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Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 06:29 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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this pic got me thinking...I've refueled this bird many times when it was at Carswell. Now some 30 years later it's still in service and going strong and flying out of Barskdale. they sure built them to last.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 06:40 PM
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bill oxner
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 06:41 PM
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HuntnFly67
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They are looking to retire her in 2050. 100 years of service. Amazing bird.
How can someone possibly choose just one ‘best’ airplane? There are so many great ones and the BUFF absolutely makes my top 10.
Last edited by HuntnFly67; 05/17/19 06:42 PM.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514299
05/17/19 06:44 PM
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Choctaw
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Really hard to argue against the B-52. Some Iranians may be on the receiving end very soon.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 06:50 PM
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 06:51 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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they recently re-commissioned two from the boneyard. they just won't die.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514306
05/17/19 07:01 PM
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RayB
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I wish they could make a bomber out of the SR71. Like MC Hammer said " can't touch this"
There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514308
05/17/19 07:03 PM
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Cast
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I am very fond of the C-130.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 07:26 PM
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NORML as can be
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Waiting for it.........
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514332
05/17/19 08:09 PM
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Hunt Dog
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Hell of an airframe.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the last brand new B-52 come off the assembly line in 1964??
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 08:11 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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Hell of an airframe.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't the last brand new B-52 come off the assembly line in 1964??
63.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 09:00 PM
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Greg
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I worked on the F22 for a while so maybe I’m a little biased... it’s stealth capability combined with the receive only radar makes it unseen to enemy aircraft and allows it to slip in and take them out. The bombers are awesome too, but to me there is something pretty cool about having an air to air fighter with the bells and whistles it has.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514358
05/17/19 09:01 PM
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05/17/19 09:09 PM
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Being an Army veteran my vote goes to the A-10
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 09:10 PM
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Hunt Dog
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Some might say the DC-3. They are still flying somewhere today.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 09:21 PM
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/17/19 09:38 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I get to watch them almost every week...
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/18/19 12:06 AM
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The best airplane is the one you can fly to do the mission.
Sometimes it is a SR-71, other times it is a C152.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/18/19 12:07 AM
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bigbob_ftw
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I am very fond of the C-130. This one is cool...
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514456
05/18/19 12:19 AM
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Lets not forget the great F-16.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514462
05/18/19 12:31 AM
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bigbob_ftw
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Lets not forget the great F-16. Well respected, but a great one changes history.
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/18/19 01:17 AM
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BOBO the Clown
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Military A-10 and B-52..... coolest but not best is still P-51
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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#7514501
05/18/19 01:19 AM
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scalebuster
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Let not forget the Enola Gay. The most important plane ever built. She put an end to all of the BS from those little, I guess I can call them people.
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#7514503
05/18/19 01:21 AM
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bigbob_ftw
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Military A-10 and B-52..... coolest but not best is still P-51
Commercial single prop- piper cub, Cessana 172 Twin Cessna 320/340 Jet -Boeing 737
P-51 might me the sexiest of all!
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Re: Best plane ever built?
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05/18/19 01:24 AM
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The best airplane is the one you can fly to do the mission.
Sometimes it is a SR-71, other times it is a C152. Could you image making that run to Moscow and making that hard lobbying bomb turn. Would be a thrill.
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