coolest "name" for aircraft

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by mattd27

Now that is for a whole other thread. I'd actually have to think about the question for a bit, but off hand I'd say the phantom is a pretty sweet looking plane.


....and hey, it's got a nice name too!

The F4 Phantom is sweet looking? You ever seen one in person? In Vietnam it was known as "Big Ugly", the plane that "had it's aerodynamics decided by committee" and "Proof that with big enough engines a brick can fly" LoL. Technically the F4 is the "Phantom 2". The original Phantom entered service in 1947 and was the first jet to operate from US carriers. I'm certainly not trying to bash a great plane's war record, but imho, good looking the F4 aint.

[Spitfire23]

Originally Posted by flynlion

The F4 Phantom is sweet looking? You ever seen one in person? In Vietnam it was known as "Big Ugly", the plane that "had it's aerodynamics decided by committee" and "Proof that with big enough engines a brick can fly" LoL. Technically the F4 is the "Phantom 2". The original Phantom entered service in 1947 and was the first jet to operate from US carriers. I'm certainly not trying to bash a great plane's war record, but imho, good looking the F4 aint.

I disagree, its much like the Apache, Its so Ugly, its Beautiful

[Vulcan607]

The Foland Gnat.

[dazz1971]

oooh the gnat another childhood fav of mine the red arrows used to fly them i think before they upgraded to the hawk

[Spitfire23]

Originally Posted by dazz1971

oooh the gnat another childhood fav of mine the red arrows used to fly them i think before they upgraded to the hawk

They did indeed. Im a huge fan

Heres a pic of the Red arrows Gnat T1,(which was the first plane used by 'The Red Arrows' way back in 1965) next to the Current BAE Hawk





They only had 5 pilots when they first started out in the T1, until eventually recruiting more to become "The Diamond Nine"

[Vulcan607]

Yellow jacks were the perdicessor of the Red Arrows.

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by Vulcan607

Yellow jacks were the perdicessor of the Red Arrows.

yes the yellow jacks that brings it all back from my childhood

i painted one of my gnats in that scheme after reading about them in a book my uncle had on aerobatic teams

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by Spitfire23

They did indeed. Im a huge fan

Heres a pic of the Red arrows Gnat T1,(which was the first plane used by 'The Red Arrows' way back in 1965) next to the Current BAE Hawk





They only had 5 pilots when they first started out in the T1, until eventually recruiting more to become "The Diamond Nine"

i see them too much i live near where they r based and they frequently do practise runs over lincoln

[Vulcan607]

Originally Posted by haitch40

i see them too much i live near where they r based and they frequently do practise runs over lincoln

Arnt they based at Valey?