"I've got a couple of thousand hours flying the Hawk T1. Whether you're flying in formation, at high or low level it's a versatile and capable aeroplane, and it's very responsive. There's not much instrumentation, it's a 60's design and there's no nose that you can see. You really are at the front of everything you do, and it feels as if you're flying yourself, rather than flying an aeroplane." "I've flown four different types of Harrier, starting with the Hawker Siddeley GR.3 lightweight version, which was a dream to fly. The performance for a single-seat, lightweight plane of that ilk was just astonishing. Nought to sixty happened in the same amount of time it took to move my hand from one lever to the other. You never tire of that." "I imagine a lot of dream hangars will have Spitfires in, but I'm going to go for the Mustang as my warbird. It had a long range and a lot of air-to-ground weaponry, which, of course, is close to my heart, and the pilots I've read about seemed to enjoy what they did. It's a tremendous-looking aeroplane, too, so in 'looks-terms' and in 'grunt-terms' it just has the edge. Plus, it'll make my hangar look prettier!"
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