What's your top 10, best looking, favorite aircraft?

**Spacemen1969** · #1 06-25-2012, 10:57 PM

Thought I might get this one out there and see where it goes. So, what's your top 10 elegantly-designed or best looking favorite aircraft? My top ten are

1. Dead tie between the Hawker Hunter and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat
2. North American F-86 Sabre
3. Lockheed-Boeing F-22 Raptor
4. Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II
5. McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom
6. Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-15
7. Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-29
8. Sukhoi SU-27
9. Supermarine Spitfire
10. Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21

Remember, this is YOUR favorites from any country, era, or manufacturer. As long as you think it looks good, and its any type of aircraft, it's O.K.

Jarrod,
Spacemen1969

**Uyraell** · #2 06-26-2012, 12:56 AM

My list, such as it is. There are more than 10 aircraft I consider "beautiful", but I've respected the limit of 10.

Ho./Go.229
Mig.21 Analogue.
Spitfire Mk.21, contraprop prototype _tied_ Me.262 HJ-III.
Do.335
Ta.152H1
Me.163
DH.108
He.162C
X.29
F.16XL. _tied_ Su.37 Berkut.

Kind and Respectful Regards Jarrod my friend, Uyraell.

**John Bowden** · #3 06-26-2012, 01:05 AM

Wow this will be one for the books...............

So here goes:

1. P-51 Mustang
2. F2H-2 Banshee
3. A3J (A-5) Vigilante
4. F-8 Crusader
5. A-4 Skyhawk
6. F9F Panther/Cougar
7. P2V-7 Neptune
8. F-86 Sabre
9. F-104 Starfighter
10. F-101 Voodoo

runner ups.......... F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, B-2 Spirit

Being a Navy Brat born in the 50s, my list is noticeable skewed

**cmdr199212** · #4 06-26-2012, 03:51 AM

1. F4U-1D Corsair
2. Mirage F1C
3. IAF Kfir
4. F-14B Tomcat
5. SU-27
6. Jaguar GR.1
7. RA5C Vigilante
8. Mirage III
9. FW-190D
10. Lockeed Hudson

**Kevin WS** · #5 06-26-2012, 05:21 AM

1. Hawker Hunter
2. BAC Lightning
3. Supermarine Spitfire MK 22
4. Supermarine Seafire MK 47
5. Avro Vulcan
6. Avro Victor
7. Atlas Cheetah C
8. Dassault Mirage 5
9. Fairey Gannet ASW 3 (beauty is in the eye of the beholder I know!)
10. Hawker Sea Fury

And a close runner-up overall - the Supermarine Spitfire Modification XXX. The Mod XXX did exist and its special nature meant that it was regarded as beautiful to all who saw it carrying a full payload! True!

**Karl** · #6 06-26-2012, 06:05 AM

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

1. DH Mosquito
2. Sea Fury
3. DH 88 comet. Any paper kit available?
4. Hunter
5. Vampire
6. Vulcan
7. Tigercat
8. Catalina
9. Halifax
10. Hastings

10 is just not enough, and putting them in any order is almost impossible haha.

**Yale** · #7 06-26-2012, 06:43 AM

Of all the fighters of WWII, the one that has the best proportions and elegance of line has long seemed the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate.

And the design proper made it a serious rival against any US or Allied fighters. But of course by that point in the war, the manufacturing quality of the actual Hayates suffered, the Japanese couldn't build all that many, and the training/experience of the Japanese pilots was terrible.

**chicharrero** · #8 06-26-2012, 08:42 AM

My top ten:

Voisin LAS
Seafire Fr-47
Soud Ouest Vautour
McDonnell Banshee
F-86 Sabre Dog
Mig-9 Fargo
Mig-23 Flora
De Havilland Comet (the jet)
Hispano Aviacion HA-200 Saeta
Grumman Panther

**John Bowden** · #9 06-26-2012, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chicharrero

My top ten:

Voisin LAS
Seafire Fr-47
Soud Ouest Vautour
McDonnell Banshee
F-86 Sabre Dog
Mig-9 Fargo
Mig-23 Flora
De Havilland Comet (the jet)
Hispano Aviacion HA-200 Saeta
Grumman Panther

The Vautour would be in my top 15........... really a classic plane along with the Hawker Hunter

**JohnM** · #10 06-26-2012, 09:40 AM

Dunno about top 10 favourite aircraft .... (I just lurves a PBY-5a though).
but let's be honest, the BV-141 has gotta be the Blohmin' Vost one ever built.

Johnny.

I've waited 55 years to re-use that joke.