Favorite Jet Fighter?

dkr919

Favorite jet fighter song me262

chumlie

renowilliams wrote: »

I think one of the greatest aircraft,that never was, was the Avro Aero. It was never fully developed. Here is a link to some info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

The CBC mini-series about the Avro Arrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vFTHPHTLRc

Msabot1

Good guitar work on that ME 262! Reminds me of a great white shark...deadly!

George Grand

The SR-71 started life as the YF-12 fighter.

FTGV

George Grand wrote: »

The SR-71 started life as the YF-12 fighter.

Interesting.I would'nt think it would do well in a close dog fight.But then again it was'nt likely to be caught with it's speed and altitude capabilities.

dudeinaroom

I am another for the tank hunter, just love them and miss seeing them fly over head every couple of weeks. I do still see them over the house from time to time. Just for comparison, here is the cannon and ammo barrel in that puppy next to a bug.

In the original design, the pilot could switch between two rates of fire: 2,100 or 4,200 rounds per minute this was changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. The cannon takes about half a second to come up to speed, so 50 rounds are fired during the first second, 65 or 70 rounds per second thereafter. The gun is precise; it can place 80% of its shots within a 40-foot (12.4 m) circle from 4,000 feet (1,220 m) while in flight. The GAU-8 is optimized for a slant range of 4,000 feet (1,220 m) with the A-10 in a 30 degree dive.

George Grand

The GAU-8 is the first weapon system to have an airplane designed around it.

obieone

Call me old fashioned, but I've always been a fan of the 'IOWA-class' planes

helipilotdoug

My favorite "Jet Fighter" is the Army OH-6A helicopter. Along with Georges favorite, the AH1G Cobra, Flying these two aircraft was LOTS of fun back in the day. :cheesygrin:

potee

In my 27 years in the Air Force as a flight mech. and aircraft mech. I worked on the F101, the F5,T 33, T 38, F4 and the F16. I went to factory school on the F16 and got 7-8 rides in it, But the F4 a true beast and my Favorite.

Erik Tracy

potee wrote: »

In my 27 years in the Air Force as a flight mech. and aircraft mech. I worked on the F101, the F5,T 33, T 38, F4 and the F16. I went to factory school on the F16 and got 7-8 rides in it, But the F4 a true beast and my Favorite.

You worked on T33s?

Dang - there's a plane from the wayback jet age.