If you could buy one airplane, what would it be and why?

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' It's your sky, I'm just flying in it'

hmm, a J-3 cub, I need cross country time HAHA, jk. Probably a Cap-232 just cuz!

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Chill'n the most!!

I would probably buy a Cessna 182 on floats, so I could travel to Canada or Alaska to go fishing and hunting.

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'Any coward can sit at home and criticize a pilot for flying in a mountain in a fog. But I would rather by far die on a mountainside than in a bed.' Charles Lindbergh

Cirrus sr22!! Because it's awesome. :D

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PILOT

Cessna Citation X, one of the fastest business jets in the world!

Or if I really won the lottery several times, a Boeing BBJ - fly the family all around the world in pure luxury and great speed/range. Not to mention it'd be fun to learn to fly ;)

Or if I get a 6-figure job, a Cessna 182 with G1000 glass cockpit - wonderful, dynamic plane and I've always wanted to take some G1000 introduction lessons.

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Rally 1-2, cleared to land, 1-6 left...

a 757 with the new winglets. cuz its slim, and can go far.

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The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the plane to keep the pilot cool. Want proof? Make it stop; then watch the pilot break out into a sweat.

i dunno what its called but i like that plane that goes high up in the atomosphere and does dives were you go weightless

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If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life ---Igor Sikorsky, 1947

Scaled Composites' "Triumph"... all composite (love composites), light, capable of high altitudes, two turbofans, T tail, and connards. I've always had a soft spot for connards.

Mmmmm...

phiktion wrote: i dunno what its called but i like that plane that goes high up in the atomosphere and does dives were you go weightless

You mean the vomit comet? That's just a Boeing 707 that goes up and down to simulate weightlessness, when it's actually just a falling sensation.

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When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.

I own a 1978 Cessna 172 now, but i guess the plane i would get would be a Cessna 182 for the extra power.

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If you screw up just this much, you will be flying rubber dog shit out of hong hong.

A North American T-28 Trojan. I'd like the Navy version rather than the AF model, since it has the bigger radial. You just can't beat the sound of a radial taxing slowly across the flightline... Wait, yes you can. The one thing better than that is the sound of a radial attached to a T-28 doing a low pass at 180 knots!

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Idson

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I'm the one on the left

Aviat A-1B Husky with oversize tundra tires! I'll land where ever I feel like.......

I like the Gulfstream V. Very nice airplane to take long trips and it's pretty fast. Out of the airplanes I have flown I really enjoyed flying the Vans RV-8. That was a very impressive airplane. Thank You everyone for participating in this thread, there were a good number of replys and I hope to chat more with you all.

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' It's your sky, I'm just flying in it'

The Challanger 605 by far. Its fast, comfortable, has excellent range, and its a sweet looking plane.....not to mention my first jet experience at the yoke was in the left seat of a challenger 604..

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Work hard! Play hard!

i would have to say the 737-800

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British Airways 777 My Fav

How about one of those Javelins, the civilian fighter jet basically as well?

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Rally 1-2, cleared to land, 1-6 left...

Oh theres a couple T-38's out there for sale that i would love to have.

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Bravo pilot

I woulod have to go with:
Single Engine: Bonanza A36 or Cessna Turbo 210
Multiengine: Piper Seneca
Small Jet: Citation X - Awesome speed for "a widdle guy"
Big Jet: Gulfstream GV - Awesome speed
Huge Jet: BBJ - It has beadrooms, showers, and a confrence room, whtat more is ther to say.

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Hire me to fly your jet!

I fly a Mitsubishi Marquise as a Corporate 135 Pilot and it is a great commuter. Comfortable, FAST, and makes demands on the pilot's skill level at every altitude. Not for autopilot pilots. We file at 270 knots and easily get get over 300 over the ground. Twin turbines, 4 blades, and spoilers. next time you hear one at your airport, and you do hear them first, take a close look. Ask the pilot for a look inside and at the cockpit.

can i have 2 please,
1. hawker hurricane
2. avro vulcan bomber

a tornado or a P51 mustang, nowt that exciting but iv always wanted one of both since i was old to enough to try n climb over duxford railings to reach 1 lol... or the Grace spitfire if miss carolyn grace wanted to sell it to me....

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Glider pilots do it quietly ;)

Hondajet ... pretty cool plane

an extra or a Pitts special!

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There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Boeing 777-200ER. Love that jet.

 

Tom