GW8345 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Coolest Aircraft, in no certain order; F-14B Tomcat F4U Corsair F8U Crusader A-5/RA-5 Vigilante DO-335 F-4 Phantom Lynx Helicopter P-51 Mustang A-7E Corsair II A-4 Skyhawk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Oliver Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 F14 should be in that first list by the OP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostbase Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Agree that this is a very subjective list however keeping with the OP's definition of "WOW OMG cool" my personal top 10 would be: B-58A Hustler - a Convair delta wing, four podded engines, Mach 2, wasp waist... my dream plane when I was a teenager 😍 SR-71 Blackbird - needs no introduction! XB-70 Valkyrie - I was 11 when that crash happened. Saw the other one outside the USAF Museum many years later, incredible plane. F-104 Starfighter - especially the early F-104A models in highly polished metal with colourful bright markings. Pure fifties! C-141A Starlifter - such blended curves, it just looked right especially in grey / white livery. Constellation - civil or military, the most graceful and iconic of the classic propliners. Victor - way ahead of its time with that weird fuselage, crescent wing and Kuchemann carrot fairings. F-4 Phantom - saw my first F-4K in 1970, it went straight up in burner and literally bored a hole through the cloud. F-111 'Vark - there is just something about swing-wings and the 'Vark had lots of that something. F-8 Crusader - for me, the iconic U.S. Navy fighter of the Vietnam war. So many missing though, can I choose 10 more? 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 10:12 AM, Slartibartfast said: Coolest aircraft? I would think any WWII aircraft that could fly above 35,000 feet. Unheated cockpits and all… TA152 of course glt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I just looked thru all the posts and many were interesting, but I see the lack of: Lancaster A6 Intruder (may have been the most accurate bomber in world during it's time a good old F100d Japanese Zero! Beech Traveler The ancient C47/DC-3 is still in use ME262 was a giant leap in aerial combat a P38 of course The P39 kinda made idiots out of a lot of so called experts and lastly the P47 in any version and I find it odd that nobody claimed the F15 (still flying quite well). An FW190F could get things done well. The BF109K4 is another to think about, but the TA152 was most superior gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Susaschka Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 My selection: - Su-27 Flanker - F-15 Eagle/Strike Eagle - F-4 Phantom - F-14 Tomcat - A-10 Thunderbolt - Su-24 Fencer - F-5 Tiger - SR-71 Blackbird - B-52 Stratofortress - B-1 Lancer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charly11 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hawker Hunterш is my favorite bird! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cajun21 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 What! ! ! ! No love for the Thud? Cheers Itch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 19 hours ago, Cajun21 said: What! ! ! ! No love for the Thud? Cheers Itch yep!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardL Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 My favorite: Saab 37 Viggen in splinter camo scheme Northrop F-20 Tigershark in Mercedes Anthracite Grey Metallic Convair B-58 Hustler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyAndFight Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 My top 10 Coolest planes ever - (In no particular order): 1. Fokker DR.1 Tri-plane 2. P-51D Mustang 3. F-86 Sabre 4. F-16C 5. Fw-190 D9 6. F-117 7. B-2 8. SR-71 9. Wright Flyer 10. Space Shuttle Orbiter (?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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