5 greatest planes of all time?

[Enker]

1. S.E.5a (Its a nice plane over 80 mph)
2. F2A Brewster Buffalo (It was the greatest screw-up in naval aviation orders.)
3. DC-3 (It is still alive.)
4. B-52 (Bomber, still alive)
5. F-86 Sabre (A jet from when flying was done with sticks, not joysticks)

[Fishu]

2. F2A Brewster Buffalo (It was the greatest screw-up in naval aviation orders.)

Hey now, Brewster was a great plane against the soviets and holds a record

[crazyivan]

1. SR-71 Blackbird : It's still the fastest <known> aircraft. lightyears ahead of its time
2. F-14 Tomcat : I think we are all well aware of its awesome capabilties even if its image was tarnished slightly by that midget cruise
3. P-51 Mustang : Took on every other enemy aircraft of the time and beat them all...again ahead of its time
4. F-15 Eagle : Designed to beat a soviet aircraft that eisted but wasn't the plane the U.S. thought it was (Mig 25 foxbat). Ahead of its time and has a exlempary combat record
5. A-10 Warthog : the grunts best freind. When your in the poop and in a tight spot nothing like calling in close in air support when nothing less than 30mm depleted uranium will do to completely devastate that pesky tank giving you the drizzily squirts.

They have a show on the military channel where they list the top 10's of different military hardware. I ussually dont agree with most of their assumptions especially regarding aircraft.

as a side note, I thought the space shuttle wasn't considered a aircraft but a sub-orbital glider. Doesnt meet the requirements for a aircraft

I like these picks myself. a-10 is planned to be active 20 more years . Same with th B-52 but thats the #1 bomber. IMO

[1Boner]

I've always been kinda partial to the B-58 and B-47.

But have to admit the SR-71 was some kinda dream machine!

Though the 58 and 47 were short lived--they were ahead of their time and their development lead to some amazing planes.

[Anaxogoras]

1. Fokker D.VII
2. Bf 109
3. B-17
4. Mig 21
5. SR-71

[Saxman]

My list of WWII American aircraft (so I'm not saying it's my be-all, end-all of greatest planes period):

1. F4U-4 - Best American fighter of the war, if not the best all-around Allied fighter period. Sorry Pony fans.

2. C-47 - Workhorse transport and cargo plane. Couldn't have won the war without it.

3. SBD Dauntless - Sunk more enemy tonnage in the Pacific than any other aircraft, and was second only to the submarine in total tonnage sunk.

4. F4F Wildcat - She may have been out-performed by the P-38, F4U and F6F, and out-classed by her chief adversaries, but it was the Wildcat that saw the Americans through Coral Sea and Midway. Japan had enough experienced pilots after Midway to recover in aircrews, if not warships, but they could never recover from the losses suffered at Guadalcanal. And it was the Wildcat that drove that nail into the coffin.

5. B-24 Liberator - The B-17 may be more famous, but the Liberator was the workhorse of the bomber fleets.

[Furball]

I think that Concorde and the SR-71 should be on any list, also the Bleriot Monoplane was probably more important than any other type in the development of early aviation in my opinion.  C-47 deserves a place, as does the Spitfire for being the symbol of the free world against Nazism, so i guess that is my 5.

[Angus]

How much alike we are. I had Bleriot/curtiss, Spit/109, C47, 747 and if I recall right..the Concord.
(taken with a grain of salt on the last day of the year )

[sluggish]

1. P-51d
2. P-51h
3. P-51b
4. F-82
5. A-36

 

[Steve]

I think the Harrier deserves being mentioned.

[Tom5572]

For Fighters (no order):
bf109 Series (most kills in WWII)
F4 Phantom II (My Dad flew 'em and they are still active today, 1956-2009 is a long time for a fighter)
F15 (over thirty years of operations and not a single combat loss air to air)
MIG-21 (Deadly nimble little fighter)
Sopwith Camel

Attack (again no order)
A-10 (most beautiful aircraft ever made)
A-1 (Sandy saved a lot of pilots and served in two wars)
F4U Corsairs (tough choice to put it as fighter or attact)
AC-47 (Puff, need I say more?)
AC-130 (New and improved Puff)

Bombers
B-52
Tu-95 Bear
B-29 (Kept my Grand Father from having to go into Japan too)
B-25 (fly a bomber off a carrier, are you crazy?)
B-17

General Aviation
Write Flyer
DC3/C47
Ford Trimotor
Boeing 707
Concord

[infowars]

Opinions are like a....... uh never mind. 

Frame the question differently and get different results.  Which plane gave us the most bang for our buck?

[Enker]

Hey now, Brewster was a great plane against the soviets and holds a record

I said:

2. F2A Brewster Buffalo (It was the greatest screw-up in naval aviation orders.)

, not anything about scores against the Soviets

[Fishu]

I said: , not anything about scores against the Soviets

Without their screw up we would've missed it's greatness

[E25280]

DC3/C47.  I don't know that any other bird has had such a worldwide impact and is still working after 70 years

QFT