If you could own and pilot any airplane, what would it be?

[UncleDynamite]

So if you could have and/or fly any present-day airplane, what would you choose? It can be of any nationality and of any function (military or commercial). You can name helicopters, if you wish.

For me, it would have to be the Saab Viggen (http://www.swissjet.ch/1024/Zeltweg/Jets/000702Viggen.jpg). Fast, powerful, and with cool looks.

Runnerup would have to be the A-10.

[AztecWarrior]

F/A-18E Super Hornet.

[Everay]

joint strike fighter, Marine version.

[AztecWarrior]

joint strike fighter, Marine version.
I'd tell you that it's not finished, but neither is the Super Hornet, so...never mind.

/me whistles while walking away.

[Happy lil Elf]

I wouldn't, because I'd crash the damn thing. Now give me a TIE Defender and the nice open vaccum of space, then sure :p

Although actually I'd take a Muurian Trasport and pimp it out to Millenium Falcon grade pimpness.

[Infernus]

Hmm... It depends... but I'd say a Stuka Dive Bomber... or and Imperial Assualt Gunboat so as to kill Elf's Muurian Transport. (lets face it... the Tie defender is just too good to take on...)

[JetRaiden]

p-51 mustang, or a UH-60 Black Hawk.

[Mag]

SU-32 that's gotta be the most bad-ass looking plane out there. Plus it's got the ability to pull the trademark Sukhoi Cobra strike manuever.

[Peacemaker]

F-22, F-16, X-36/f-36, B36

Edit: B-58 :drool:

[AztecWarrior]

Oh, if we go to warbirds, hook me up with a nice MiG-15.

[Mr1337Duck]

I want an Aurora.

"High speed bomber ready for takeoff!"

[eXoSloth]

Fully loaded B52 :evil:

[Rbstr]

Me 262, modded with better engines, for mach speed, and with mini seeking missles

other wise an Me262 stock

[SquirrelMan]

Anything that's fast. Very fast. The fastest possible. The faster, the better. Or one of those things that drop the MOAB in command and conquer generals (think it's a B-2)


Or a A-10 tank killer. Those are cool.

[Derfud]

F-35, or an CF-18 hornet.

[Navaron]

F22.

I'm a licensed pilot :D.

[UncleDynamite]

- Squirrel
For speed, try this:

http://www.p0stwh0restores.com/uploads/UncleD/x15-20.jpg

Mach 6.72 :D Fastest plane in the world, although it's because it's mainly a large rocket with wings that has to be dropped (as you can see from the pic) from a B-52.

[Fragmatic]

Harrier Jump Jet :D

[Sentrosi]

You can have your Imperial assault gunboats and your Tie Defenders. Gimme my Tie Interceptor and I'll pwn each and every one of you.

Could the Death star be considered an Aircraft? If so, I'm calling dibs on that.

Death Star for the win......YES!

Ok, back down to earth.

A-10, F4-U Corsair, F-23 (Yes, I know. I'll take the test model tyvm.)

[Everay]

oh, space craft too, well Sentrosi, if you can have the Death Star, ill be simply happy with a CSD (i think theyre called that) Command Star Destroyer, the big one.

or a Missle boat, Tie Defenders are nice too, or a Tie Advanced drool:

but ill have to take Sentrosis planes too.

[SlyMarbo]

-Sun Crusher, Ph34r my quantum armor and supernova capabilities-

V-22 Osprey...
F-22 (whichever name they finnally decided on) Eagle? Raptor? FlyingWizbang?

[THrONeBeaST]

F-4 , F-16 , B-2 or the Pampa 2000

[Otherick]

A-10 Tank Buster

[l3lizz4rd]

A 14 with an 18's avionics package.

That would pwn.

BTW, got to sit in a P-51 cockpit this past weekend, it was sweetness.

[Manitou]

Only one:

http://www.spitfire-museum.com/images/spit06.jpg

[Veteran]

Others have said it, but I will reiterate:

The A-10 Warthog. A-10 wings fly over my house all the time, and I must say that anything that can fly with 60% or less of its wings blown off and fire a Vulcan cannon is one mean piece of aircraft.

Other than that, a Buckeye. It's a parachute with a strap-on propeller that lets one human fly around for a while free as a bird. The beauty is, if the engine fails, you ditch it and take the parachute down. What fun.

[chopstickz]

Gotta be either an F35/JSF (in production)

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/data/gallery/thumb/999522584t.jpg

or an FA2 Sea harrier

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/rn/data/gallery/medium/1056117338m.jpg

:D

[Veteran]

That plane in the lower picture has way too many wings.

You damn photoshoppers!

/hehehe

[martyr]

x-29

amendment: sukhoi s-37 if it ever happens (i doubt it)

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-29/Small/EC91-491-6.jpg
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-29/Small/EC90-039-4.jpg

[Squeeky]

F-22 Raptor, pimpalicious

[EarlyDawn]

F-22 Raptor, the Comanchee, or a Black Hawk. Littlebirds would be cool too.

[xuur]

P-47D, Hawker Typhoon, P-38 Lightning, A-26 Invader (Viet Nam Era)
SR-71, F-86 Sabre...oh sooo many choices.

[OneManArmy]

well since half of the damn people in here listed fictional choices I'm gonna have to go with that jet from swat cats. that was bad ass.

[xuur]

or that really cool one from Xmen. sort of a SR71 with hover capability......yeah baby...or maybe the flying sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[OfaLoaf]

Spacecraft: One o' them Trekkie... Galaxy-classes! :D

Real-life: Fokker Triplane, P-40, Bell X-1.

[ZeusCali]

U.F.O. Fathnic
i've said to much already...
/me hides

[Dharkbayne]

A flying version of Hamma's truck. Oooohhhhh yeeeeaaahhhh....

[Neon Apocalypse]

I would take the space shuttle.

Second would be an F-22 or an AH-64 Apache.

[slytiger]

Commerical: AB-139 or BBJ2
Military: Osprey or C-17 or C-5

(note: as long as life time supply of fuel was supplied free)

[Triggar]

A Boeing 777 - lucky for me, I will have the honor of flying them on a daily basis someday :)

I'd also love to fly a P-51 Mustang, just once. This past weekend I had the priviledge of seeing one in someone's hangar garage (it was their garage, but it was a hangar - imagine the wealth) - the thing is massive. I was offered the opportunity to get in the cockpit, but my tiny legs weren't long enough to hoist me up, but Bliz the Giantism Lumberjack got in and many pictures were taken.