Bucket list rides...

[ThinkingManNeil]

Saw this question over on Facebook relating to R/C model aircraft, but it's relevant here, too. I know we all have our FS wishlists, but which full-size aircraft is on your "I want a ride" Bucket List??? And your preferences can refer to realistic possibilities, fantasy dream rides, and "if they still existed I'd go in a minute"...

Mine are:

1) Lockheed CF-104D Starfighter (pure, blinding speed)

2) McD-D A-4F Skyhawk (for its nimbleness)

3) Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX or Mosquito FB.VI (historicity)

4) Antonov An-225 (sheer power)

5) Ryan ST-A (the beauty of flight)

...and because it's my post I'm gonna cheat and add one more...

6) Ultraflight Lazair ( Low 'n Slow fun)

Rides I've had:

B-25 Mitchell

Boeing Stearman

AT-6 Texan/Harvard - several times (got a good amount of stick time in those)

DC-3 (one of the world's highest time examples)

N.

[trucker17]

B17 flying fortress

B24 Liberator

F86 Sabor

F14 tomcat

Already flown in:

P51 Mustang

P40 warhawk

B25 Mitchell

F4 Phantom

[odourboy]

Keeping it real... i.e. on a aircraft that is actually available for flights, I would love to do an L-39 Albatros intro flight like one of these:

http://www.migflug.com/en/jet-fighte...orida-usa.html

[ColoKent]

Mine are:

1) Apollo Command/Service Module

2) Rockwell OV-1XX Shuttle Orbiter

3) Soyuz TM

4) NASA T-38A/N

5) Lockheed TF-104G/CF-104D Starfighter

6) Lockheed SR-71A

7) Lockheed U-2R/S

8) Cessna T-37B (Actually did this one on 17 June 81 - AFROTC Summer Training "Dollar Ride")

9) Panavia Toronado (Stupidly did not jump on an offer to travel to UK and do this...from my old RAF boss in the desert 2004)

10) Lockheed SP-2H Neptune

Kent

[Navy Chief]

I guess you could say I pretty much fulfilled that bucket list, way back in the early 70s. USN Phantoms, Buckeyes, Talons (USNTPS), Skyhawks, a Tomcat, and civilian-contract owned B-25 (Calspan Corp).

There were two other types I suited up for, but both times the aircraft had maintenance problems, and the flights were cancelled.

RA-5C Vigilante, and A-6A Intruder.

Last flight I ever got was F/A-18D, while with VFA-106, around 1987 timeframe. NC

[Moses03]

Some that come to mind...

Avro Shackleton Mk.2

Convair CV-240

Douglas DC-6

Boeing B-29

Lockheed L-749

[falcon409]

Like NC I've checked several off; F-100F in '67, a Christen Eagle in late 80's and the best of all, the F-16D on 17 June 2002. A few others come to mind as well:
OV-10 Bronco
O-1 Mohawk.

[ColoKent]

Oh boy, Ed...F-100F.....WOW! And the Bronco and OV-1 (especially the OV-1!!!) are personal favorites too...

K

[PRB]

Hmm. Cool Planes I've already rode in:

US-3 (Navy mail plane version S-3 Viking) ** With carrier landing!
DHC-6
DC-6 (C-118 Navy version)
Cessna 335 (O-2 Navy version)
B-17G

Planes I need:

B-24
B-25
B-29
TBM

[hairyspin]

There's an outfit in the UK doing rides in a two-seat Spitfire for £2,750 and up. All contributions gratefully received...

[Duckie]

I am envious of some of the rides listed above!

I've checked off a few myself, courtesy of Uncle Sam, but still have a couple I'd love to get.

Got:
Grumman OV-1A, B, C (short and long wing) 4 yrs a TO in OV-1s
Douglas C-47 - US Army T.O. Training
Bell UH-1D - US Army
Hiller H-23 - US Army
Cessna O-1D - US Army
DeHavilland DH-2 Beaver - US Army
DeHavilland DH-3 - US Army
Boeing B-17G Yankee Lady - Willow Run 2005

Want:
P-51
Any Military (current or ex) Fast mover!

[Lane Street]

The Spruce Goose.

[Rami]

Hey guys,

I gotta throw mine in....Gee-Bee Model R.

[T6flyer]

I've been lucky in the past to have sampled over 250 types, but still hanker for the odd few.......B-25, Dassault Flamant, Pilatus P2, Sea Fury.

Martin

[rvn817j]

You guys are in big trouble now. When my wife hears what I'm doing, I'm blaming y'all! (There's a Berkut kit available and it's on my bucket list.)

[Flyboy208]

Neat stuff guys.

Have flown in the F/A-18B , T-28, PT-19, Pilatus P-3, Bell 407, Bell 429, Sikorsky S-58T, Beech 18, Lear 24, Kingair 200, Zlin 526F, and many other GA aircraft. Would love to get my hands on the Agusta-Westland 609 tiltrotor.

Mike

[JimmyRFR]

You all have turned this into a "been there, done that" thread!

There's so many I'd be happy to take a spin in that I'd need more space and time than I've got here.

The only thing interesting (to me) that I've done is sit right seat on a DHC-3 on floats.

[Bjoern]

Anything with wings.


Yes, I'm that desparate.

[Dutcheeseblend]

I just want to fly in a real Fokker (a real one, right?).

But a Su-27 (or any Flanker), Tu-95, Tu-22M3, Mil Harke and in general anything Russian would be very appreciated too!

[Jafo]

If it's to be only one....it'd be a Thud.


Only thing I've been in worth writing about....DC3 [first time was 60 years ago....last time...a couple of months...and that one is the Youngest still flying [airframe-wise]...

A380s....707s...Jumbles....they don't count...