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Post by reccephreak on Oct 21, 2009 1:37:57 GMT
Well, I will start off with ones I have personally worked on:
Lockheed U-2C & U-2R Dragon Lady
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
McDonnell Douglas RF-4 Phantom II
Teledyne Ryan AQM-34 series Firebee recce drones
And for ones that played a significant role in military events:
Spitfire PR variants
P-38 PR variants
P-51 PR variants
Larry
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Post by ajsr71 on Oct 21, 2009 12:48:19 GMT
Lockheed U-2A / C / R / S Dragon Lady
Lockheed A-12 Oxcart
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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Post by johnsheehan on Oct 21, 2009 15:47:54 GMT
OK Predictable I know; but for me it has to be the Canberra, including the RB.57's culminating in the PR.9, as for the other types, Mosquito, and SR.71
John
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Post by sanguin on Oct 21, 2009 16:19:30 GMT
'spose it's showing my age, but how about going back to the the beginnings?
Cody kites.....well, why not? Uses an aerofoil for lift......carries a man......
Maurice Farman Longhorn (or its Shorthorn successors)
Etrich Taube
Albatros C1
Dirigibles and Zeppelins of varying types (may be stretching the aircraft bit rather too far, methinks)
Lockheed 12A as flown by Sidney Cotton (sneaky-beaky recce....)
Spitfires of the PR ilk
L2-L6 Grasshopper series
Time to leave, I think.
John
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Post by COLIN SHIPTON-KNIGHT on Oct 21, 2009 19:21:46 GMT
Hmmmmm,
Interesting. Some predictable choices, not without justification though, and I have to completely agree with any aircraft, does not have to be heavier than air.
Of course mark one eyeball cannot be ignored..... Doesn't have to have a camera or any other fancy piece of technology used in the aircraft....
I think I will wait a little longer to express my thoughts/choices. To see what else crops up.....
Colin
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Post by Paul Senter on Dec 17, 2009 22:14:56 GMT
OK
Some appropriate choices, however how about the Arado Ar 234 - first jet powered recce mission. Definitely a significant milestone.
Paul
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Post by MikeC on Dec 18, 2009 20:33:46 GMT
RF-8 Crusader - played a key role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. (As an aside, ever seen the film "13 Days"? If not, you've missed a treat)
F9F-8P Cougar - I just love the "beautiful ugliness" of this beast.
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Post by popeye on Dec 27, 2009 15:02:32 GMT
Well, preferences are personal I assume,
but I somehow wonder why not more votes for:
Two Merlins and the most elegant furniture ever to have flown far and wide, outrunning and outclimbing everything exept the first jets at the very end of the great unpleasantness -
DeHavilland's iconic Mosquito !
All the best for a happy and healthy New Year to everybody.
Rolf
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Post by MikeC on Jan 6, 2010 16:57:41 GMT
A further thought - what about those overgrown Canberras - RB-57D, E (was there an E?) and F? Amazing.
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Post by johnsheehan on Jan 6, 2010 18:04:13 GMT
Hi Mike
There was indeed an RB.57E, 2 different types, one much more capable than the other, both with standard span wings.
John
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Post by MikeC on Oct 31, 2012 8:20:24 GMT
Spare a thought too for all the light aircraft, from the Auster to the Cessna Skymaster, used in the Artillery Spotting/FAC roles - particularly the various Auster variants, a classic design if there ever was one.
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