10 topics, because it is so subjective. Also for fear of leaving a very important type out. I love all aircraft (well almost all). However, to the current list I would add MiG-21 for it's sheer ubiquitousnes, not to mention the C-130 Hercules for being in continous production the longest. The Lockheed U-2, North American P-51 Mustang, Vought F4U Corsair, Hawker Sea Fury, F-86 Sabre, all defined their eras. My personal favorite, the AD/A-1 Skyraider for the sheer load of ordnance it could haul around and still look amazingly clean and like a beefy fighter instead of a attack aircraft. Edited December 24, 2021 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Hawker Hunter Mitsubishi F-2A F-14 Tomcat EE Lightning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR Brush Brutalizer Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 I can understand concorde and valkyrie, since it absolutely mogged other countries. but the rest..no guys just no (: they look like kids toys compared to an YF23 or Su-47, not to mention the iconic B2 and F117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, MR Brush Brutalizer said: I can understand concorde and valkyrie, since it absolutely mogged other countries. but the rest..no guys just no 🙂 they look like kids toys compared to an YF23 or Su-47, not to mention the iconic B2 and F117 Looks aren't everything - I'll wager that a Harrier/AV-8B could still out-VIFF an Su-47 any day of the week... ....besides, there's that old adage "if it looks right, it flies right" - and the Su-47's wings are on backwards... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR Brush Brutalizer Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 Isnt the harrier an old "i can do everything" plane like f-35? That means not really fast, not really agile. su-27/33 was made focusing on air-to-air superiority and dancing around the sky, super agile. Su-47 was a technological test-bed, but meant to be even more maneuverable than the regular su-27. What chance would a vertical take off meme plane have in a dog fight against a super maneuverable test bed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Sharkmouth P-40 P-51 Sharkmouth F-4E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Brewster Buffalo, only need one. Ask any WWII Finnish ace. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Unsure whether I can come up with 10, but here are what I consider the coolest planes: seaplanes rocketplanes bushplanes x-planes ekranoplans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Phantom. Starfighter Spitfire Tomcat Rusty Phantom Phantom missing parts Full size replica of a Phantom Hornet Model of a Phantom CT-133 Shooting Star. I like Shooting Stars.....and Phantoms. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Coolest aircraft? I would think any WWII aircraft that could fly above 35,000 feet. Unheated cockpits and all… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) SR-71 YF-23 XB-70 F-4 F-14 F-15 Su-27 P-38 Spitfire Chinese J-20 Mighty Dragon Edited December 26, 2021 by Curt B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 No F-106? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 10 just doesn't cover it. Too may favorites. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Spitfire Mustang Skyraider Tigercat Phantom Blackbird BUFF BOne Warthog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The P-61 Black Widow exudes so much awesomeness that just a single P-61 alone occupies spaces 1 through 10 on that list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkR Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 OP must be a youngster. Forgot P38 Lightining, P51 Mustang, P61 Black Widow, Fokker D, Sopwith Camel.... You need at least two of those in there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I'd say the Beech Starship should be in the list. And maybe the Piaggio Avanti as well, but the Starship was a better-looking airplane. And Howard Hughes H-1 racer should be there too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Spitfire, everyone else line up behind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I just never could get into the shape, but the F107 is a good starter. I always the the X3 was way out there. Yet on the other end of the scale one has the Lysander to think about! I always thought the DO335 most interesting. Just for plain looks and nothing else the old B47 and the B58 probably top my list gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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