1972coronet Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Lear Jet : The Byrds - 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) [mono mix] - YouTube Edited January 19, 2021 by 1972coronet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Jolly Sipper. You have great taste in racing aircraft. The Red One is a DH 88 Comet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.88_Comet The Blue One is a Caudron C.460 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.460 The phot you chose shows modern replicas flying at an airshow (probably in Europe) As for me, My Favorites are 1. F-15 Eagle 2. Spad 13 3. Couzinet 10 Arc-en-Ciel Here is something about the last. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couzinet_10 I have a weakness for 1930's era French Trimotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The dipped wing f4u Corsairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 11 hours ago, alexis said: The phot you chose shows modern replicas flying at an airshow (probably in Europe) Thanks for the Wiki links, Alan! It seems these planes were impressive in both performance and the looks department...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Favorite planes? It looks like mine's not much different than anyone else's Lol. SR-71 Blackbird P-51 Mustang F4U Corsair B-58 Hustler A-10 Thunderbolt Spitfire B-1 Lancer F4 Phantom F-86 Sabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I know that I am highly likely to be the only one to pick this bird. I have a little over 1,000 driving this beauty! Love it or hate it, it was my partner for 9 years! Our motto, NOKAWTG! No-one Kicks A$$ Without Tanker Gas. The longest serving airframe in the USAF and we get no respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLMFAA1 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Pete J. said: I know that I am highly likely to be the only one to pick this bird. I have a little over 1,000 driving this beauty! Love it or hate it, it was my partner for 9 years! Our motto, NOKAWTG! No-one Kicks A$$ Without Tanker Gas. The longest serving airframe in the USAF and we get no respect! I always thought that the C 130 Hercules and the B 52 had longer service. greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 42 minutes ago, GLMFAA1 said: I always thought that the C 130 Hercules and the B 52 had longer service. greg The C-130 and B-52 have both been flying since the mid 50's and are still in service, back then the primary tanker was the KC-97 with its howling brakes, now it is the KC-10 or something later. Now for my selection: C-130 (any variety) got my "cherry" in my USAF career and have been in love with it ever since - if I win the lottery I am going to buy one and park it in my front yard; second would be the F-4 Phantom (again any variety) worked it at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC, Kunsan AB, ROK, and Shaw AFB, SC; and my third choice is the B-52 (BUFF - Big, Ugly, Fat, well you can figure out the rest) that thing makes the ground move beneath your feet when it is on take-off roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTrucker Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 B17 tops the list, my dad flew co-pilot in WW 2 F86 was the last he flew in Korea, he's still there somewhere. F4 Phantom would be third. F4U Corsair Ford Tri Motor. Many more but that is enough for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, GLMFAA1 said: I always thought that the C 130 Hercules and the B 52 had longer service. greg I should explain the term longest serving airframe. The The B-52 and C 130 as a model have been around longer, but if you look at manufacture dates of active airframes they are all later than are earliest models of the KC-135. The oldest tanker airframe currently in service is tail number 57-1419. It was delivered to the Air Force in 1957(hence the 57 tail number). All of the currently active B-52s are H models with delivery dates starting in 1962. The oldest C-130 was retired last March and it was also delivered in 1962. This makes the KC-135 the oldest active airframe. It has had several upgrades but remained an A model until recently when it was re-engine and became an R model which applies to all KC-135s. Before this upgrade all A models flew the J-57s with water injection. That is why you will often hear them referred to as water wagons. Edited January 20, 2021 by Pete J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keavdog Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Okay, I see this as a chance to post up a few of my favorite aircraft builds... I have a lot A1-H Skyraider P-51D P-47D F-86 EC-121R - my dads squadron out of Korat T-6 Texan II F-16 F-4J Edited January 20, 2021 by Keavdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLMFAA1 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Pete J. said: I should explain the term longest serving airframe. The The B-52 and C 130 as a model have been around longer, but if you look a manufacture dates of active airframes they are all later than are earliest models of the KC-135. The oldest tanker airframe currently in service is tail number 57-1419. It was delivered to the Air Force in 1957(hence the 57 tail number). All of the currently active B-52s are H models with delivery dates starting in 1962. The oldest C-130 was retired last March and it was also delivered in 1962. This makes the KC-135 the oldest active airframe. It has had several upgrades but remained an A model until recently when it was re-engine and became an R model which applies to all KC-135s. Before this upgrade all A models flew the J-57s with water injection. That is why you will often hear them referred to as water wagons. Thanks for the great information, There is a detachment of tankers out Pittsburgh, PA that fly over here and now I guess the have the KC46's which I have not seen. Youngstown has the C130's greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Great looking builds "Keavdog"!! That Camo Connie is cool, the F-4 (as my favorite jet) looks great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Keavdog, your builds hit a personal chord with me. The Skyraider and F-86 made my list, and I've modeled them both. I've also built the F-16 and F-4. I built Petie 2nd on the Monogram kit back in the '70s. And when I was at Lackland AFB in 1972, their P-51H was (incorrectly) painted in those markings, and I took a lot of pics of it, hoping someday to do a diorama of it on the ancient Aurora kit. I've built several P-47Ds but the next one I do will be a 78FG bird like yours, in honor of my favorite rocker, Warren Zevon. My Dad, who flew several dozen different types, once told me his favorite military aircraft was the C-121. (The ones he flew were overall 16473 ADC gray, not camo.) And my son, now a C-17 driver, trained on the "new" T-6. I think you'd feel right at home in the model airplane stash wing of the Snakepit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Great looking aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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signguy2108 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Just now, signguy2108 said: factorydirectmodels.com If u like planes, you will love this site! I'm terrible at posting links....and Ray, its right in ur back yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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