Planes I have flown in....

Favourite for short hops goes to a Cessna 180 Aerobat

For getting around the South of England in a hurry that had to go to a Westland Lynx

First inter-continental flight - DC10

For getting there before I set off - Concorde

For getting there in comfort Boeing 777 (first class cabin)

For the usual "hops around Europe" any recent 737 or Airbus 32x series (unless operated by Germanwings - and nothing to do with the recent crash or Air France (aka Air Chance after the number of delays and lost bags....).

To get to my favourite destination - Twin Otter

Worst - anything flown by Aeroflot (don't ask why)

Most wanted - prop Spitfire or Mosquito

Most wanted - jet Vulcan or sr1

Many more in the book, but these are the high(low) lights

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Planes I have flown in....

Favourite for short hops goes to a Cessna 180 Aerobat

For getting around the South of England in a hurry that had to go to a Westland Lynx

First inter-continental flight - DC10

For getting there before I set off - Concorde

For getting there in comfort Boeing 777 (first class cabin)

For the usual "hops around Europe" any recent 737 or Airbus 32x series (unless operated by Germanwings - and nothing to do with the recent crash or Air France (aka Air Chance after the number of delays and lost bags....).

To get to my favourite destination - Twin Otter

Worst - anything flown by Aeroflot (don't ask why)

Most wanted - prop Spitfire or Mosquito

Most wanted - jet Vulcan or sr1

Many more in the book, but these are the high(low) lights

They're the best.

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Worst - anything flown by Aeroflot (don't ask why)

He He He.
My GF sometimes flew with them.
Nice cabin crew?
Nice service?
The service was like in a school cafeteria...

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Flown in a lot of large comercial planes, but I think the worst was a TriStar run by AA just before the Tristars were dropped. Everythong shook, and you quickly learnt not to put any part of your body near the junction between panels, they pinched very well! Terrible plane, or aybe just too old.

I flew in a few Lockheed L-1011 TriStars during my Navy career, and I agree, they were not a well-designed passenger plane. Very noisy, no matter where you sat.

First flight I remember was in a United Airlines turbo-prop when we moved from Milwaukee to California in 1957. Rode in a lot of commercial airliners during my Navy career, from puddle-jumpers like the Fairchild Metroliner and DeHavilland Dash-8 to DC-10s, B-747, and Airbus A320. Also a couple C-141 and C-130 military transports. My favorite was the United 747 Friendship service to Hawai'i in the 1980s. Plenty of legroom, and good foodservice, even in coach.

Oh yeah, tri-stars were noisy, I liked the DC-10 better.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

A triplane bunk bed, neat!

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I flew in a few Lockheed L-1011 TriStars during my Navy career, and I agree, they were not a well-designed passenger plane. Very noisy, no matter where you sat.

That is funny because the L1011 was one of two favorite airplanes for my roommate. The L1011 was a fast plane but the fuel consumption killed it when the oil supply was cut back by OPEC. In it's time it was one of the safest aircraft with the advantage that it was one of the first if not the first aircraft equipped with auto landing ability. Only major airports were equipped with the ground equipment needed for auto landing and one was LAX. My roommate said the pilots needed to make practice landing using the auto landing feature and it was fun to watch them. They didn't trust the system so after they engaged it they would make the entire landing holding their hands inches away from the wheel so they could take control if the system failed. The system would put the plane on the runway at which time the pilot would need to take over and apply the brakes.
It was designed to make ocean crossings on the two wing engines but the FAA wouldn't approve ocean crossing on long runs with only two engines. This forced Lockheed to add the tail engine but Lockheed wasn't out of hot water yet because three engines planes weren't certified for ocean crossings either. Lockheed was the company that made it possible to certify three engine ocean crossings. Sometimes to conserve fuel in flight the tail engine would be shut down and the plane would fly on the two wing engines. While I was able to walk around inside one and go place on the aircraft that passengers aren't permitted to go, I don't think I ever flew in one.

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A DC10 in action fighting a fire.. Bombs away...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Once I flew in a BAC 1-11 from Milano to Birmingham. It had three engines but one wa used only at takeoff, Its wing was very different (no slats) from that of the DC-9, my workhorse, Once I flew from Ronchi airport, near Trieste, to Linate airport of Milano in 20 minutes, with bora wind pushing us. Great plane. Now Alitalia uses the ATR-32, a turboprop, on that leg, a pity.
Tullio

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Well here is a cutting edge plane. It will never get you off the ground but it corners really smoothly.

I flew a Cessna 172 about 30 years ago. I learnt how to take off and fly but never learnt how to land. :-(

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never learnt how to land. :-(

Getting the bird down is easy... you
know... surviving is something else....

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Aviation has a 100% completion rate. We haven't left one up there yet.

Another old saying from the industry: Take offs are optional, landings are mandatory.

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A link between Cars and Planes, has been discovered.. ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

A link between Cars and Planes, has been discovered.. ;)

You mean the Terrafugia

Cars and Planes, as in the two movies Carlos..

That would still need to takeoff and land at an airport..

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Cars and Planes, as in the two movies Carlos..

That would still need to takeoff and land at an airport..

No, it has vertical take off capabilities. It would take off from your driveway and land on the roof level of your parking structure. But I do see what your talking about.

Cars and Planes, as in the two movies Carlos..

That would still need to takeoff and land at an airport..

No, it has vertical take off capabilities. It would take off from your driveway and land on the roof level of your parking structure. But I do see what your talking about.

Not according to the FAA, taking off or landing beyond an airport is still illegal in the USA, crashes are another story.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090518232827AAeHjfB

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Cars and Planes, as in the two movies Carlos..

That would still need to takeoff and land at an airport..

No, it has vertical take off capabilities. It would take off from your driveway and land on the roof level of your parking structure. But I do see what your talking about.

Not according to the FAA, taking off or landing beyond an airport is still illegal, crashes are another story.

FAA regs are in a major state of flux right now. Look at drones, the Icon which is very near certification, changes in Light-Sport Aircraft regulations, and third class medical reform.

We are very near to the FAA allowing people to fly from thier driveways with only a Driver's license and about 5 hour flying class.

FAA regulations still don't trump the laws of physics. I'll believe a small low cost VTOL airplane when I see one.

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