Favorite Naval Aircraft

[YYZPICS]

So whats your Favorite Naval Aircraft.....

Mine is the F/A-18 Super Hornet
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[scramjet]

Same here although the F-4 Phantom comes close.

[Crunk415balla]

Without a doubt, F6F Hellcat!8)
http://d94132.u23.simplenet.com/images/Hellcat%2057ws/Hellcat%20F6F.jpg

[Stephen Toernblom]

Mine is none other than the F-14 Tomcat

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[twr75]

#1 has to be the Dassault Rafale M

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#2 is a tie between the Vought F4U Corsair and Douglas AD/A-1 Skyraider

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[DAL767-400ER]

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules :-P :
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/transport-m/c130/c130_13.jpg

[Chris@YYZ]

F/A-18 and F14 8-)

Colin, thats an awesome pic, lets see a C-17 try that :p

[uy707]

PBY Catalina
Grumann Tracker
Grumann Hawkeye
Alain

[Top_Gun]

Tomcat baby
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With the Super Hornet a close second.
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[seventwo]

The F-14 no question.

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And behind that the F-4 phantom, the only real Rhino.
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[NBGTowerGuy]

I must say the Tomcat is by far my favorite naval aircraft, although the AV-8B is a very close second (Marines are still part of the Department of the Navy so I think they count). The F-4 is in there too simply because it turns jet fuel into noise better than anyone else.

[medic1]

Tomcat...or the Super Hornet

[gocaps16]

Can't say that the Tomcat is my favourite. A bitch to work on but she's the beast in the skies. I'll miss the tomcat community.

Kevin

[Longreach747]

Mikoyan Gurevich Mig 29 Fulcrum, often seen on Russian aircraft carriers of the Kuznetsov class...as you can guess i am a huge fan of all things Russian.

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[herpa2003]

Has to be the F-4 Phantom for me. Beautiful aircraft, and a real beast if you come on the receiving side of it... :p

[Top_Gun]

[QUOTE=seventwo]The F-14 no question.

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Great shots Chris, especially like this one!

[mapguy]

Mine is the Sea Harrier.

http://www.segurancaedefesa.com/SEA%20HARRIER%20FA.2-801%20Sqn.jpg

[ErwinS]

Mikoyan Gurevich Mig 29 Fulcrum, often seen on Russian aircraft carriers of the Kuznetsov class...as you can guess i am a huge fan of all things Russian.

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Russia uses the Sukhoi Su-33 for it's carrier ops. Not the MiG-29.... Athough there is a MiG-29 version wich can be used for carrier ops, the MiG-29K. But there are no country's with this version.
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Sukhoi Su-33

The F-14 is the best:-) Together with the A-5 Vigilante!
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[seventwo]

[QUOTE=seventwo]The F-14 no question.

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Great shots Chris, especially like this one!
Thank you :D.

@Erwin I agree the vigilante as also a really cool plane!

[Longreach747]

Russia uses the Sukhoi Su-33 for it's carrier ops. Not the MiG-29.... Athough there is a MiG-29 version wich can be used for carrier ops, the MiG-29K. But there are no country's with this version.
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Sukhoi Su-33

The F-14 is the best:-) Together with the A-5 Vigilante!
http://www.jetphotos.net/user-uploads/ECN-231.jpg

Russian Air Craft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov carries/carried 18 x SU 27, 18 x MiG 29K and 16 x KA27...i'll stick with the MiG 29K as my favourite.. :)

[Star Alliance]

I see we borrowed a thread here ;). Mine, again, is the Lockheed P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft that is currently employed by the USN, US Customs, NASA, NOAA, China, Japan, Austrailia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Iran, Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal, Chile, Thailand, South Korea, Greece, Argentina, Pakistan, Germany, and Brazil. Here is one of the USN's birds in action- http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=328191

[Irfan]

Tomcat baby
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With the Super Hornet a close second.
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Same. (Both of them)

[ErwinS]

Russian Air Craft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov carries/carried 18 x SU 27, 18 x MiG 29K and 16 x KA27...i'll stick with the MiG 29K as my favourite.. :)

The AVMF operates the most modern fighters in the Russian inventory, the Su-33 (a navalised Su-27). Twenty-four Su-33s are based on the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is based at Severmorsk.

Really, the MiG-29K is only a prototype. The Russian navy doesn't use them. It was planned to have a mixed fleet of Sukhoi's and MiG's but lack of funds prevented that for now. http://www.aeroworldnet.com/1ra10268.htm
Here you see the prototype MiG-29K.
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Anyway it still is a beautiful aircraft, i must agree with that:-)

[Longreach747]

thanks for the info, i'll stick with things Russian, nothing in my mind looks as elegant and as unique as Russian military hardware! truly unique. :)