What is your favorite military aircraft?
February 15, 2011 by Action Warrior
Filed under aviation pictures
The choice is difficult but I would have to go with the SR-71 Blackbird personally. I have a military aviation based web site and am wondering what aircraft people would like to see pictures and specs on.
Thanks for your suggestions. I have had my site running for a few years now, but I am quickly running out of aircraft I haven’t covered yet. (www.firebirdv8.com if you are interested)
The Spitfire, beautiful, great history and amazing sound! Merlin engines rock!
The B 1B for me!
The sight of an aircraft that is as big as an airliner but has the power, speed and agility of a fighter is a something to behold!
My Personal favorite is the F4U-1D Corsair a very under appreciated fighter that was faster than a Mustang and could out maneuver a Zero. It was also the only WW2 fighter to stay in production after the war ended and stayed in production until 1953.
C-119 Flying Boxcar. I loved that aircraft!
The SR-71 Blackbird is an excellent choice, but a little cliche. Is your website strictly going to be based around U.S. military aircraft?
Assuming that it is, here’s some U.S. military aircraft that I think are interesting:
1) F-117 Nighthawk (Not the fastest fighter but it’s advanced stealth and nuclear capabilities made it one of the priciest planes in history)
2) F-111 Aardvark (Cool design, fast, and features retractable wings)
3) F-15 Eagle (Probably the most successful U.S. fighter design in history with zero losses to enemy planes in combat)
4) F-4U Corsair (Always been my favorite U.S. plane from WWII)
5) XB-70 Valkyrie (One look at this plane and enough said)
6) P-61 Black Widow (My favorite U.S. WWII bomber)
Foreign Planes:
1) Mig-25 Foxbat (The fastest fighter plane in history)
2) Me 262 (The first jet fighter to go into combat. U.S. fighters had to take on these planes in P-51 Mustangs and had to learn how to out-fly vastly superior fighters)
F4 (obviously)
Me262 (what’s less known is that the Germans put TWO fighter designs into operations: the Me262 and He162.)
P61 Black Widow-the first fighter (sorry even though it’s about the size of a B25 it’s a nightfighter) designed from the ground up as a complete weapons system: radar, crew, armament and powerplant.
DeHavilland Sea Hornet – a ¾ size version of the Mosquito, but still with Merlin engines
My favourite is the P-47 Thunderbolt. It’s big, powerful, and well armed. Coincidentally, my second favourite would be the A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog. Third would be the F-14 Tomcat.
C130 Gunship
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart, still the fastest turbo-jet powered aircraft in U.S. Air Force inventory until it’s retirement in 1987. The World record for this interceptor still stands at 1525. 206 mph set in 1959 by Col. Joe Rogers over Edwards AFB..