Your favorite post-war aircraft

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Ill take an F-14 anyday over anything and take on anything with it
but post war id say the supersonic valkarie, superhornet F-18, F-15 and the new F-35, the A-10 warthog.
 
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my dad taking me to see it land for the very lat time at Wright Patterson. I was just shy of three years old, but I still remember seeing that big bird land. There were cars parked up and down the street by the runway to see it. Anyway, here are the specs:

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 105 ft.
Length: 185 ft. 10 in. without boom; 192 ft. 2 in. with boom
Height: 30 ft. 9 in.
Weight: 534,700 lbs. loaded
Armament: None
Engines: Six General Electric YJ-93s of 30,000 lbs. thrust each with afterburner.
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 2,056 mph. (Mach 3.1) at 73,000 ft.
Cruising speed: 2,000 mph. (Mach 3.0) at 72,000 ft.
Range: 4,288 miles
Service Ceiling: 77,350 ft.

Source: USAF Museum
 
my choice fellas
TSR2
Lightning
Harrier
B52
Blackbird
A10

707 Cause it was the first jet I flew in (big leap forward)
747 Transport revolutionary plane
 

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A truly awesome machine! So advanced for it's day, in fact, that I would imagine the sheer cost of trying to mass produce it for the air force would all but bankrupt the country. Too bad, really.
 
I doubt it would have bankrupt the country, I bet it wasn't even as expensive as the Tornado. Now, THAT'S an expensive pile of junk. At least the TSR.2 was good.
 

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