I have a new suggestion the mirage. I once went to france and flew one and flew my sons game ace combat 6 on xbox 360. A pretty good simulation and it is very fast and buffety you have very little margin for error as it is very bouncy and harsh and austere

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...Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers
Lightning, my pilot, sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the Thunder...

I LOVE ACE COMBAT! may not be the most REALISTC air combat game on the planet but... its still pritty awesome.

I agree but id rather fly my palne

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...Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers
Lightning, my pilot, sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the Thunder...

lol! but its about as close as ill get at 14!

Lol

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...Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers
Lightning, my pilot, sits;
In a cavern under is fettered the Thunder...

Id have to say that the TU-144 is the worst...

Although not the best, it was still a relatively important aircraft ... even NASA adopted a -144 for SST testing in the '90s. My vote would go to the X-27, but then again that never even got a chance to fly. How about the V-22 then?

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~JetWhiz

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 -- 6:03:15 PM PDT

Why the V-22? it has been a revolutionary design...

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The difference between a duck and a co-pilot?
The duck can fly.

True, the V-22 has overcome many difficulties in its time, many of which plagued V/STOL aircraft for well over half a century. A significant portion of the V-22's life was spent attempting to overcome these issues, and many of them have been worked out ... at the cost of many lives.

The design is far from new and revolutionary, however. The American X-18 and X-19 (Curtiss X-200), in particular, did an excellent job spearheading the future V-22 design and principles. I think the X-19 could have easily been the first V-22, if Curtiss had been willing to put more interest and funding into the project (the military was certainly interested even back then). Many countries had also been toying with the idea, at various levels of success; the Russian Yak-38, for instance, was even successful enough to enter 'combat'.

The first decade of the V-22's life were relatively pathetic. Many more modifications, training exercises and desperate attempts at keeping the project alive have allowed the V-22 to limp its way into the history books, but I personally find it to be far from an impressive aircraft. I guess it isn't entirely the Osprey's fault that it had such a rough start, and the military seems to be gung-ho about it. The bottom line is that they really need this design, and so it's pretty much guaranteed to succeed.

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~JetWhiz

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- 11:58:04 AM PDT

That's true, but the worst of all time?

how about the The Caproni Ca-60 Transaereo 'Capronisimo'

-Circa 1921