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POLL: What's the most awesomest airplane?

What's the most awesomest airplane?

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Mecha said:
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?
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SR71, A12 or Mig 25.
I have a commemorative medal made out a Pershing II and it's the lghtest metal I've ever seen. Possibly titanium.
 
Mecha said:
Some of the STOL bush planes are pretty badass too.

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I owe my iife several times over to the Twin Otter, and incredible bush pilots.
 
HJK said:
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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It's kind of like trying to pick the "best" blade steel. 😁
 
HJK said:
SR71, A12 or Mig 25.
I have a commemorative medal made out a Pershing II and it's the lghtest metal I've ever seen. Possibly titanium.
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Very cool. You could find out by getting the medal's displacement and then seeing how much it weighs. Titanium is roughly right in between steel and aluminum in mass density.
 
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Looks like as of now, the SR71 is in front of the pack as the most awesomest airplane.
 
When my brother and I were growing up, we both built models. He did hot rod cars and I did war planes. They all ended up in model glue fires in the end. I remember my F-14 Tomcat the most. I made few mistakes on that one.
 
Mecha said:
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?
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I'd want one made from a Sukhoi SU-27 (35).

 
cj65 said:
When my brother and I were growing up, we both built models. He did hot rod cars and I did war planes. They all ended up in model glue fires in the end. I remember my F-14 Tomcat the most. I made few mistakes on that one.
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I did an F14 also, when I was a kid. It had wings that could swing.
 
Another vote for the A-10 Warthog here ! Love those planes. They have saved the bacon of many an infantry soldier.

But let's be honest here.....All combat type aircraft are awesome. I used to volunteer every year for runway duty at Ramstein Air Base. I got to see so many cool planes and awesome pilots.
 
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