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Another exciting area on AirSpace : "The 100 Greatest"

We have created a new and exciting area on AirSpace that celebrates the 100 year anniversary of Flight International while putting your debating skills to the test.

Our aim is simple; to create an exclusive list with a difference! With your help and industry opinion, we want to create a definitive list of the 100 greatest, made up from the top twenty of five highly-charged categories. Those categories are:

  1. Civil Aircraft
  2. Military Aircraft
  3. Engines
  4. People
  5. Moments

To begin with we just want nominations. Is the A380 the best civil aircraft of the last hundred years? Can the Spitfire be bettered in military aircraft history? By nominating your favourite you can place your nominations into the mix and put it into the contention for the top 20 list.

 It won't only be you nominating though. We will have opinion from around the industry on their best moment or favourite person. From CEOs to the movers and shakers, we want to canvass opinion from everywhere to create a final shortlist of twenty for each category.

Once that is achieved, our shortlists will be open to vote, where you will help decide  the order of the top twenty, and allow us to create a definitive 100 list, which will be unveiled at Farnborough air show.

So get nominating if you want to see your favourite get the recognition it deserves...Wink
 


Posted: Jan 24 2008, 09:30 AM by Maverick | with 1 comment(s)
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dakota67 said:

Civil aircraft: I nominate the DHC-2 Beaver as one of the greatest aircraft of all time. I flew many types on agricultural operations but the Beaver remains my firm favourite as a true "pilot's aeroplane".(in the single-engine category). On ag.ops in NZ and Australia we usually carried a tonne or more payload out of, particularly in NZ, very small narrow airstrips as short as 200 metres if sloping. Although the PT-6 variants perform better, I loved the old 450 bhp P & W R-985 radial. Whilst, as with all types, there was some room for tweaking, DHC got it pretty right first time. I could elaborate in depth but I guess this is enough for now?

# January 25, 2008 3:52 AM