So you have all the money in the world and want a plane...

[CyranoAH]

I'm with Holden, but I'd settle for a Catalina

Daniel

[Edbert1]

Originally posted by Skydancer
If I had all the money in the world?

Easy

The most beautifull aeroplane ever built!

What Mark is that with three bladed prop and the Gryphon engine?

[LePaul]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
I hear these are pretty cool, even if they don't go above mach.

What is this? Details...looks cool!

[REP0MAN]

Hey LePaul, I did my flight training at Deer Valley Airport where that place is at. Flew there for almost 5 years. Used to watch these things take off and land. They are super cool. Except when coming on 25r or 25l over the mountain, appeared to be a little tricky as these guys were usually right at legal speed under 10k.

Usually there are about 15 or so of these things, in various states of rebuilding, sitting on the north side of the airport by our hangers. Great buch of guys that work over there.

If I had the money?

This would be it......CLICK

[Toad]

LP, it's a Javelin.

Javelin

[LePaul]

Interesting site...all diagrams...they have any/many of these flying?

[Hangtime]

Ok, so my tastes in aviating style doesn't involve my hair being on fire doing mach 2....



This is a very nice lil Aeronca L-16. Aviating along quite nicely, windows open, lotsa scenery.. you can see folks smile and wave.. and you ain't so buzy trying to put yer flaming hair out that you can't smile and wave back.

[Furball]

Originally posted by Edbert
What Mark is that with three bladed prop and the Gryphon engine?

its a V, has a merlin engine.

If i had all the money in the world.. i would own a Spitfire as above and an SE5A (something about them i just love)

Something about WWI aircraft... To quote Cecil Lewis (56 Squadron SE5 pilot): -

The way the Earth looked, falling; swallowing to stop deafness at altitude; the screams of wires; stars between the wings; grass blown down when engines were run up; the smell - of dope, and castor oil and vanish in new cockpits; moonlight shining on struts; the gasps before the dive; machine-guns

[Skydancer]

Furball is that the RAE replica SE5a My old man made the bits that hold the bracing wires to the wings when he was an apprentice at Farnborough. Dunno what they are called.

[stiehl]

or  
Always liked these for some reason.

[Charon]

I would dig up the rest of the 38s on Iceland and try to put together enough to give one to the Air Force Museum, one to the Smithsonian and one, the least original, to keep as a flyer.

Charon