For the reliable workhorse, I'd go with the DC3's counterpart, the good old Tante Ju. There are still some around - she flies occasionally over my house:

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4955/ju2pb.jpg


As a tech demo, I find the Me 262 pretty cool - the dawn of a new era of flight:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...t_ILA_2006.jpg

MkV Spitfire
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1425/img1040nd.jpg
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8039/img1044cz.jpg

P-47G Snafu
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8995/img0818vh.jpg
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3930/img0815vg.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/1396/img0863et.jpg
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1214/img1205g.jpg

I may be wrong but I think I recall reading in a magazine article about photo recon Spitfires that the fastest photo recon mission flown by a propeller powered aircraft was flown by a Spitfire.I will have to see if I still have that magazine.

"Chalk up one more Jerry Me109 on the board for Jimbuna lads!":Kaleun_Cheers:

Off the top of my head, you are correct.

[PEDANTISM] Bf-109, dammit, Bf-109![/PEDANTISM]

:yep:

The Lockheed L-133, the 1939 design for a jet that technology-wise was the equal of planes from the 50´s.
Much more advanced than the Me-262 or the De Havilland. Such a shame none were ever built.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-133

http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/His...133/L133_1.jpg

Hurricane. My mother helped build them.

Shortly after that shot was taken we got moved along for touching the damn thing :)

On a trip to the 'Planes of Fame' museum at Chino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes_of_Fame_Air_Museum
http://planesoffame.org/index.php?page=static-flying
with my friend Rocky we were admiring a restrored Bf-109G when he said they were hard to stall and grabbed one of the forward wing slats and racked it out and in a couple of times. WHACK! WHACK!

To my surprise no one came over and yelled at us.

Yeah but my friend fired her engine up :)



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I was cheeky and touched the Sopwith Pup, Spitfire and Hurricane at the RAF Museum. No-one came along to have a go at me, but I did get static shocks from both the Hurri and Spit! :haha:

These are some of the prettiest planes ever...

Don't you just love the sound of those engines? :Kaleun_Smile:

I love World War 2-Korean War age military aircraft.

F-86 Sabre is one of my favorite jets of all time but this isn't a jet thread. It's for WW2 aircraft. I like the Mosquito and B-25 too...I forgot to add them to my list earlier....


And the A6M....gotta love the "Zeke" :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

I'm also fond of WW2 dive bombers...the Stuka, Dauntless, Helldiver, D3 Val...