Your Favourite And Least Favourite Aircraft

vhqpa · Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:03 pm

Hey everyone tell us what your most favourite and least favourite aircraft of all time.

My favourite would be the 747-400 the eternal Queen of the skies. Just a fantastic looking aircraft from any angle.

My least favourite would have to be the 767-400. I mean what a dud plane only two airlines ever bought it and it couldn't compare to the much superior A330.

BritishB747 · Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:19 pm

My favorite would have to be the Vickers VC-10. I like both variants but I personally thing the Super looks in proportion.

My least favorite would be probably be the Ilyushin IL-86. Nothing terribly wrong with it, just a bit plain to look at and was a bit outdated when it entered service. Would still love to fly on one.

Yflyer · Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:38 pm

Favorite: Lockheed L-1011. I can't really explain why other than I think it looks cool.

Least favorite: Boeing 737-800. It's like the Toyota Camry of airliners. It's reliable and reasonably efficient and versatile, and I understand why airlines love them, but they're so common and boring.

aerorobnz · Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:39 pm

Quoting vhqpa (Thread starter):
your most favourite and least favourite aircraft of all time.

DC10-30/MD11 favourites. for look and for flying experience. (well anything by McDonnell Douglas is up there for top award)
Caravelle gets honourable mention too.

Least favourite to fly on 787/A350. Yawn. without any personality. So generic. You can barely tell what aircraft you're flying on an A350,
Least favourite to look at A350..Butt ugly and mis-proportioned.
Least favourite to photograph either Citation 1,II,II,IV etc or anything where the winglets get in the way of a good profile shot with full registration.

Adipasquale · Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:15 am

Favorite: 707
How can you beat the plane that brought on the jet age and is synonymous with the glamour of air travel. Wish I was old enough to have flown one. It just looks absolutely stunning, too...perfectly proportioned.
Least Favorite: A320
It's ubiquitous and nondescript, IMHO. The 737, although equally ubiquitous, looks much better. The 737 nose looks virtually the same as the 707 and 727, and that's what makes it beautiful IMHO.

Ytraveller · Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:37 am

Favorite: Boeing 747 of course. I also love the look of the A330 but its design is more simple and boring than that of the 747.

Least favorite: Definitely A350. Its sharp nose, weird "winglet", and worst of all those raccoon eyes....

vhqpa · Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:06 pm

Quoting vhqpa (Thread starter):

Silly me just realised I was such a hurry to post I forgot to add photos

He we go

Favourite - 747-400

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Least Favourite - 767-400

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ZKCIF · Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:08 pm

Favourite: A321, preferably all economy, me seated somewhere in the back, and I see the entire length of the plane.
Least favourite: I haven't got one but my wife suggests Fokker 50 because whenever we get one, the windows are horrible and we cannot take any decent quality photos

717atOGG · Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:51 pm

Favorite: 757-300. It's so looong and so attractive!
Runner up: 777-200. It kind of looks short (especially in UA's livery) but looks very attractive.
Least favorite: A320. It looks very run-of-the-mill and very boring.

Devilfish · Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:28 am

This...as always...

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http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/_pro...RKLET_PW_AIRBUS_V07_d89735dc04.jpg

Yflyer · Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:07 am

Quoting adipasquale (Reply 4):
Least Favorite: A320
It's ubiquitous and nondescript, IMHO. The 737, although equally ubiquitous, looks much better.

I had a really hard time deciding whether the A320 or 737 was my least favorite. I picked the 737 because while the A320 does look nondescript, as a passenger I do like the wider aisle.

ER757 · Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:22 pm

Faves
Looks - Concorde of course. Honorable mention 747-400
riding: DC-10

Least favorite: 737

ArmitageShanks · Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:31 pm

Anything but a CRJ-100/200.

Those windows suck.

rta · Sat Sep 26, 2015 6:48 pm

Favorite: 777
Least Favorite: A340

SNATH · Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:02 pm

Favorites to look at: B757 / B747
Favorite to fly on: B767

Least Favorite: CRJ-200

Cipango · Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:19 am

Favourite aircraft: 777

Least Favourite: Tie between CRJ-200 and ATR's.

tb727 · Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:41 am

My favorite ride is between the DC-10 and 727, I found both very comfortable and sturdy.
Least favorite ride, CRJ-100/200. Honorable mention is the ERJ-145 with the wild card being the RJ85.

Favorite airliner I've flown, hands down it's the 727 as you all know.
I don't really enjoy flying the 320 series but it's a nice airplane to get a paycheck to fly if that makes any sense.
I have permanent hearing damage from flying the Lear so that ranks as my least favorite thing ever.

MHG · Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:52 am

Favourite:
F-27 (alltime favourite ! - unlikely to change ever)

Least favourite:
A 320 all series !

ER757 · Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:52 pm

Quoting ER757 (Reply 11):
Least favorite: 737

How could I have forgotten??
Least favorite has to be the DC-9. Dreaded every flight I ever took on one, especially on NW near the end, those things were rattle-traps held together with duct tape and bandaids

TUSDawg23 · Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:31 pm

Favorite: 757-200. I've read on plenty a message boards that pilots who have flown them think they are sports cars.

Least Favorite: Airbus A340-600. That plane is sooo long and the length kills its aesthetics.

MrHMSH · Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:53 pm

Favourite: CONCORDE! Always. The *true* Queen of the Skies.
Of ones that are still around, the A330-300 is top. I love the way it looks.

Least favourite:
737. Or A320. So very plain, symbolic of mundane travel. But the A321 is cool and so the 737 wins the boring plaudits.

madairdrie · Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:00 pm

Favourite has to be Concorde, way before its time and totally stunning looks.

Least Favorite: for looks the 777-200 doesn't look right. For flying experience Dornier 328

notaxonrotax · Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:20 am

I'll play:

Favorite: My own plane, or the IAI Arava.....but airliner-wise: MD-11.
A330 is nice too.

Bottom of the barrel: All things DC-9, MD-80 etc etc.
Hate how it sits so low the ground.....just ugly to look at.

No Tax On Rotax

UltimateDelta · Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:11 pm

Quoting notaxonrotax (Reply 22):
Bottom of the barrel: All things DC-9, MD-80 etc

You take that back!

A close second-favorite to the DC-9 family would be the 757 and 767.

My absolute least favorite, no question, is the CRJ-100/200.

Adipasquale · Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:27 am

Quoting ArmitageShanks (Reply 12):
Those windows suck.

They're too low. I just flew a CR2 DTW-ITH (N820AY) today and while the seats are not terrible and the entire flight experience was surprisingly good, the windows are really hard to look out of, as I had to bend my neck and back to look out of them. Does anybody know why they are so low? IIRC, the CR2 has the same fuselage diameter as the CR7 and CR9, but the windows on the latter two are positioned much better to look out of. Is there a reason for this difference?

UltimateDelta · Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:42 am

Quoting adipasquale (Reply 24):
Is there a reason for this difference?

I believe it's because the cabin floor was raised when it was adapted from the Challenger fuselage, but not the window line. Since the -700/900 was a new design, they at least had a chance to fix it.

fallap · Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:10 am

Favorite: DC10, Fokker 70/100 and B767

Not so favorite: Bombardier CRJ series

CXfirst · Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:38 am

Always liked the A340-600.

Least favourite to fly would be the 737, just because they are everywhere, and I've flown them plenty, so never really looking forward to those trips. Nothing particularly wrong with them, just too ordinary.

-CXfirst

CXB77L · Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:38 pm

Favourite: Boeing 777. All series. I love everything about it, from the way it looks to the way it sounds. The circular fuselage cross section, and proportionally oversized engines, and that screwdriver-like tailcone all combine to make one beautiful aircraft, not to mention the gorgeous Boeing Signature Interior.

Least favourite: Airbus A343. Flew on one of these on SQ, from SIN-YVR via ICN, which was one of my worst flights ever. There's also something not quite right about the way it looks: those engines are too small.

jeffh747 · Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:58 pm

Favorite
MD80/MD-11/747/737

Least favorite
Any CRJ

aloges · Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:50 pm

favourite: Concorde - a marvel both technologically and aesthetically

least favourite: 777 - ubiquitous and an accountant's plane; cram 'em in and let 'em suffer (noise, primarily)

[Edited 2015-09-29 12:51:14]

Gemuser · Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:57 am

Favorite: B727-100 & Fokker F27

Least favorite: Boeing 777 [all series]
Even less favorite: Boeing 777, all series, with 10 abreast seating.

Gemuser

pierrelav · Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:45 pm

My favourite is the Concorde, which I was lucky enough to fly.
My least favourite is the 757, a single aisled plane which is dreadfull when used over long-haul routes.

YYZFAN · Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:49 pm

Can't beat the comfort of the Embraer 170/190. Most pleasant flights I have ever taken.

Most exciting plane: an empty 757. When you're one of 30 on-board, you get a rocket ship take-off.

nkops · Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:04 pm

favorite would have to be the MD-80, especially the 2 seat side...

least favorite is the CRJ 100/200... just cant stand that aircraft.

YVRLTN · Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:45 pm

My favorite is probably the 747, any model. The -8I possibly is the best of them all. But the VC10, A345 and B720 are also pretty sweet. The Russians also make good looking aircraft. To fly on I like the A330, but nothing beats the 380.

Least favorite, I dunno as I love all aircraft, the Piper Navajo really annoys me for some reason. The Beech 1900D is about as ugly as it gets. To fly on, the 1900C was a pretty rough flight.

Quoting aerorobnz (Reply 3):
Least favourite to photograph either Citation 1,II,II,IV etc or anything where the winglets get in the way of a good profile shot with full registration.

Of all the bizjets, Cessna is the only one late to the game with winglets!! AFAIK only the 750 X has them and all the ones you mention do not have winglets at all, unless you meant Gulfstreams.

Quoting ArmitageShanks (Reply 12):
Anything but a CRJ-100/200.

Quoting SNATH (Reply 14):
Least Favorite: CRJ-200

Quoting Cipango (Reply 15):
Least Favourite: Tie between CRJ-200

Quoting tb727 (Reply 16):
Least favorite ride, CRJ-100/200

Quoting UltimateDelta (Reply 23):
My absolute least favorite, no question, is the CRJ-100/200.

Quoting Fallap (Reply 26):
Not so favorite: Bombardier CRJ series

Quoting jeffh747 (Reply 29):
Least favorite
Any CRJ

Quoting nkops (Reply 34):
least favorite is the CRJ 100/200... just cant stand that aircraft.

I think we have a winner lol

Personally I have never flown a 1/200, will have to do so to see what all the fuss is about. The 700/900 is not bad. The QK 705 is a pretty nice ride.

Quoting CXB77L (Reply 28):
Least favourite: Airbus A343. Flew on one of these on SQ, from SIN-YVR via ICN, which was one of my worst flights ever. There's also something not quite right about the way it looks: those engines are too small.

That must have been a while ago, they used the 77E latterly. Pretty intrigued what you didnt like about it, looks dont make a bad flight and SQ have a good reputation, Ive flown a few 343's and they have been quite nice.

Adipasquale · Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:26 pm

Quoting YVRLTN (Reply 35):
I think we have a winner lol Personally I have never flown a 1/200, will have to do so to see what all the fuss is about. The 700/900 is not bad.

I'm probably the only one on here who will defend the CR2, as it would appear most people on this forum want to take torches and pitchforks to every last one

The only bad thing about the CR2 in my book is the placement of the windows. I have flown mostly 9E DL Connection CR2s, and while it's nothing to write home about, the seats aren't bad and legroom isn't terrible (I'm 6'). Furthermore, in Y, 2-2 seating is going to be better IMHO than 3-3 on 737s and A32Xs, especially if you take the window seat (which I almost always do). Also, CR2s usually fly pretty short segments, so even if you hate it, the suffering is not for very long. On the other hand, a transcon flight on a 737, 757 or A32X in the middle seat is infinitely worse than any CR2 experience I have ever had. Just my

danielmyatt · Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:07 am

Favourite:

I really enjoyed my 1 ride on an Airtran 717, and my return trip on a family holiday to Turkey on a MD-83. Really quiet and comfortable planes.

Very much enjoyed my time on Avro's/146's.

Honorable mention for the Embraer 170, comfy, quiet and those windows!

Disliked:

Took an AA 77W from JFK-LHR and it was the most miserable aircraft I've ever been on, not comfortable at all and it took an entire week to get off the bloody thing on arrival.
But thats northing compared to an AS CRJ-700 I got from PDX-LGB, absolutely horrible spending 2+ hours with my knees around my ears and a broken back from trying to look out of the window. The seat back hight was also extremely low so I spent most of the flight looking at the back of the chap in fronts' head.

SJOtoLIR · Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:17 am

Based on the current commercial models for passengers, exclusively.

Favorite: Airbus 330.
Least favorite: Fokker 50.

Regards.

seahawk · Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:07 am

Favourite: 767 in 2-3-2

least Favourite: 787 in 3-3-3 and 777 in 3-4-3

jb1087xna · Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:20 pm

Quoting vhqpa (Thread starter):
My least favourite would have to be the 767-400. I mean what a dud plane only two airlines ever bought it and it couldn't compare to the much superior A330.

Just curious, have you ever flown in an 764? I couldn't tell since you referred to sales of the model.

From what I've flown -
Favorite - 757. Take off puts it over the top.
Least - CR1/2. As everyone has mentioned, the windows are a huge negative for me.

[Edited 2015-10-08 16:21:00]

MD95sOverATL · Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:28 pm

Favorite: Boeing 717 (imagine that). If for the sound of the engines alone. Then the MD90 and down to the various 80s.

I've only ridden on a 777 once, many moons ago, and that was a treat.

Least favorite: I detest the CRJ100/200. 737s are boring, but always get me there in relative comfort and reliably. I love the 757, but I hate being in the farthest aft seats, especially with turbulence. Everything gets amplified back there and it's a bumpy ride every time.

CairnterriAIR · Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:05 pm

Favorites.....Lockheed L1011 and Tupelov TU-154M. Both quiet, smooth, and comfortable. They were both like riding in a Cadillac!

Least favorite.....the Metroliner....enough said. They didn't call it the San Antonio Sewer Pipe for nothing.

bgm · Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:34 am

Aesthetically I love the 747... beautiful aircraft.

As a passenger, anything that has narrow seats: 737, 777 (3-4-3), 787 (3-3-3), Avro RJ (3-3), and the worst of all, the CRJ.

mop357 · Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:10 pm

I really like the 77W. Such a great design with massive engines. I also like the A380. That wing seems to go on forever.
My least favorite was the A300. The rudder problems did not go over well with me and I always felt uncomfortable on it. The B737 is boring to me

bgm · Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:06 pm

Quoting mop357 (Reply 44):
The rudder problems did not go over well with me

What rudder problems? If you're referring to the AA crash, that was pilot error.

Quoting mop357 (Reply 44):
The B737 is boring to me

Speaking of rudder problems....

mop357 · Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:01 pm

Quoting bgm (Reply 45):
What rudder problems? If you're referring to the AA crash, that was pilot error.

I thought that plane also had a design flaw with the rudder. There was another incident when the plane took off from MBJ headed to JFK and had to stop in MIA with rudder problems. Some passengers decided not to get back on. They worked on the plane then I remember hearing it flew even worst.

bgm · Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:40 pm

Quoting mop357 (Reply 46):
I thought that plane also had a design flaw with the rudder.

Quote:
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the cause of the crash was purely human error: overuse of the rudder mechanism leading to mechanical failure and not—as people had first feared—a type of terrorist attack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America..._Airlines_Flight_587#NTSB_findings

777Jet · Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:12 am

Quoting vhqpa (Thread starter):
Hey everyone tell us what your most favourite and least favourite aircraft of all time.

Favourite: 777-300ER
Least favourite: Anything with a propellor

Quoting 717atOGG (Reply 8):
Favorite: 757-300. It's so looong and so attractive!

I love the 757-300 too!

masgniw · Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:28 am

Quoting YYZFAN (Reply 33):

About time someone mention the E Jets. Absolutely would choose it over virtually any narrowbody in the sky.

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