Most beautiful fighter, bomber, and any kind of airplanes!!!

[Viper]

F-14s are also bigger, heavier and older though

 

[Nonskimmer]

The newer model F/A-18's are pretty lethal. Good looking, too!
Actually, so were the older models. Both lethal and good looking, that is.

 

[evangilder]

Yeah! The Super Hornet is really cool. Nice clean lines and something to see. Here is a Canadian Hornet from the 1986 Air Fete at RAF Mildenhall, just for you, NS. I took this in the morning before the gates opened to the public. 8)

 

[Nonskimmer]

Thanks for the pic, evan.
Unfortunately, the Canadian Air Force is still using the old F/A-18A's and B's, that were bought in 1982 (called CF-18's in Canadian service). In all that time, they've only had two major avionics upgrades that I'm aware of.

Still, I guess it beats the old second hand Voodoos they were flying before that.

 

[Adolf Galland]

The best looking fighter has to be the F-22 with stealth to camoflage it and deadly turns and stuff AND it can supercruise (cruise at supersonic speed without the use of an afterburner), and bomber is B-2 (there are not much to choose anyway), and WWII, the best looking fighter is the Me-262 'cause the wing looks mad cool and bomber is the V-1(if it counts??) or if not then the He-111.

 

[Nonskimmer]

On the subject of "Might-have-beens" for just a second, the UK had the TSR2, the US had (and may yet have) the F-22, and Canada had...the CF-105 Arrow.

These pics are actually of a full-scale mock-up that was built for a made for TV movie, but they show what, in my opinion, was an awesome interceptor! Years ahead of it's time, in 1958!
It was cancelled by the government, due to massive cost overruns. They opted to buy second hand F-101 Voodoos from the USAF instead.

 

[evangilder]

The Voodoo was cool, but geez, that was in my dad's era in the AF! (1959-1963)

 

[Nonskimmer]

I know. It's an old tradition up here. Keep 'em going for 30 to 40 years, in some cases.

 

[evangilder]

It pretty close to that here these days, the F-16 was developed in the 70s. The first flight of it was on January 20, 1974! The first of 20 prototype F-15 Eagles had it's first flight in July of 1972! While they are great airplanes, they are getting pretty darn old.

F-14 first flight December 21, 1970. F-18, June 9, 1974. You get the idea. We need to get some fresh technology into new airframes.

The F-15s did not do well against the Indian Air force recently. The Indians were flying the newer MiGs and Sukhois. That should have been a wake up call to the JCS and the pentagon. I hope the got the message 5 by 5, if you know what I mean.

Sorry, stepping off the soapbox now.

 

[kiwimac]

Fw-190 for me, plus HE 100 and the He 280.

Kiwimac

 

[Nonskimmer]

Sorry, stepping off the soapbox now.

That's ok. I tend to wear it out too, at times.

 

[evangilder]

It must have both of our footprints imbedded in it!

 

[NightHawk]

Non is more beautiful then the Su-47

 

[evangilder]

That is a good looking plane. I don't know much about it though.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I likes the MiG 31

And also the Ta-183

 

[mosquitoman]

deHavilland Vampire, if just for the name. Best looking twin boom aircraft ever

 

[cheddar cheese]

Except the P-38 and the P-61 and the Fw-189 In fact, I think the Vampire is downright ugly 8)

 

[mosquitoman]

Each to their own, personally I don't like the looks of the Fw189 or the P-61 but the P-38 runs the Vampire close

 

[cheddar cheese]

For me the Vampires booms are too close together and the cockpit is too bulbous...

I FAR prefer the Lightning

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i like the vampire.........

and the Su-47, very good call, she's an exeptionally manouverable bird...........