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10 Aircraft that Changed Aviation

Glad to see they put some sort of flying boat on there. I'm not into aviation, but if I could have any plane it would be a refurbished Albatross.
 
I feel sorry for Pan-Am. Had it not been for them, three of those aircraft would have not been developed (B314, B707, B747).

They were the first casualty of airline terrorism.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
I do find it a little weird that the Wright brother's plane wasn't among them. 🙂
Now to read the article.
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I think they were looking for planes that affected aviation once aviation began...

I only disagreed with two of their choices: The 747 vs the 707 (the DC3 deserved it's mention) and the Spitfire vs the Mustang. If the Spitfire had been produced in the US, or in enough volume to be used as much as the Mustang, it would have performed the same. Plus it has the singular distinction of being one of 2 planes that kept Britain alive during the Battle of Britain.

They didn't list the biggest POS of WWII: The Brewster Buffalo. Aptly named plane with miserable performance.
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I feel sorry for Pan-Am. Had it not been for them, three of those aircraft would have not been developed (B314, B707, B747).

They were the first casualty of airline terrorism.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this.

That was a good read - Thanks!

 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Also, the official max altitude of the SR-71 is still classified. I do know that it's a lot more than 85K feet.
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i'm sure mach 3.2 is not the "official" top speed. that is one bad arse spy plane.
 
Originally posted by: Cyberian
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I feel sorry for Pan-Am. Had it not been for them, three of those aircraft would have not been developed (B314, B707, B747).

They were the first casualty of airline terrorism.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this.

That was a good read - Thanks!
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Pan-Am's downfall was triggered by the downing of Pan-Am flight 103 over Scotland. It was a Frankfurt to New York flight, and a bomb was placed in the cargo area.
 
Originally posted by: m2kewl
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Also, the official max altitude of the SR-71 is still classified. I do know that it's a lot more than 85K feet.
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i'm sure mach 3.2 is not the "official" top speed. that is one bad arse spy plane.
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And that's a plane we know about.. I'm curious what else they had up their sleaves.
 
Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: m2kewl
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Also, the official max altitude of the SR-71 is still classified. I do know that it's a lot more than 85K feet.
Click to expand...

i'm sure mach 3.2 is not the "official" top speed. that is one bad arse spy plane.
Click to expand...

And that's a plane we know about.. I'm curious what else they had up their sleaves.
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aurora - successor to sr-71. supposedly rumored 100k' ceiling, mach 6
 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Originally posted by: Cyberian
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I feel sorry for Pan-Am. Had it not been for them, three of those aircraft would have not been developed (B314, B707, B747).

They were the first casualty of airline terrorism.
Click to expand...
I'm not sure what you mean by this.

That was a good read - Thanks!
Click to expand...

Pan-Am's downfall was triggered by the downing of Pan-Am flight 103 over Scotland. It was a Frankfurt to New York flight, and a bomb was placed in the cargo area.
Click to expand...
Gotcha!
I remember it well, I just didn't get the connection until you explained it.

 
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
What was the point of the drone?
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To cross the Soviet Union and China without endangering a pilot, they didn't want an other Gary Powers(U-2 shoot down) incident.

 
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Originally posted by: Kenazo
I do find it a little weird that the Wright brother's plane wasn't among them. 🙂
Now to read the article.
Click to expand...

I think they were looking for planes that affected aviation once aviation began...

I only disagreed with two of their choices: The 747 vs the 707 (the DC3 deserved it's mention) and the Spitfire vs the Mustang. If the Spitfire had been produced in the US, or in enough volume to be used as much as the Mustang, it would have performed the same. Plus it has the singular distinction of being one of 2 planes that kept Britain alive during the Battle of Britain.

They didn't list the biggest POS of WWII: The Brewster Buffalo. Aptly named plane with miserable performance.
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the spit fire had a huge defect though....everytime the plane went up to a high G lift , the gas would stop feeding into the engine.....but, the spitfire had a ton lot more range.

german pilots took advantage of this, so everytime they found a spitfire on their tails, they would lift up into the sky w/ their fuel injected engines and the spitfires couldn't keep up.

no other prop fighter was as versaitile as the mustang.

of course, the spitfire was one of the major reasons why battle of britain was won.
 
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