My five:
- U2
- F4 Phantom
- DC-3
- Beech 18
- C130 Hercules
Mine would be:
DeHavilland Hornet
Pitts S1S
Messerschmitt 108
Bucker Jungmeister
Grumman F3F
The first and last are basically impossible but I’d happily substitute a (possible) Yak 50 and Ryan ST
This is rather difficult. Some are going to happen some day, others are impossible.
The plausible ones (some day soon):
OK, I understand this as the ‘impossible dream’ question (sims don’t count !), so here goes:
Boeing 747
Space Shuttle
SR71
F104
DC3
Ultra nomad on the possible Boeing Stearman dream did you mean Old Buck’s or the Manston one now operating out of Kent?
Hawker Hunter
Twin Commanche
Citation 500/1
A320/30
DC3
RobertL18C, I meant Enstone Airlines. Tom Gilbert maintains a few owned by others and owns at least two restoration pieces himself. When I was there in early December, one of them was fairly close to completion.
Cessna 208 Caravan
Dassault Falcon 7X / 900 / 2000
Pilatus PC12
Piper Matrix / Malibu / Meridian
Rockwell Commander 114 / 115
I like to think there is some hope that I could actually fly most of these one day. My list was slightly more modest until I dropped another TP squeeze the Falcon in. Might as well be truly aspirational.
Grumman F8F Bearcat, the ultimate piston
Yak1B because my grandmothers cousin flew (and unfortunately died in one in 1943) as part of the Free French Normandie Niemen squadron in Russia
After a struggle over a MkVII Spitfire, go for a P51D Mustang
Pilatus PC7
Rafale
But this is (for me) like the question “when I win the Euromillions”. Looking at my responses, I suspect that my actual slow flying might be driving my choice for agile aircraft!