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Subject: What aircraft would you trust with your life?

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Message Number 51
Last Updated: 18 August 2008, 7:31:30 AM
Date Posted: 18 August 2008, 7:13:31 AM

Gotta be the vulcan a 4 jet bomber which a collegue i work with came back with 1 engine working and a nuclear bomb on board and he stepped out and said wanna go down the pub. On another occasion all the eletronics systems failed 1 generator caught fire and dowsed an engine in flames and still came back without a sweat. Such a shame it aint in service anymore well atleast we got xh558. And last week i actually flew xh558 there were some problems but they dont matter the extreme power and durabillity wil get you outta anything and i mean anything!

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Subject: What aircraft would you trust with your life?

Post ID# 1713

Message Number 52
Date Posted: 18 August 2008, 7:33:42 AM

Aint miltary but concorde in its 44 years of flying only 1 crashed and that was because of the pilot anyway. Thats safety.

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Subject: What aircraft would you trust with your life?

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Message Number 53
Last Updated: 20 August 2008, 9:45:55 AM
Date Posted: 20 August 2008, 9:42:40 AM

probably the F-15. I saw this show on the history channal about F-15s. One time a F-15 got one of its wings torn off in a training exercise in Isrial and the pilot was able to land the aircraft safely. I think its on YouTube. Just serch "F-15 with one wing". Now thats tough.

If we were talking about civilian aircraft, I would go with a Cessna 100 series. they are used to teach pilots how to fly and are very forgiving. Hey why else would they be used to teach student pilots?

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Subject: What aircraft would you trust with your life?

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Message Number 54
Date Posted: 20 August 2008, 9:19:12 PM

Tie between a C-130 and an A-10. Both can get shot to hell and still fly and both can fly on one motor for a long time. Of course the A-10 has that Titanium "bathtub" surrounding the cockpit.

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Subject: What aircraft would you trust with your life?

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Message Number 55
Last Updated: 06 October 2009, 10:06:22 AM
Date Posted: 06 October 2009, 10:06:11 AM

F-15 Eagle

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