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Since we're doing liveries, I thought this might as well be posted. (Mine are in no particular order)

 

1. Sukhoi Superjet 100 - I love this alternative to the EJet and Cseries aircraft, despite any criticism.

 

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Boeing 767 (Any variant) I've flown on it the most in terms of long range travel, and It's just a comfortable, and reliable airplane, which I can now say has come to the rescue when the 787 has failed for me..

 

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McDonnell-Douglas MD11 - This is just the sexiest thing I've ever seen.

 

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Airbus A380 - I quite like the look of the A380, it has grown on me over the years. One of my favorite aircraft to spot.

 

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Boeing 737 - The 737 has a timeless look about it that I can't get enough of. It's sleek, reliable, and I've flown on it quite a bit. (more than anything else..) (My own photo below)

 

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1: The Boeing 747-400

 

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Seriously, just look at how sexy it is.

 

 

2: The Boeing 747

 

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Somehow it manages to still be the most graceful plane in the skies after 40 years. It really did earn the title "Queen of the Skies".

 

3: The Boeing 747-400

 

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No plane evokes the same images of far away places and jet setters quite like the 747.

 

4: The Boeing 747-400

 

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My first flight was on a United 747, so it does hold a special place in my heart.

 

5: The Boeing 747-400

 

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When I was a little kid I had a video featuring the Japan Airlines 747. I thought it was pretty cool.


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Boeing%20747-400.jpg747-400 ^_^

 

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MD80 :wub:

 

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717 (first flight on an AirTran 717 :wub: )

 

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F70

 

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Aaand the A318



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1. A340 

 

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All A300-style widebodies are stunning but the A340-600 I like the most. It's long and has 4 engines.

 

 

2. L-1001

 

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Best trijet ever made!

 

 

3. Sukhoi Superjet 100

 

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Just love it!

 

 

4. 737-200

 

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This aircraft brings me nostalgia. I used to ride this all the time until airlines in my country replaced them with reliable and comfortable, but boring A320s.

 

 

5. ATR 72

 

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Reliable and well-balanced turboprop.


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1. Boeing 747-100

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The original and the best

2. Boeing 747-200

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It's just <3

3. Boeing 737 Classic

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My first flight was on one of these birds. Much respect

4. Boeing 747-400

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Forget Queen Elizabeth, the 747 will always be my queen :wub: 

5. Lockheed L188 Electra

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Just so you think this isn't a boeing-wank


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1) B747-400 https://upload.wikim...-400_Koch-1.jpg
2) A340-500 http://m6.i.pbase.co...DRFIMG_9618.jpg
3) B777-300ER http://www.planephot...300ER_B-KPU.jpg
4) B737-900ER https://upload.wikim...irst_flight.jpg
5) ATR 72-600 https://upload.wikim..._ATR_72-600.jpg

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5. McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90 series

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One of my first flights (actually, it was my second!) was in 2002 on a Delta MD-88 still in the old widget livery. Great aircraft--the entire DC-9 series is.

 

4. Boeing 737, all variants

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3. Ilyushin Il-62

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It may have been a copycat design, but the minor aesthetic differences make it look better than the VC-10, and the fact that it sold better and has lived longer than its western rival will be marked down in its legacy. Also, those Soloviev D-30s have the most beautiful sound of any aircraft engine out there. It's almost musical.

 

2. Sukhoi SJ100

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This aircraft, along with the Irkut MC21, has the potential to launch Russia back into the commercial aviation game and break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.

 

1. Tupolev Tu-154

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Great-sounding engines, specs that combat its western rivals, and a design that's just damn awesome. I would consider this aircraft to be the 737 of the Warsaw Pact.


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Airbus A340-200 - Gorgeous Aircraft, the four, sleek engines make it beautiful, and the proportions seem perfect on this plane; stands out from other planes.

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Boeing 747-800 - I'm sure most of you don't agree but I just love this aircraft, takes the classic 747 look and modernizes it. The wings are just gorgeous.

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Lockheed Constellation - The fuselage on this plane is just out of this world, and the tri-fin tail is kinda cool as well as the end of wing fuel tanks.

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Boeing 727-200adv - Sleek plane, the aspect ratio on the wings really does it - the tail is greatly designed as well.

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Antonov 148 - Plane looks so cool, wings on top as well as the jets, plane is great all around.

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1. Boeing 757
 
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Seeing how many of my first flights were during the era of the late 90s/early 2000s US LCC tradition of having a lot of 757s fly transcontinental routes, the 757 is at the top of my list. The livery pictured is of the short lived "Red Rock" National Airlines, a quasi-LCC launched as a joint venture between some of the larger chains of Las Vegas and Reno casinos. It was launched in 1999, only to cease ops 40 months later in Nov. 2002. I've also flown ATA 757s out of MDW to LAX, LAS, and SFO/OAK(?), and an American 757 from SJO to DFW. This video of a fast, short take off, with the whine of the RB211 at full power, out of MDW makes me reminisce about a lot of family transcon trips.
 
2. Boeing 717

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The era of the 757 rides for me ended about the time the 757 became economically unfeasible for an LCC. Future flights tended to be on AirTran, and while the legroom wasn't the best, I have many more memories of takeoffs from MDW with this other Rolls Royce-powered favorite of mine.
 
3. Lockheed L1011 Tristar
 
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While I never did get a chance to fly on the L1011, I admire the plane for what it was: a plane with sleek lines, ahead of its time in terms of technology (technology wise, it was miles ahead of the DC-10). Between the DC-10 being pushed out ahead of the L1011 (especially the longer range versions), and the Rolls Royce debacle, the L1011 really got the short end of the stick. All things considered, the L1011 had a good career, even if the DC-10 lasted a couple of years longer on the way to retirement.
 
4. Lockheed L188 Electra
 
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Once again, another plane I haven't really had the chance to fly. Like its later cousin the Tristar, a great plane that really didn't have much success. Airlines seemed to be reluctant to replace their DC-6s and Viscounts so soon, especially with the advent of the jet age. Early crashes put a nail in the coffin of the program, and orders didn't come in as fast as Lockheed hoped (KLM was the only European airline to order the L188). In short, I think this quote fits both of the last two planes well: "Lockheed has always built the most technologically advanced aircraft available. Unfortunately, they've never figured out how to make money doing so."
 
5. Boeing 737NG
 
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Really, I have no faults with any of the 737NG models, of which I've flown on the 737-700 and -800, mostly Southwest, although I have flown on an American 738 once. I like the looks of the plane, and my rides on them have been comfortable.

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Still waiting on the Concorde to show up on a list, and TNT88 to come in with something like "Dassault Mercure" or "Tu-144"


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5. CN-235

 

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4. A318

 

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3. B747SP

 

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2. A380

 

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1. DC-10 Twin

 

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Inno particular order:
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The Emraer Ejet is nice.

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Why hasn't the real Queen of the Skies been mentioned yet?

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The Pretender to the Throne is still beautiful all the same.

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Strangely pretty. And kind of Irish.

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So I can't be accused of Airbus hate.

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Inno particular order:
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The Emraer Ejet is nice.

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Why hasn't the real Queen of the Skies been mentioned yet?

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The Pretender to the Throne is still beautiful all the same.

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Strangely pretty. And kind of Irish.

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So I can't be accused of Airbus hate.

Airbus hate  :furiousbomb:  :furiousbomb:  :crush:



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Airbus hate  :furiousbomb:  :furiousbomb:  :crush:

 

+ Someone knows how many. (beyond 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0000,000,00,0,0,0,0,0,)!!!!

 

My pick.

1) Antonov AN-148 (more conming soon).



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In no particular order:

E-Jets (E'2s are looking usper sleek btw: http://beholdthepowerof2.com/ )

A32x

A350 (Waitin for AA to place them at CLT :P)

717

Dash 8 (first non-USAir flight CLT-YYZ. Was 4 and i still remember my family of 5 being stuck in the VERY back row.) 


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in no particular order:   777-300ER

                                     Embraer E-series

                                     Bombarier C series

                                     A350

                                     787-9



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Aaand the A318

 

I've flown on that exact A318! ^_^


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5. The A350

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4. The E175 <3

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3. 747

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2. Timeless Beauty 

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1. I just love this thing

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Boeing 737NG

 

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Boeing 737 Classic

 

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A350-900

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Boeing 777-300ER

 

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Boeing 787

 

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