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3. B-29-BN
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5. B-50
6. KC-97
7. B-36
8. F6F (poor ole' Hellcat, I wonder how he's doin?!)
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B-58 Hustler A completely useless and dangerous toy that is the height of fiscal irresponsibility when taking a young woman to dinner in Seattle. Also demonstrates a comple disregard for safety and mechanical viability in even the best of conditions. Perfect.


That's funny and I completely agree!

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AT-6 Texan...duh
A-36 Apache
B-25G
B-24G-1
B-17
A-26
PBY-5A
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1. A-26C
2. B-25H
3. P-40K
4. T-6
5. PBY-5A
6. P-51 in markings for "Blondie". When is somebody gonna do this scheme on their bird?
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8. Storch
9. Max Holste Broussard
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Spreadsheet is coming along:

Number 1 leaders are:
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P-51 B/C/D Just looks good and tough at the same time
Spitfire Mk V / Mk IX Beautiful but deadly plane
P-38 Another beautiful brawler
F4U/FG1D The gull wings are cool on this bulldog
B-17 Elegant while businesslike
B-25 Versatile & really cool looking
C-47 One of the most important planes of all time
F-86 Beautiful classic
Mosquito Elegant jack of all trades
F-4 Phantom II Sentimental favorite .... I saw them nearly
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college as lived a couple mile from the
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Stearman (anyone who has flown one on a warm evening knows why)


That's my favorite "why" of the bunch!!

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Stearman (anyone who has flown one on a warm evening knows why)


That's my favorite "why" of the bunch!!
Did I mention you can also see flames shooting out of the exhaust? :wink:
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When is somebody gonna do this scheme on their bird?
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Hopefully right after someone puts this scheme on another bird!


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ki-61 hien / tony...... just fabulous lines

p-40..... same reason as the tony

beaufighter........ a real ass kicker & looks cool

os2u kingfisher .... it's rarity

pby catalina ..... versatility / lines / & history

curtiss seagull..... i just like it!!

japanese pete seaplane

a-20 havoc

f7f tigercat

junkers ju-88


can you tell i like seaplanes & flying boats??

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bdk wrote:
Airplanejunkie wrote:
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Stearman (anyone who has flown one on a warm evening knows why)


That's my favorite "why" of the bunch!!
Did I mention you can also see flames shooting out of the exhaust? :wink:


Funny, nobody "mentioned" it to me about many moons ago the first time I flew one in the evening. Once I stopped being scared I thought it was pretty cool! :) :)

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N3N-3.................Make stearman owners Jealous on those warm evenings!

B-50...........If your going to own a B-29, go all the way with problem engines and suck the fuel too!!

B-25..............who does not like twin tails and short stacks.

TBM............Cause it fly's like a big cub and Grumman built it!!

C-123.........everyone should have a trash hauler!

C-119K................Cause nobody has done a gunship yet!

F4U.......................BaBa Blacksheep TV series!

Fokker Dr-1.......................always liked when I was a kid.

HU-16.................Get your feet wet on a glass lake.

UH-1.................workhorse of Vietnam

F-102................Sexiest of the Century Series!

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P-51A/D or H - just because!
B-25B - Please, someday?
Stinson L-5 - versatile, rugged, reasonable!
Stinson L-1
Auster V
T-6 Texan
Martin Maryland
Supermarine Spitfire IX
Lockheed P-38
Lockheed Hudson

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B-17 Flying Fortress. Just cool and beautiful. I made a bunch of friends working on them. It was the back bone of allied day light bombing.

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Avro Lancaster
Spitfire
P-51
BF-109
P-47
Mosquito
F-4
B-17
B-25
T-33

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Stearman....reasons already mentioned + it's flying while the N3N owners are looking for parts (sorry, don't really have a horse in the race but couldn't resist anyhow!! ;)

F4 Phantom....just looks bad a$$ and like it means business

P-26....Golden Age looks

P-6E....Golden Age looks

Grumman F3F....anyone getting my drift yet?

P-51A....Still some vestige of the earlier lines. End of one era and the beginning of the next.

B-25....Gotta love it.

B-47....Here come the big jets

F2G Corsair.....A really cool airplane taken to a cool extreme

B-17 early models.....see above!

edit....too many airplanes

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