What have you actually flown in?

Rode in for transport or troubshooting:

MH-53J

Chinook

Blackhawk (several variants)

C-23

C-130 (several variants)

C-141

C-5

KC-135(A,R,&Q)

B-52

Incentive rides in:

F-4G

F-16D

F-111

Thank Uncle Sam

mach71

 

mach71

Lets see if I can remember them all.

piloted

Cessna 150, 152, 172

Grumman Cheeta

T-37. flew like a 150. Great acro airplane

T-38 A kick a$$ airplane. But 6-7 Gs hurts

C-23 Militarized Shorts 330

C-5 A GREAT aircraft. Did low level, airdrop, tactical (I know, crazy), AR, along with plenty of trash hauling.

Then into the civilian world

727s sideways

MD-80s Another great aircraft

737s, about 39 versions of them.

Thats where I am now. The left seat of a 737.

Oh. Does sitting in the cockpit of a Russian Mi-8 count while it was cargo on my C-5 count? We were crossing the Atlantic at the time. Same with Marine 1.

As a passenger.

All the Boeing's in passenger service in the 25 years

All the Douglas's the same

All the Airbus's except the 330, 340, 380

Been in the cockpit of most of them on the jumpseat

E-190

CRJ's

-8's

Uh-1. The only helicopter

Sat/been in

B-17 Shoo shoo baby while at Dover AFB

F-106

B-1, you wear it

CH-53

Hind

B-29

B-24

F-20

F-5

MiG 21

MiG 23

MiG 25

Not aircraft but still cool

ZSU-25

M1-A1 Abrams VERY VERY cool

I probably missed a few but that's got to be most of them

In all that time I've never flown a bad aircraft. Some have been better than others

but they have all had their good points.

 

 

 

 

 

I should update the list. Since then I have flown a Robinson R-22

And been passenger in 787-900 and an A-330

 

You win!

Excluding commercial aircraft: T-28B in Texas,  C-47 (Only half a trip. Jumped out of it over NAS Lakehurst NJ :),  UH-1N on Guam, C-130 between Capodichino Italy and RAF Mildenhall UK, and 1 cat shot off the Eisenhower in a C-2A(R) Greyhound.

 H130 helicopter over Niagara Falls. They have the helicopter tour thing here recommended if you come to the falls ever 

Bought my wife and me a ride in a UH-1C at the local airshow a couple of weekends ago. She and I rode in the gunner's seats (no doors, looking directly out to the left side, feet hanging out the door, only our seatbelts holding us in). The pilot made sure to do a couple of "Zero-G" maneuvers just to hear the females on board scream (ten passengers total on this ride). Screamers included my wife, of which I got some very good video, so she can't deny it. Very fun day!

Anything else??? That's one helluva lot of experience in aviation right there!

If I broaden the response, I remember now the first planes I flew in.  Dad had an Aeronca C3 and later a Taylorcraft L2-B (war surplus).

mach71

Lets see if I can remember them all.

piloted

Cessna 150, 152, 172

Grumman Cheeta

T-37. flew like a 150. Great acro airplane

T-38 A kick a$$ airplane. But 6-7 Gs hurts

C-23 Militarized Shorts 330

C-5 A GREAT aircraft. Did low level, airdrop, tactical (I know, crazy), AR, along with plenty of trash hauling.

Then into the civilian world

727s sideways

MD-80s Another great aircraft

737s, about 39 versions of them.

Thats where I am now. The left seat of a 737.

Oh. Does sitting in the cockpit of a Russian Mi-8 count while it was cargo on my C-5 count? We were crossing the Atlantic at the time. Same with Marine 1.

As a passenger.

All the Boeing's in passenger service in the 25 years

All the Douglas's the same

All the Airbus's except the 330, 340, 380

Been in the cockpit of most of them on the jumpseat

E-190

CRJ's

-8's

Uh-1. The only helicopter

Sat/been in

B-17 Shoo shoo baby while at Dover AFB

F-106

B-1, you wear it

CH-53

Hind

B-29

B-24

F-20

F-5

MiG 21

MiG 23

MiG 25

Not aircraft but still cool

ZSU-25

M1-A1 Abrams VERY VERY cool

I probably missed a few but that's got to be most of them

In all that time I've never flown a bad aircraft. Some have been better than others

but they have all had their good points.

 

I should update the list. Since then I have flown a Robinson R-22

And been passenger in 787-900 and an A-330

This is a fun post. Lotsa guys in lotsa planes. Cool for sure. I have lists for several things and variations to make it even more fun. For aircraft its flown, ridden in, set in, touched and seen which makes it more interesting. By 'flown' I mean stick time however short and on down to 'seen' which can be in museums, flying or sitting. 'Touching' is fun at air shows in that you should get permission which usually requires social interaction with the pilot and/or owner or in the case of military aircraft, the crew which are always eager to give you a tour. Sit-ins can be museum cockpits or entire aircraft. It' just a game that shows whether you are a real Aircraft nut or not! LOL!

Since I have no licence to fly any of this stuff, the best I can get is stick time, which is not often but my sit in and touch list is great, probably due to my age and early intrest. The sit list includes SR-71, B-47, F-100, E-6B (really secret!), B-25, B-17, A-7, F-16, F-4, He-111, no chairs but Apollo 13, Blackhawk, Sea Cobra to name some of the good ones.

I'm not telling all of this to impress you, but to tell how fortunate and persistent and also lucky I was to be able to actually see and feel a large part of Aviation history. Just a game? Maybe--- Keep after 'em Gang!

Max

Ps--Did I mention my bird list? (It's true!) LOL!

I posted my list quite some time ago, but I just increased the number with a recent trip. Kansas City to Portland, Oregon, in an Embraer Regional. The designation escapes me, either a 175 or 195, it was brand spanking new, still smelled like a new car.

The winglets, (or tip sails as they are sometimes called,) were just enormous. I'd guess 6 or 7 feet in length, swept up at about a 30 degree angle and back at a pronounced angle.

Nice ride, interesting bit of aerodynamics going on there. I wonder if others will adopt that feature. Anyone on FSM familiar with the airplane?

Patrick

ridleusmc

CH-53E - too many times to count.

CH-46E - once

C130 - once

C5 - twice.  

I miss my 53's.

 

Never got to fly in a 53 but i did stand under one once. Boy thats some down wash. Was hard to stand up even under the airframe.

Beech Bonanza and Baron as a boy with my dad. Flight training in PA-28 Cherokee and Arrow, some twin time in a Baron. about an hour in a BT-13, then the best part - several hours right seat time in a B-17 I spent 6 mos. helping restore in Geneseo, NY. Got to help take it to air shows a couple times then do cockpit tours. I think they felt sorry for me since I avidly did the scut jobs just to be around the thing. Got to help move the PBY a couple times but no flying. Also got to hand crank the flywheel on a P-40. Those were good days...

Air force - Aloette 3, Aerospatiale Puma, Atlas Oryx, C-160,C-130, TP-47, C-47,C-53 ,Boeing 707

Civy - DC-3, Fokker friendship, Hieler Helo, microlights, T-6, Pitts S2b, Chipmunk,DH tigermoth, Atlas Kudu (para drop) I hold licence for C-172, C-150 and PA 18

Theuns

I've been around quite awhile, even long enough to fly on a DC-3 Airliner. I hung out with a flying crowd early on and rode in all the Cubs and such on up to modern Airliners. The best ride and stick time front seat was in a Navy SNJ when the Navy was trying to recruit me for Naval Aviation. This was in Kansas with no seas but they did have a deck painted on the Naval Base runway and we did a simulated carrier landing. I still had school to finish and never did take up the offer as the two friends that were with me did, and were both killed in separate air accidents which ended my flying dreams.

Max

Hey, I've got a heck of a sit in list, Does that count? lol! No seats in Apollo 13, but I did stick my head in it and played with the door latch stuff during restoration. Everyone should also have a touch list which can be fun and extensive!

CH-53E - too many times to count.

CH-46E - once

C130 - once

C5 - twice.  

I miss my 53's.

As a kid, I got time in Cessna 150s, 172s, Aeronca Champs, Morriseys [Now known as Varga], Piper Cheyennes, PA-140 Cherokees, with the exception of the Cheyenne I got time at the controls. My last flight was AT6 time back in 2000 with stick time as well as aerobatics. I've been on the ground ever since and now with coronary artery disease, I probably wouldn't be allowed to fly like that again.

Neat thread from the past.

Military wise...

C-5, C-130, C-141, C-17 the Navay equivilent of a DC-9 and I got 1.5 hours in the backseat of an F-15D (79-007) in the summer of 88 over Norway. We even had an inflight emergency and all the fire trucks waiting. 

We had a fuel imbalance at the end of playing around and dog fighting a few F-16's. 

great time!

Kevin

In the 5th F.I.S. if you worked operations with the pilots and were cockpit qualified, they gave you a pretty much open invitation, providing you were free  for the time, to go up and be part of the fun and sometimes get in some stick time.

The guys were great, if not sometimes a little bit crazy, I loved the aircraft (even worked on the new markings for the F-15s we transitioned into, but I just don't like flying.  This has nothing to do with the various near flying accidents I was in or the actual crashes I had to go to, I just don't like the senations of flying.

ikar01

Even though I always hated flying:

727

Dc-8

Dc-8 stretched version

dc-9

DC-10

L-1011

737

hot air baloon

C-130

C-141

C-5

C-47

H-43

UH-1

some cramped little twin turbo prop commuter thingy that skimmed over tree tops.

I have turned down rides on: T-33s/F-106s/F-15s 

 

DUDE! You turned down a ride in an F-15 and a SIX???? What is WRONG with you?

 

 

Only flown in, no stick time:

727(my FAVORITE airliner): flew commercial California to Chicago. Beautiful aircraft, period.

Shorts 360: (Wildest ride of my life flying from Chicago to Marquette, Michigan. Pilot hit turbulence coming into Marquette and at one point, airplane was almost on its side. I haven't flown much since then.)

KC-135: watched the refueling of a flight of F-106's from the 87th FIS on their way to Red Flag 84. GO RED BULLS! Sat in the jump seat coming back to K.I. Sawyer and got a quick education on what exactly a "cross wind landing" was. Weirdest thing I'd ever seen; the airplane is flying straight at the runway centerline but the nose is pointed off to the right by about 5 degrees.

B-52H: sat in the cockpit as a guest of the AC and gunner. Looked around thinking "How the HELL do they memorize all this stuff?" That airplane's in my top 10 favorites list for sure. 

Other than your standard airliners, a Boeing Stearman and Hughes 500 (MASH type) helicopter (as passengers). 

Got to wear the leather helmet and gogles for the Stearman

Even though I always hated flying:

727

Dc-8

Dc-8 stretched version

dc-9

DC-10

L-1011

737

hot air baloon

C-130

C-141

C-5

C-47

H-43

UH-1

some cramped little twin turbo prop commuter thingy that skimmed over tree tops.

I have turned down rides on: T-33s/F-106s/F-15s 

I have flown in a UH-1D,bell 47,B-17G, CH-46,RH-53D,C-9,707,727,737 747,DC-8,DC-9,DC-10,Mooney,Piper Cherokee.

Fixed wing: Mooney M20 (actually got some closely supervised time behind the yoke), Cessna 150, Cessna 180, Beechcraft Bonanza.

Whirly Gigs: UH-1H, Bell 205, Bell 206, Bell 212, Allouette 3, Vertol 107

also a few commercial and commuter types.

Huey's and Blackhawks is about the only thing military I have flown in. A bunch of civilian stuff.

Civilian aircraft not included:

C-47

C-5A

C-141A1A

C-130

UH-1

HH-43