Hi,

A question really for the photographers who use this board.

Which aircraft do you find the most photogenic and why ?

Personally, I love shooting the B1b Lancer. It seems so graceful in the skies, has such sleek lines, and, with afterburners alight, shows sheer raw power.

I also like the beauty of the Spitfire, again a very graceful looking aircraft with such beautiful lines.

So, do others have any particular favourite ?

Cheers,

Tim

For me its got to be the F-15 Eagle.The sheer power and performance for a fighter is phenominal.For a big aircraft it can turn with the best of them.
I loved shooting the Buccaneer,low down it was graceful,on the ground a bit of beast.Such differance.

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Although it is a pretty standard aircraft (we have a dozen airforces operating them in Europe) I really like the looks of the F-16.

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My other favorites are the B-1B, F-117, Mirage F1 and Rafale.

Mine would be the Hawker Hunter, visually a beautiful aircraft and a pleasure to photograph. We were lucky that the Patrouille Suisse kept their Hunter Mk.58s as late as 1994 and privately owned Hunters are still a common sight at airshows in the UK.

Michael

I always fall back on the F-16. But other contenders would be just about all twi'-tails: F-14, F-15, F/A-18 and SU-27

Hunter is a very good suggestion, it was responsible for the statement 'if it looks right, it flies right'. Hawker's Sydney Camm out-did himself.

Mirage 3/5 series and Kfir. Viggen, Gripen, Rafale.

F-15 A/C, F-14 with swept back wings, B-one again with wings swept back.

And of course the plane that first infected me with Aviatitis in the late-60's: the One-O-Four Gee.

Don't care much for F-22, JSF, B-2 or F-117. What is it that I have against stealth, I ask myself...

One of my Fav. SR-71 pic's... (Not my own picture)

Has to be the awesome P-51 Mustang

The 707 has always been a good looking aircraft since in essence that is what the AWAC is... lol

for me its the f16 and the mirage 2000

My favorites are the Starfighter and the Phantom:

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I saw the SR-71 several times, but unfortunately always at the wrong moment (i.e. not flying)...

I would go for the F-4 Phantom and the Saab Viggen. Both look menacing from most angles and I always enjoyed to photograph these wonderful fighters.

My favorite is clearly MiGy. In particular, the MiG-21, that I like is great shape and sound. MiG-21 is just legend in heaven

The F-14 and F-4, because they look muscular, as though they could pick up lesser airplanes and beat the stuffing out of them.

The Mirage 2000, for sex appeal. The Mirage F1, for looking exotic.

And the Mirage IV, for all the above reasons.

-M.M.

Looks like you picked a good bird Neil. Awesome shots.