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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by TankBuster » Mon May 21, 2018 9:44 am

I don't have a least favourite aircraft. The only thing which I used to dislike was Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopter display team, The Grasshoppers. Now they were boring!

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by a321 » Mon May 21, 2018 9:50 am

Mine has to be the Alpha Jet slow and boring, and why buy one when you could have bought a Bae Hawk. A321

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by acw367 » Mon May 21, 2018 11:42 am

Gazelle and F-27 Friendship. The engine noise is too annoying, a very high pitched whine on both.

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by trotsenstein » Mon May 21, 2018 12:14 pm

Tucano. Dull as dish water
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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by toom317 » Mon May 21, 2018 12:16 pm

Grob Tutor. Most boring aircraft I have ever seen displayed at an airshow.
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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by Mark » Mon May 21, 2018 12:21 pm

Tucano or Tutor, can't decide which...
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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by Surrey Sam » Mon May 21, 2018 12:58 pm

Anything that has a RAF 100 sticker on it.

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by quid21 » Mon May 21, 2018 1:12 pm

F-16 seen one, you seen em'all!

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by FAlcons » Mon May 21, 2018 1:15 pm

Green helicopters in general, but If I have to choose only one: AH-64 Apache.

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by yellowcake-uf6 » Mon May 21, 2018 1:42 pm

P8 Poseidon... just looks like any other 737. Or the Phenom 100...it's too squashed up and stubby. Yeuch!

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by slogen51 » Mon May 21, 2018 1:59 pm

the concerned wrote:
Mon May 21, 2018 7:18 am
Mine has to be the mig 29. It may provide a exciting airshow peace but from a tactical point of view it is absolutely useless.


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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by paddyboy » Mon May 21, 2018 2:43 pm

Blackcat1 +1 ;)

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by Bushpilot » Mon May 21, 2018 2:54 pm

Got to be the Phenom - looks like a badly rearranged transformer.
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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by The Phantom » Mon May 21, 2018 5:39 pm

Blackcat1 +2

The thought of Europe being awash with those in a few years is puke inducing!!

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by reheat module » Mon May 21, 2018 6:32 pm

I don't dislike the Hawk, as it's kept me from a number of "Blank" days in the loop.
However, when it's red, part of a nine-ship millstone which is seriously outdated, performing laboriously distant manoeuvres, then I know it's toilet-break time.
And yes, I was overtly involved in their function for 4 years!
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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by jindivik » Mon May 21, 2018 7:58 pm

a321 wrote:
Mon May 21, 2018 9:50 am
Mine has to be the Alpha Jet slow and boring, and why buy one when you could have bought a Bae Hawk. A321
HI A321,
I agree with you, they were bought to replace the Hawks at DERA/QINETIQ Llanbedr being used as Shepherd Aircraft as the Raf wanted the T1s back, the O/C at the time at Llanbedr was ex GAF pilot who I believe got them to replace the Hawk as the shepherd for the Jindivik Drone to be used on the Aberporth Range, they were still in Luftwaffe camo when operating from Llanbedr before painted Black when Llanbedr closed and they went back to Boscombe Down. I think 9 were bought 4 operational and 5 spares

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by the concerned » Tue May 22, 2018 5:49 am

You know what these type of posts are getting tedious as the title says your least favourite aircraft. But when you post something that people don't like oh dear they throw their rattle out the pram . My post was my opinion I do require or need other people's permission grow up :grr:

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by slogen51 » Tue May 22, 2018 7:37 am

Blimmee! there was only one post expressing surprise you don't like the Mig-29 - mine - and I thought that was reasonably light hearted and also I reserve the right to disagree.

My least favourite plane is anything I have already logged :)

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by gyvespa » Tue May 22, 2018 8:11 am

I always thought this was a bit of an ugly bug.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgley_Optica

I have seen one, it didn’t look any better in the flesh.
I bet most people have tried to forget them.
I like most aircraft, but this is low down on the list along with the Antonov AN2, an aircraft that when it appears at an airshow, gives you time to go for a pee, get a drink, grow a beard, etc and still see most of the first pass.

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Re: Least favourite aircraft?

Post by Nighthawke » Tue May 22, 2018 8:37 am

Great - gives me a chance to get an unrestricted photograph :thumb:

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