What is your favorite fixed wing aircraft?

[BlueLakes1]

I'll go with the one I get to fly at work, the Pilatus PC-12. King Air 200 speeds and altitudes with more cabin space and on half the gas.

[davidsinn]

I'll go with the one I get to fly at work, the Pilatus PC-12. King Air 200 speeds and altitudes with more cabin space and on half the gas.

Some guys have all the luck...

[SarDragon]

F-86 Sabrejet.  Last of the real dogfighters before all that missile business screwed it up.

The USN folks might beg to differ. There was "The Last Gunfighter" F-8 Crusader, which went out of service in 1976 as a fighter. It was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon, principally serving in the Vietnam War.

The F-86 was retired in the US in 1970.

[BlueLakes1]

I'll go with the one I get to fly at work, the Pilatus PC-12. King Air 200 speeds and altitudes with more cabin space and on half the gas.

Some guys have all the luck...

I AM lucky... I won't deny that at all. 

[AngelWings]

F-22 RAPTOR ALL THE WAY! HOOAH! It is sexy, very fast, stealth, and it is most importantly versatile. The F-15 is my second choice, and my third choice would be the C-17 Globemaster III. F-15 used to be what the F-22 is today, and the C-17 is the most agile cargo plane today. Saw them all at airshows, and was blown away by them each time.
My favorite civilian fixed wing aircraft would be the Staudacher S-300D, the same has airshow pilot John Klatt. That baby can survive -/+ 20 G's!

[Al Sayre]

XB-70 Mach3+ Bomber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vPvr29wJ80

[davidsinn]

XB-70 Mach3+ Bomber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vPvr29wJ80

I have had the pleasure of getting real close to that bad-boy, it was very awe inspiring. It's amazing the crap we did in the 50s and 60s that we can't replicate today.

[Al Sayre]

NASA was flying one for a little while in the late 60's, I got to see it airborne once when I was about 7 or 8.  Awesome is the only way to describe it.

[davidsinn]

NASA was flying one for a little while in the late 60's, I got to see it airborne once when I was about 7 or 8.  Awesome is the only way to describe it.

You suck major The last one is in the museum annex at the USAF museum and that's where I saw it.

[SarDragon]

Oh, yeah, gotta add the OV-10 Bronco. Kool as hell, and a hoot to fly.

[ol'fido]

I would also like to add the Me108 to my list. Wish someone would start building them again or put it into a homebuilt kit.

[RiverAux]

The last one that safely returned me to the ground (it changes a lot).

[PHall]

I would also like to add the Me108 to my list. Wish someone would start building them again or put it into a homebuilt kit.

IIRC, the Me108 was fabric over a metal tube framework. If you can get a complete set of plans and know a good welder you're half-way there.

[ol'fido]

I would also like to add the Me108 to my list. Wish someone would start building them again or put it into a homebuilt kit.

IIRC, the Me108 was fabric over a metal tube framework. If you can get a complete set of plans and know a good welder you're half-way there.

Re: Me108B..."The fuselage is of all-metal, monocoque, stressed skin construction." "Me109", Martin Caidin, Ballantine Books, pp.17.

[twofivexray]

Citabria 7KCAB

[bosshawk]

Just to keep this thread from changing over to uniforms:    the airplane that I have owned and flown for over 19 yrs, the BE-33 Debonair and the one that took me lots of places in the Army, the OV-1 Mohawk.  Neither is the fastest, sleekest or sexiest, but both are fun to fly and both get me home when it is time to do that.

[scooter]

For me, B737-100/200. It didn't have much thrust, no magic magenta line, made plenty of noise though. You had to fly it all the time, even on autopilot. Great satisfaction hand flying a Cat II single engine ILS low approach and return for full stop(on a PC). Never got bored, even at cruise.

[GroundHawg]

Oh, yeah, gotta add the OV-10 Bronco. Kool as hell, and a hoot to fly.

The Bronco is my Fav plane ever. Ive always wanted to do a jump out of one. Im so jealous youve flown in one much less flown it.

[blackrain]

For a slightly nostalgic twist:

A-1 Skyraider.  That huge R3350 radial could shake the world.

A-6 Intruder

My favorites too. Especially the Skyraider. It was there to help the guys down in the mud. No higher calling.

[jmoring87]

My favorite is the A-10.

But I'm currently stationed with a EA-6B squadron. Didn't see anyone mention that.