POLL: What's the most awesomest airplane?

What's the most awesomest airplane?

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Mecha

Mecha

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What's the greatest aircraft ever made?

Furthermore, most if not all of the most badass ones use titanium in their construction. Bonus question: from which aircraft would you like to have a titanium knife made, if you had the chance?
 
I selected other. A10 THUNDERBOLT II all day, baby!

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I would like to make a blade out of the famous "bathtub" of an A10, even though it's just 6al4v.
 
Danke42 said:
No Harrier, no Vulcan, no F-86, no A-12, what kinda list is this. No 747, no Guppy, no DC3?

The longer you look the worse it is!
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Well to be fair, the A12 is basically an SR71, is it not?

The 747 was on the original list, but got kicked for the F117. :p

I ran out of spots in the poll, so added "other" so any aircraft can be a write-in.

Good answers so far!
 
Insofar as tech and innovation goes the SR-71 is un-paralleled. The unbelievable design in every part of the aircraft is simply amazing for the time.

I was lucky enough to see one fly in 1984........it was a sight and sound that is indelibly etched into my memory.
 
Steven65 said:
Insofar as tech and innovation goes the SR-71 is un-paralleled. The unbelievable design in every part of the aircraft is simply amazing for the time.

I was lucky enough to see one fly in 1984........it was a sight and sound that is indelibly etched into my memory.
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You might want to see this thread:

SR71 Blackbird knives

Hello all, I acquired pieces of the wreckage of an SR71 Blackbird that crashed long ago, with instructions to make a few knives. As you probably know, the SR71 Backbird was made almost completely from titanium alloy, and although is retired, is still the fastest jet aircraft ever made. The...
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Mecha said:
You might want to see this thread:

SR71 Blackbird knives

Hello all, I acquired pieces of the wreckage of an SR71 Blackbird that crashed long ago, with instructions to make a few knives. As you probably know, the SR71 Backbird was made almost completely from titanium alloy, and although is retired, is still the fastest jet aircraft ever made. The...
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I saw it thanks. You made a great job of those.......:thumbsup::)

A few more planes you can consider are Concorde, the English Electric Lightning, Antonov 225
 
SR71; fastest airplane (except the A12), and absolutely awesome to see.
F15 ; the only fighter with a perfect air to air combat record and in its time a game changer
F22: the successor to the F15 which currently rules the skies
A10: if you need air support, it's the most beautiful fixed wing aircraft in the world, I am told

Honourable mentions have to go to the latest Sukhois which IMHO are the most beautiful planes in the air, certainly the most maneoverable with their full exhaust vectoring; B52, by far the longest lived front line aircraft if not weapons system ever, which literally scared the sh*t out of enemies, the B2 which is an absolutely incomparable bomber out of a science fiction movie that reminds me of the old flying wing, the Soviet/Russian Backfire bomber, simply because it's like a rough-hewn B1 on steroids, and I love the B1, and the Vulcan, which is the loudest scariest plane I ever saw or heard, complete with howl.
 
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