[Fineus]

Same premise as the car thread seems to be - post images / tell us what jet / aircraft you find most attractive... this doesn't necessarily mean the most deadly / fastest etc.

To kick us off, the F-18

[SadisticSid]

The F-16, purely because it's so sleek:

[IceFire]

The Hawker Tempest Mark V because it was one of the fastest propeller planes ever produced (a maximum speed of 435 mph) and its a damn beautiful plane!

[Thorn]

The MIG-29
http://www.flygplan.info/images/MiG-29B.jpg
http://www.flygplan.info/images/MIG-29-2.jpg
http://www.flygplan.info/images/Mig29.jpg

[phreak]

F-22
YF-23
Joint Strike Fighter

i'm too lazy to get some pics

[IceFire]

Phreak: F-22 is officially desginated F/A-22 these days... (airplane geek right here)

[Levyathan]

The 14 Bis, because it was the first flying vehicle ever built.

[Fractux]

It's not a jet but....

The P-61 Black Widow.

I build a model of this plane as a kid, and I've just always liked her.



See : http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/p61/

[DragonClaw]

The SU-27, because it looks awesome, and I'm communist.



And you can do stuff like this...


Oh, and a real pic... always need one of those...

[Setekh]

Originally posted by PhReAk
F-22
YF-23
Joint Strike Fighter

i'm too lazy to get some pics

Hell yeah. Agreed.

[mikhael]

There are only three real warplanes in the entire world, in my opinion.

The SuperHornet, the Tomcat, and Su-37. All others are absolutely, completely, meaningless and do not deserve the title 'warplane'.

I have spoken.

[HotSnoJ]

The f-14 Tomcat ownz you.




IMHO the best looking jet fighter in the Navy. ....Plus it's what my dad flow in...




*note to self: make FS model based on it*

[Cabbie]

Yeah I love the F22 it just looks so futuristic

sadly I heard the US government is planning to stop the F22 development project to support it's war fund.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20040411%2F1549699704.htm&sc=rontz

[Flaser]

MIG-35/MIG-MFI

It is said to be the true counterpart of the F22, although it's inevitably bulkier - some with a ferrocious love for Italian design will call it butt ugly -, but Russian technology has prooven to be capable of getting the job done - regardless the circumstances.

It is the first warplane to support 3D vectored thust.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mfi.htm
http://www.combatsim.com/htm/jan99/mig-mapo.htm
http://iron-eagles.tripod.com/eb_ac_files/mig144.htm





SU-35/SU-37 "Terminator"

Already a star of airshows, this may be the best inteceptor of the world as of date. The 35 had 2D vecotring like the F22, but the 37 laready has a 3D system like the MIG-MFI

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-37.htm
http://iron-eagles.tripod.com/eb_ac_files/su37.htm

[WMCoolmon]

For looks...


SR-71 Blackbird.

I don't know enough about planes to have a favorite overall plane.

[Thorn]

Bah... The SR-71 is cool, but its unarmed Unless you consider cameras armaments...

[Rictor]

OK, so the Russians kick ass in the air superiority department, with the Mig and Su series, but do they have a ground attack warplane on par with the US? I mean, its all well and good, but the types of conflicts that are going to be fought in the future will most likely be against countries who have no real airforce to resist, so the name of the game I would think is bombers.

Though, even the F117 "stealth" bomber was proven not to be quite so damn stealthy

But as for my favourite plane, I would say the Mig-29, though I would have to reconsider that on account of those new Mig and Su planes Flaser posted.

[Bobboau]

we lost one F117 in combat, ever. a pot shot was inevitable.

[Thorn]

And how many went down because of pilot error/equipment failure?

[Flaser]

Little brother of Su-37, the test plane Su-35

http://iron-eagles.tripod.com/eb_ac_files/su35.htm