favorite aircraft

[Fennris]

Beats \'em all!

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

all = pwnt

[Asmosdeus]

The BAC TSR.2

My physics teachers father designed the ground tracking RADAR for the aircraft!

[Herpderpsslerps]

Too bad the TSR.2 was a failure due to poor engine design. Hollow shafts for air cooling of the turbine resulted in some nasty harmonics that caused failures. Thing had potential as a fast interceptor / light strategic bomber.

[Ryn]

Glad to see the f22 doing poorly. Shows that people in here actually have sense .... when you lose a f22 to an A6 (in red flag mind you) you cant possibly keep thinking its the best of the best.... an f14 or su47 would be good though... granted id like a P-38L personally

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

[Tiberion]

My Grandfather Actually Made the breathing equipment for that whats ur fathers name my grandfathers is Don Stork

Jack Hensley - he worked for Sundstrand Corp in Denver, Colorado - they made various parts for it, including the electrical generators - which he worked on as assembly and quality assurance.

[Herpderpsslerps]

Guys, this plane sacrificed everything to go fast and high. Its sole purpose was to go fast and climb like the hounds of hell were on its heels. Paint, cannon, hardpoints, everything that wasn\'t needed was pulled from this to reduce weight and drag so it can get to altitude as fast as it could.

[Guest TonyZ]

Big fan of the A-10, however, with the theme and current status / age of KSP, I think the X-15 would be more appropriate. Besides... the X-15 was ROCKET POWERED! Very Kerbal.

[Herpderpsslerps]

You forget about the NF-104. NASA wanted to test people in space? Strap a rocket to an existing jet and let it go!

[Spoot Knight]

Geez they\'re all tied now except the F-22 lol.

More love for the Golden Eagle pl0x.

[Sir Cannonball]

Voted Su-47, sexy beast.

Yes indeed, I always enjoyed really novel and crazy designs, and so after much deliberation, I\'ve selected this

The Su-47 Berkut(NATO codename 'Firkin') was an experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft was its forward-swept wing[2] that gave the aircraft excellent agility and maneuverability. While serial production of the type never materialized, the sole aircraft produced served as a technology demonstrator prototype for a number of advanced techhnologies later used in the 4.5 generation fighter SU-35BM and current 5th generation fighter prototype Sukhoi PAK FA.

Sorry if I rambled on, but that\'s how I roll 8).

[Spoot Knight]

Did you remove your post and repost just now? Yours was above mine just a minute ago.

[NovaSilisko]

[Spoot Knight]

That thing is gargantuan for a rotary-winged aircraft.

[Tim_Barrett]

I\'m going out on a limb saying that those rotors do change direction, right? Similiar to an Osprey?

[Spoot Knight]

They don\'t.

[Sordid]

I\'m going out on a limb saying that those rotors do change direction, right? Similiar to an Osprey?

No, it\'s just a helicopter.

Mind you, it\'s the largest helicopter ever built, so making it a tiltrotor would be taking it beyond the impossible.

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

Yes indeed, I always enjoyed really novel and crazy designs, and so after much deliberation, I\'ve selected this

The Su-47 Berkut(NATO codename 'Firkin') was an experimental supersonic jet fighter developed by Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft was its forward-swept wing[2] that gave the aircraft excellent agility and maneuverability. While serial production of the type never materialized, the sole aircraft produced served as a technology demonstrator prototype for a number of advanced techhnologies later used in the 4.5 generation fighter SU-35BM and current 5th generation fighter prototype Sukhoi PAK FA.

Sorry if I rambled on, but that\'s how I roll 8).

That looks unsually cool... ???

[Tiberion]

Meh, I always thought it was kinda ugly.

At least compared to ours:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Grumman-X29-InFlight.jpg

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

speaking of unusual designs, check this one out

[Sordid]

That looks like something designed by Burt Rutan (edit: specifically, the Rutan Model 202). If you like weird looking planes, look that guy up.

Oh, and he\'s the guy behind Scaled Composites and their SpaceShipOne.

[IonC1]

Do you know this plane?

or this one?

http://www.pipistrel.si/

[hachiman]

Smallest jet: the BD-5

[Guest TonyZ]

Smallest jet: the BD-5

That\'s the first BD-5 I\'ve ever seen with a propeller... Funny prop that propeller is.