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nthdegx — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:25:01 -0800

An airplane hall of fame. Talk about rekindling childhood passions. I got a real kick out of reading this.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:28:13 -0800

One of the runners up: the Lockheed Constellation. What a beautiful aeroplane.

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:37:00 -0800

We've still got DC-3's flying round Cape Town. except now the once mighty 'Dakota' has been relegated to schlepping tourists round the peninsula.

By: JollyWanker

JollyWanker — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:06:16 -0800

Bummer: not even a mention of the Concorde... How soon they forget...

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:10:33 -0800

Actually, it is mentioned, if not by name.

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:15:08 -0800

I flew in a DC 3 as a teenager - pretty amazing. I was lucky enough to fly in the Concorde around the same time...can't believe it wasn't mentioned... I've taken flying lessons in a Cessna...there's nothing to beat the feeling of it struggling to leave the ground, then doing so when you have the airspeed...it just floats up and you take it higher and higher. One thing though - the Me262 was the second production and combat jet aircraft - Britain's Gloster Meteor beat by a week, and stayed in service for about 40 years in various capacities...

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:44:02 -0800

This reminds me of my very favorite feature of Philadelphia's Franklin Institute when I was two. It was a glassed-in display case the entire length of a corridor, in which depended fanatically detailed models representing the history of aviation, in sequence. Mmmmm, North American B-70 Valkyrie. Mmmmm, Ryan X-13 Vertijet. Etc. ad libitum.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 09:55:46 -0800

American Plane Hall of Fame. There was one nod to the German first jet aircraft. B-17? Victors write the history, Germans, Russians, Japanese all had important WWII planes. No British planes?

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:27:35 -0800

adamgreenfield, if you ever find yourself within 100 miles of Dayton, OH (you're a bit far, judging from your profile), go to the AF museum. They have a hall of experimental planes, including the Ryan X-13 and the only XB-70 left in existance. The Valkyrie is ENORMOUS. I have no idea how they got something that gigantic going that fast. The SR-71 looks like an ant next to it.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:34:42 -0800

they listed the b-17. wasn't that the plane (ater the raf's lancasters) used for the massacre of civilians in dresden? and also famous for being shot down (they flew during the day). seems an odd one to remember. if you're going to recognise something from ww2 wouldn't a spitfire be more appropriate? oh, and the b-29 below just. boy, they're on a roll... (and then they rate the spitfire lower than the mustang. sigh.)

By: ssukotto

ssukotto — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 12:28:56 -0800

Man, they left out the U2, the Rosencrantz to the Cold War's Hamlet.

By: Wet Spot

Wet Spot — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 12:35:52 -0800

The Udvar-Hazy Center opens December 15, with the original Enterprise, an SR-71, and the Enola Gay.

By: damclean2

damclean2 — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:41:46 -0800

Yeah, it's msnbc, so we can't expect a lot of international variety. What about the dehavilland Beaver? Or the Dash 8? /sarcasm\ Or... nevermind, nothing good ever happens outside the US... /sarcasm\