patrick55 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 If you had to pick ANY aircraft in which to have a final flight in, which would it be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest burbles1 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Bleriot XI across the Channel ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Space Shuttle of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Me too, Space Shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 hey but i'm going to do the drivin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Do the Driven. I thought that control did most of that. IF I was there I would like a Space Shuttle ON COURSE. ( Joking) Think I would just enjoy the view. Hard one this. Do you want a nostalgia trip. A WOW! Bragging rights event or a go in a plane and an environment where the sheer piloting and geography was an extreme experience. Need time on this. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 SR-71, MiG-31, something that goes really fast and high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanzahero Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Air Ambulance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick55 Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 I still can't decide, extreme would be fun but not sure if thats how I would like to spend my last flight (under extreme g's etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Pre-Pearly Gates penultimate flight? Methinks any small float plane (Maule, 172, Rans, et al, etc) after an afternoon's fishing off the floats on a remote lake/river in Northern Canada or Tasmania or NZ. That's how it all started and poetically, should finish. Ah, the art of reminiscing - one of the few benefits of advancing years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit12 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 WWI biplane, something like a Pup. Fresh air, goggles and leather helmet, white scarf and just as the dawn breaks on a crisp morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Pup etc. Yeah. Sopwith Pup. Smoke and Castor oil all over you on a crisp frosty morning in an open cockpit without a heater. I must be getting soft. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Spitfire with a few mates playing chase. :big_grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denmit Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 No contest - P51D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 last Flight. Could have been an A-380 for some Qantas passengers, thanks to RR. That was close actually. Wait for the report. Hell of a responsibility building those giant motors. Even the CF-6 was having a turbine disc inspection on each turn around on one chariot I was on. (Result of a uncontained engine failure and hull loss out of Ankara. (Air France)). Now one of the most reliable engines around. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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