What plane should I buy—4 engine edition?

[MauleSkinner]

I hear 747s are going to be available cheap.

 

[EdFred]

Turbine Cri Cri

 

[Zeldman]

DC-6/C-54

 

[Greg Bockelman]

I want a Cessna 620.

 

[iamtheari]

I want the Cessna 620.

FTFY.

B-17 for me. Chicks dig taildraggers.

 

[Mtns2Skies]

Lockheed Jetstar

 

[Velocity173]

McDonnell 220

 

[Greg Bockelman]

FTFY.

Well, since it doesn’t actually exist anymore...

 

[Larry in TN]

 

[MauleSkinner]

B-17 for me. Chicks dig taildraggers.

You’d get more chicks in a 307.

 

[Plano Pilot]

McDonnell 220

 

[Geosync]

C-17 Globemaster

 

[Geosync]

My fav-

 

[Deelee]

Queen of the skies: https://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/195137255/2012-boeing-747-8i

Nice interior. Paint looks good. No pics of the panel, but I'm sure it is well equipped. Looking to add this to our club with the 727 (see above). Probably going to need another partner. Must be able to meet insurance requirements.

 

[Tantalum]

I want a Cessna 620.

I have one better, it's like the baby brother of the PeaceMaker

Monsted-Vincent MV-1 Starflight


It's a high wing, but there are no struts and it has 4 engines. How bad a$$ would it be rolling into the FBO with a polished all metal version with a sharp red cheatline

Write up here.. thanks EAA (gratuitous "AOPA sucks")
http://eaavintage.org/april-2016-mystery-mv-1/

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

If you can't find one of those, then the only other option is"

 

[Tantalum]

..and here I am thinking our *current* GA tech is antiquated..

Slap a Garmin 430 on those ^^ and you have effectively brought it on par with the majority of the current GA fleet, actually superior given its soft field capabilities and overall simple design

 

[Velocity173]

My fav-
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Been on a bunch of C-130 flights in the past. Great aircraft.

 

[Sluggo63]

My first love... a dirty girl who burned water and smoked like a chimney. Not in this photo. By then, she cleaned up her act.

 

[Stan Cooper]

Bally Bomber.

 

[Velocity173]

My first love... a dirty girl who burned water and smoked like a chimney. Not in this photo. By then, she cleaned up her act.
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Somewhere near Okinawa back in ‘98. Got to fly the boom for a little bit as well.

 

[Larry in TN]

My first love... a dirty girl who burned water and smoked like a chimney.

Hey, she's old enough to smoke!

 

[Tantalum]

Been on a bunch of C-130 flights in the past. Great aircraft.

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C130 are my favorite to walk around and ogle at airshows. Something very brutal about it

 

[Velocity173]

C130 are my favorite to walk around and ogle at airshows. Something very brutal about it

I’m actually not a big fan on the looks but no doubt about their unmatched utility. No frills transportation at its finest!

 

[iamtheari]

I simulated Airventure last night. I was in the garage working on my RV-14 and a C-130 flew about 7 passes including one directly over my head, spraying for mosquitos. If I had to have a tricycle-gear four-engine plane, I wouldn't kick a Hercules out of the hangar.

 

[NordicDave]

C130 are my favorite to walk around and ogle at airshows. Something very brutal about it

And I thought I was the only one. There’s just something about the C130. Hard to fault this variant:

 

[Ted]

Lockheed Jetstar

+1

 

[Ghery]

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C-17 Globemaster

I've got a cousin who commanded a squadron of those for the USAF a number of years ago. Obviously the markings were a bit different.

 

[AKBill]

Queen of the skies:

Not if you have to call for the price.. Only 45 Million

747-100 24 million new, 747-800 378 million new

 

[RangeRider]

McDonnell 220

I thinks the prototype is sitting on the ramp near the T-hangars at KELP.
Hasn’t moved in many years.

 

[Todd82]

The meteorologist in me would want the WC-130 variant. If I'm going to buy a C130 I might as well hurricane hunt with it.

 

[denverpilot]

Herc.

 

[Chilito]

If you’ve got impeccable taste, and you’re hard to shop for...you CANNOT go wrong with an Avro RJ-85...but DON’T call it a BAE146! Parts still moderately available if you live near the desert. The spoiler alone makes it worth it.