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What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

MisterCairo

I'll Lock Up
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Gads Hill, Ontario
^^^

The RCAF used to fly its cousin, the Canadair CT-133:

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Orange County, CA
Mitsubishi A6M Zero


Song: Rabaul Naval Air Corps March
Lyrics (very rough translation)

Silver wings lined up on the Southern Front
Its dauntless defenders, the Sea Eagles,
Will smash the enemy in a hail of bullets
We're the glorious Rabaul Naval Air Corps!

Though outnumbered we fly into the enemy and attack
We'll give it our all and jump into the fray
Even the flower that I found is in my pocket smiling
Because we're the Rabaul Naval Air Corps!

With the burning fighting spirit of the Navy
We face the bright southern sun
We'll destroy the enemy in the waves of clouds
Shouting we're the Rabaul Naval Air Corps!

We gaze at the midnight stars
To forget the day's fearsome battle
The spirits of fallen warriors speaks to me
We're the Rabaul Naval Air Corps!

Several of Japan's top aces, including Saburo Sakai and Hiroshi Nishizawa, were with the Rabaul Naval Air Corps, aka Tainan Naval Air Corps.






 
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Stearmen

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Got a ride in this GM Turkeycat almost 30 years ago! The coolest thing about it was, when the wings were folding and unfolding, a really loud car horn continuously honked, beep, beep, beep, until the wings were locked.
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Stearmen

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After looking through a bunch of old photos I took, I too am a sucker for the Bent Wing Whistling Death!
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Mad Hatter

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I have many perennial favorites, though as a former pilot I could go on and on.
B-17 G of course
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Also P-51D, Spitfire MkVi, Personally flown the North AMerican Harvard (AT-6), Douglas A-26 Invader, DC-3, CT-33 Silver Star, and CF-101 Voodoo.
 

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