For me F-14 will always be number one. Probably because of Top Gun. It does look great and was the preferred model as a kid.
After that, always loved the P-36 and the F-15. Mostly because video games. The F-15 was the first model I built.
Always liked the look of Russian fighters. ALWAYS Liked the MiG-15, 21, and 29. Su-27 also, looks like a bigger MiG-29.
I used to love the F-14 the most but I've become more of a fan of the F-18's look. The Jolly Roger tags help.
Talk about coincidence, I'm watching "Smokey and the Bandit" right now.😂👌
During the ground offensive in Desert Storm, a pair of A-10's decimated a column of Iraqi armor that was headed towards our positions. I have no idea how many vehicles were in the column as the action took place over a ridge line but the distinctive roar of the cannons lasted for extremely long time. (I'm assuming the Iraqis abandoned their vehicles when the attack started and the planes made multiple runs to ensure that they destroyed every last vehicle.)
Afterwards, when my unit was taking command of close to two thousand prisoners, an F-15 did a low level fly-over directly above their heads. I'm guessing, he was about 30 feet off the ground so no one was in danger but the effect on the prisoners was tremendous.
You forgot the ‘MOH’ for Medal of Honor recipient.
Had a Revell version of ‘Lulubelle’ hung from the ceiling as a kid.
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beautiful, fast and deadly. The first carrier-based aircraft to exceed 400mph. The 'gull wings' were necessary to be able to mount the extra large propeller. The oil coolers at the base of the wings made a unique whistling sound and the Japanese called the Corsair "Whistling Death".
Did you know that the Corsair almost missed being a carrier-based fighter because visibility for the pilot was so poor they kept crashing. It too the Brits to figure out a modified, somewhat sideways approach that provided the needed visibility.
Visibility and the fact that the landing gear struts were so long the early dampening was calibrated incorrectly and the long travel would make the plane pogo after the first bounce.
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In comment 15507446 BamaBlue said:
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beautiful, fast and deadly. The first carrier-based aircraft to exceed 400mph. The 'gull wings' were necessary to be able to mount the extra large propeller. The oil coolers at the base of the wings made a unique whistling sound and the Japanese called the Corsair "Whistling Death".
Did you know that the Corsair almost missed being a carrier-based fighter because visibility for the pilot was so poor they kept crashing. It too the Brits to figure out a modified, somewhat sideways approach that provided the needed visibility.
Visibility and the fact that the landing gear struts were so long the early dampening was calibrated incorrectly and the long travel would make the plane pogo after the first bounce.
Yes, a multitude of problems that were, fortunately, solved. Great plane and perfect for the Pacific Theatre.
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so that was always a favorite for us kids. But as for new age, my brother and I split between the F14 and the F16. The Curtiss P40 Flying Tiger always has the coolest paint job.
My grandfather was a crew chief for a P-47, so that one has a place in my heart too.
I went to the aviation museum in Farmingdale a few years ago and they had a P-40 flight demonstration. Man, the powerful roar of that engine was something else to experience, and the P-40 wasn't even one of the more powerful WWII fighters.
very cool. i've seen a P-47 and one or two others over Montauk the last decade or so.
...I grew up with Pappy.
Give me any modern single seat fighter, F/A-18E, F-22, F-35C.
If so, one can only wonder what advances were gained as a result of it's development