any aircraft

[doogerie]

If you could fy in any air craf what would it be and why? for me it would be the U2 just for the expernince of seeing the earh from so far up.

[danjama]

If I had to pick one that's almost impossible.

It's got to be between:

Spitfire MkI.
English Electric Lightning.

[Pirschjaeger]

Bf109G2 of course but only on the condition I start from a slingshot and finish in a safety net. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

[ploughman]

Yar, that's a toughie. If I could own an aircraft it'd be a PBY or a Grumman Goose sort of thing. If I could fly any aircraft. Well, now you are talking. Is it a balls to the wall ride like an EE lightning or an F-105? Or something elegant and an all rounder like a Viper or a Fulcrum?

I think I'd probably go with the venerable F-86 Sabre.

[Low_Flyer_MkIX]

Tiger Moth. That fooled you all, didn't it?

[Pirschjaeger]

Not really.

http://i50.tinypic.com/169pzc3.jpg

[Low_Flyer_MkIX]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/inlove.gif

[Friendly_flyer]

I think I would have gone with that old Great War pusher thingy.

[AndyJWest]

That's a tough question. A Spitfire would be an obvious choice for me, but F_f's post got me thinking:
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae65/ajv00987k/IlyaMuromets.jpg
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets.

[Metatron_123]

A bf-109. But i'd like a floatplane for leisurely flying, and maybe a Bf-108 so that I can share the Messer experience with friends and family. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/partyhat.gif

[p-11.cAce]

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/7/5/0903572.jpg

Nothing else even comes close http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/heart.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/heart.gif

[ROXunreal]

Anything by Sukhoi since the Flanker.

[Jagdgeschwader2]

X-15 all the way! Launched from a B-52 and flown into space and then a smooth glide home to land on a dry lake bed. Also the landing was escorted by a NASA F-104. The epitome of coolness. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif All that hoopla aside I just find it to be an amazing aircraft and the test pilots had big brass ones.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x277/Jagdgeschwader2/E-7411.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x277/Jagdgeschwader2/EC88-0180-9.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x277/Jagdgeschwader2/ECN-89.jpg


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x277/Jagdgeschwader2/JG2Mobile.jpg

[Dance]

What can I say...

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss207/Dancewaffe/woop.jpg

[waffen-79]

that's easy, contemporary, any American Warbird except for the F-16 o the F-22 http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/shady.gif

WW2 era; I would like to fly the Tempest Mk.V

[WTE_Galway]

If i could own one it would be a choice on one of these two Beechcraft products:

Staggerwing

http://www.air-and-space.com/20090517%20Chino/BL2_8123%20Beechcraft%20B17R%20Staggerwing%20NC144 13%20left%20front%20l.jpg

or Starship

http://www.weemsjohn.com/Starship%20Images/star%20m.jpg

[p-11.cAce]

We has a starship based at KSUS for awhile - awesome aircraft. Pitch trim utilized adjustable sweep on the canard, cabin quiet and in front of the main spar carrythrough for a flat floor, fast and fuel efficient. Too bad they all were destroyed with chainsaws and bulldozers http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/disagree.gif

[WTE_Galway]

Originally posted by p-11.cAce:
We has a starship based at KSUS for awhile - awesome aircraft. Pitch trim utilized adjustable sweep on the canard, cabin quiet and in front of the main spar carrythrough for a flat floor, fast and fuel efficient. Too bad they all were destroyed with chainsaws and bulldozers http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/disagree.gif

Not all, that is a urban myth.

There are 5 flyable in the US and one possible in Mexico, all in private hands, and a couple more in museums.

Hence out of 53 made around 8 to 10 survive and the other 40 odd were destroyed.

You will note one of the posters in the thread below spotted one landing in NE Philadelphia in early 2010.

http://www.airlinereporter.com...-ride-on-a-starship/ (http://www.airlinereporter.com/2010/04/my-quest-to-ride-on-a-starship/)

[triad773]

Used to be an F4FU

also used to be an F4 Phantom E

then P-38,

P-39

Now feck it-- a Raptor.

But meanwhile, a plane, a day http://www.planeaday.com/