This is one of my few posted topics on supercub.org and people seem to be having fun with it, so I thought I'd bring it over here and let you guys and gals have fun with it too.

My list is subject to change based on my whim of the moment.

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What if Napoleon had an atom bomb at Waterloo?...no that's not really the question, read on...

I know a lot of you folks here have more than one plane, and the 'my plane is better than your plane' threads got me to wondering. What if money was no object and you could afford a 'stable' of aircraft? What would that collection look like and what would your priorities be?

Here's my (current) list:

F-16D (Hey, a feller can dream can't he?)

SU-29 (I love aerobatics and round motors)

Maule M-6-235 (It fits my current mission and I like Maules, so sue me)

Schleicher ASG 29 (SuperSailplane)

Schleicher ASH 25 (Share the fun with a friend)

Piper Supercub (It's just a helluva lot of fun to fly, and it'll tow the gliders too)

DeHavilland Beaver (King size off airport fun)

The list goes on but I think I've run out of hangar space....
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Editorial Note: If any of you guys and gals are wondering why the heck I would want an F-16D, it's primarily so I can get even with those Luke AFB F-16 pilots who keep bouncing me when I fly through the Gladden MOA...that and an occasional g-loc contest with the backseater.

Gotta agree on a few:

1) DHC-2 Beaver
2) Cessna Caravan (take many friends comfortably)
3) Edge 540 or SU-31 (Isn;t this the new and improved aerobatic round-motor engine?)
4) DC-3
5) Quicksilver Sport (Already have one...trust me, there's nothing like it!)
6) I can't leave out the Super Cub...they ARE fun.

zane wrote:SU-31 (Isn't this the new and improved aerobatic round-motor engine?)

Yeah, but that new engine only lasts about 800 hrs. between overhauls, and they've designed so much instability into the SU-31 airframe (for the really radical stuff) that it's just too much of a handful for an average pilot like me.

I guess an 800 hour engine's O.K. though if money's no object.

I was surpised how many people wanted to have a DC-3...party machine?

1. Spruce Goose redone with aluminum, Ceconite and jet engines.
2. Space Shuttle with support crew and lots of extra parts.
3. Hughes 500E
4. DC-3 with bar, beds, strippers, pole, inside strobe lights and parachutes.
5. Cessna Skyhawk with a zoo monkey thats flown flight simulator so we can sit in lawn chairs, drink a beer and watch his performance in a real airplane.

P.S. I didn't mention Super Cub cause I already have those.

My list,
#1

Gotta have a P-51

#2

Staggerwing, hooyah!

#3

Caravan on amphibs, in case I want to take the world camping

#4

Baron, for the long cross country.

#5

How bout that?, I already got this one!

A friend of mine was asked why he had three airplanes. His reply was: "Because I can't afford four!"

Gene

Supercubber wrote:1. Spruce Goose redone with aluminum, Ceconite and jet engines.
2. Space Shuttle with support crew and lots of extra parts.
3. Hughes 500E
4. DC-3 with bar, beds, strippers, pole, inside strobe lights and parachutes.
5. Cessna Skyhawk with a zoo monkey thats flown flight simulator so we can sit in lawn chairs, drink a beer and watch his performance in a real airplane.

P.S. I didn't mention Super Cub cause I already have those.

You're a man that really knows how to spend his unlimited funds wisely.

The world could use a wealthy man with your sense of creativity. Fosset, Branson, Gates, Buffett, those guys have got nothin' on you.

Beaver: 'cause it's the very best at what it does, and a pure delight to fly. After all there may be a time when you really do need to haul in the kitchen sink. And a washer and dryer and stove, and 150 gallons of diesel for the generator...

Super Cub: also the best, not to mention sexy as hell and more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

185: does every thing well, and makes a pretty reasonable instument platform if you need to go cross country.

Bearcat: If we're gonna go pure power and performance, with a little areobatics thrown in... My great uncle Dan was a navy pilot in WWII and Korea. He said the Bearcat was by far the best aircaft he's ever flown. The epitome of the piston driven fighter. The great irony is that it never saw combat.

Anyone who has ever heard Rare Bear fly by will never forget that sound.

The Wright 3350 is the Stratovarius of aircraft engines. I get warm and fuzzy every time I hear one.

All right, for the record, I want to party with Suppercubber, I'll second Doug's comments! Who else would have thought to remember the pole!
1)Turbine Goose
2)Either a Beaver or 1000hp PZL Otter on floats (bring the whole damn kitchen!)
3)Gotta have a Corsair, just 'cause.
4)SU-29 with that hottie from the Haute Voltage video flyin' it.
5)The Cub
6) And becuase I'm sentimental and I love it, the Yellow Peril stays.

Oh yeah, if I'm sitting in the hangar drinking with Jr watching fly his RC toy, I want a metal safety cage to sit in.

well if we are having fun:

turbin dc-3
x-15 with all support, fuel etc.
sr71 for when I have to have some NY cheese cake for lunch
bob hoover and his plane as my personal airbatic instructior
turbin beaver

my current plane could be donated to the local highschool with funding to teach kids to fly.

With an unlimited budget, I would not limit myself to certified planes. She would be custom designed and built from the ground up. Only one plane- with that unlimited budget what's my hurry? Big enough for real people, say a 48" wide cabin, Maule length. Keep her light, Fowler flaps, and leading edge flaps like the Wittman Buttercup. An 8 cylinder, opposed, air-cooled, supercharged diesel engine out front with a 3- bladed composite prop. Airfoil tail, of course. Oh yeah- don't forget the glass panel, we won't get too crazy here; enough stuff to get me through. I might even consider a day VFR ship; again- what's my hurry?

Helio Courier - for landing x-ways on the runway on x-wind days, or on a postage stamp, during stronger winds.

Grumman Mallard, for the ultimate classic RV.

Sikorsky Sky Crane for those pesky heavy lifting jobs. (Like carrying the motorhome to remote mountain peaks, and sandy desert oasis').

C-130 for entertaining larger airborne gatherings.

Lastly, a retractable motorglider. The swedish (?), or is it swiss? the one with the 50'+ wingspan.

And I'm keeping the ol' straight tail 172, too, but it'll get the treatment with the 180 or 200 hp, tanks, STOL, new interior, and paint, radios, etc.

Ahhh, good dreamin'

Enjoy, Berk

My list is also subject to change at my whim of the moment, but:

I've gotta start with a pair of Albatrosses, one Grumman, one L-39.

Then a Pitts S2C.

A Citation CJ2+ because I don't want to have to scare up a co-pilot every time I want to go someplace. Come to think of it, I may have to trade in the Grumman Albatross for a Goose or a Magnum Widgeon.

And finally, I have to apologize to all of you Super Cub fans, but I gotta have a new Aviat Husky A1B.

P.S. If money is no object, then I'll also finish my L-19 Birddog project!

1- The original Memphis Belle. (It's my favorite)

2- Of course a P-51 Escort

3- The new husky. (why not)

4- A Me 109. ( somethin to shoot with the P-51 )

5- And I gotta keep my good o'l 170.

1) Husky for off airport and floats/skis

2) Widgeon (Super-d, of course) for water work

3) King Air 90 with big motors for moving around in weather

4) Spitfire for hormonal remedy MK XI, of course

That is plenty.

Everything else you could rent.

MTV

mtv wrote:Everything else you could rent.
MTV

Aaaahhhhhh excuse me, I did a quick search and Nasa ain't renting out any of their space shuttles. The museum won't let go of the Goose either, something to do with historical mumbo jumbo. I contacted several zoos and they won't rent out their monkeys either....you have to buy them outright, and then you only get the old crippled ones that you have to carry around with diapers.

I doubt that Howard Pardue would rent you his Bearcat either...then again, I doubt that he'd even sell it to someone of Supercubbers immense wealth.

I'm a man of simple needs.

The Widgeon (if you've never flown one, you'd never opt for an Albatross) would permit wilderness roamings with as much range as my bladder can stand, and as much company as I'd like.

The King Air, though relatively slow, compared to jets, has a huge cabin, with a potty, etc. Long range, reliable, two motors.

The Spit--get a grip--by all accounts the most wonderful of all WWII fighters to actually fly.

And, the Husky will do all the backcountry work the Widgeon wont.

I don't need no stinking space shuttles. Where's the flying in that??

As the man said, it's the spam in the can.

But, a Super Widgeon, or a MK XI Spit.......

Whatever winds your watch.

MTV