The Top FIVE FOREIGN Jets I WISH I Could've FLOWN

[@spsantander5288]

Who gives a flying f__k?? You are a never has been...

[@CWLemoine]

What do you fly?

[@Mydriatik1618]

You insignificant, sad, internet troll - he’s a then and a right now, putting out great content that inspires many people. What have you done, champ?

[@ripgfa]

The 418k subscribers, that’s who….how many do you have?

[@georgecooksey8216]

Spsantander - you violated the number 1 rule on this channel - Don't be a douchebag. And what's a "never has been" anyways? Was your hand shaking in anger when you wrote that? It would behoove you to tune into the mental health minutes on this channel. Get some help

[@kgod511]

@@ripgfaeat a bag of dicks uncle cw is the 🐐

[@F22raptor46]

It's awesome you mentioned the Flanker, I have a distant cousin in the Indian AF who is among the first 15 females in the entire country who was chosen to fly fighters. She now flies the Su-30MKI!

[@jovana-che]

That's something like real life Hindi movie Fighter! Edit: Is she Deepika Padukone? :)

[@F22raptor46]

@@jovana-che lol well Deepika flies a Helicopter in that movie so no lol

[@WeBall_1204]

Thats super cool dude. The flanker family have one of my favorite aircraft in them. And the SU-30 is a beautiful beast. Super sick dude

[@MatsGarage]

It would be a bit of a PR fiasco if Saab doesnt reach out to you again to try the reschedule a flight for you. Kom igen Sverige!

[@foxpoint-se]

Just sent an email to Saab about it. I mean "Military Aviation History" channel got to fly it, they have around the same amount of subs so. Fingers crossed att han får flyga världens fränaste plan :)

[@AndrewRoberts11]

Failing that Brazil has a few, and not too bad a place to visit, there's even a UK's Empire Test Pilot school, that has a Gripen D in its fleet of student aircraft.

[@dreaminknight]

​@@foxpoint-seIf I remember correctly, Justin Bronk from the RUSI also had an opportunity to fly on a Gripen.

[@simonrano8072]

Military aircraft contracts don't not rely on PR stunts but strategic alliances and bribes.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

And if not, there's a SAAB J35 Draken forward end converted to a full imersion simulator at the museum in Ängelholm that's open to the public, and I think there's an A/J37 and possible also a JAS39A sim of the same type at the aircraft museum at the SAAB airfield in Linköping.😊

[@astrophysicistguy]

On a TPS instructor's visit to Australia I got to fly the PC-9, what an amazing turbo prop aircraft!

[@alwynjonathan7808]

Not a Swede, but seeing you put Gripen at #1 warms my heart. A stunning aircraft, and if not the one of the best looking one in my opinion. 10/10 list.

[@JoeSwallows]

As a Swede I’m glad you put the Gripen at number one. I have a feeling people tend to don’t like the Gripen because of the lack of thrust to weight ratio but it will be better with the E-version and the fighter fits the Swedish airspace perfect.

[@180life4]

I think the Gripen is the perfect fighter jet for Taiwan, but I don't think they'll ever be able to get them due to political reasons.

[@jussihaila]

I hope Thailand goes for Gripen E. US wants to sell The Viper. Starka tilsammans. Från Finland.❤

[@nilanjangupta763]

​@@jussihailaI believe Thailand already has Gripen-E's.

[@jussihaila]

@@nilanjangupta763 Nope. They operate JAS-39C and D.

[@BrendenCorlet]

​@jussihaila same as South Africa

[@jovana-che]

7:10 - best quote (about Cobra and stuff): "It looks cool, and who doesn't wanna look cool? That's like rule number one of being a fighter pilot." Fighter pilot gold!

[@matthewnewnham-runner-writer]

One of my fellow fighter pilots - a senior colleague at Eglin AFB - once said, "Looking good is a full-time job."

[@nsr-ints]

It also allows you to get some ridiculous angles for a gunshot or a fox-2.

[@MattiasHenriksson-sw7xw]

As a Swede, really fun to hear. :) Loved the American list aswell.

[@nimaiiikun]

my top 5 in no specific order: Mirage 2000, Gripen, Rafale, MiG-31, C-2

[@FREETOMMY-p1d]

The phoon all day over the rrafale sukoi over mig

[@memed2806]

​@@FREETOMMY-p1dnah never

[@102ndsmirnov7]

MiG-31 would probably be a wild ride

[@belgianfried]

​@@102ndsmirnov7 IM GONNA MAKE A SUPERSONIC MAN OUTTA YOUUUUUUUUU DONT STOP ME NOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[@TheOGMattBurns]

For me, not being a pilot, so take it for what it's worth, I have #5 Mig-29 #4 Eurofighter Typhoon, #3 SU-35, #2 Grippen, #1 Rafale. That Rafale is just SOOOOOO pretty!

[@bobbyraejohnson]

It be even prettier if didn’t have the fuel thing sticking out.

[@Pirate85_Original]

@@bobbyraejohnson nah, thats the thing you see first when you see later Mirage F1/2000 ... it doesnt disturb Aerodynamics that great and dont need a (heavy) mechanic to drop in or out... so...

[@natedrawsthings]

I never heard of the Gripen until I saw that Canada was considering buying them, and I got obsessed. Such a terrific looking plane. I'm glad to see an actual pilot singing its praises.

[@wyldhowl2821]

We could have done well choosing the Gripen, Typhoon, or Rafale. No loser planes in that contest.

[@SLAF999]

ohhhhh I love the swedish fighters.....I still remember my 1988 birthday present, it was a 1980 guide of fighters....and in there I fell in love of the saab Viggen....

[@cmarnold78]

Yeah, pretty amazing such a small country in terms of population/economy etc can produce such a jet. I remember pictures of the Viggen on the motorway in the forest photos from the 80s. Just the camo scheme was awesome too then!

[@SgtSteel1]

Observers book/guide to Aircraft? I had the same one!

[@bogdanflo1212]

Also is a cheap fighter, but not very popular ... probably because lack of advertising and bribes

[@raydogtag1870]

the viggen will always be one of if not the best looking jets of all time

[@SLAF999]

@@SgtSteel1 yeah, illustrated guide to modern fighters and attack aircraft by Bill Gunston....I did the mistake to lend it to a friendin the 90s....lost forever:-(

[@jockstrapp21]

As a Brit I'm glad we got the Typhoon , fed up with being the Oliver Twist of NATO - imagine trying to take on Vipers , Eagles ,Hornets & Tomcats in a Lightning or Phantom in friendly exercises. The Tornado F3 was a step up but dogfighter it was not .

[@sparrowlt]

the Tornado is very cool (specially the long nose F3) but as you say a BFM machine not so much.. i renember how hard i laughted when i saw this series about Italian fighter pilots (Aguila is called) who flew F-104s and Tornado IDS and one girl asks them "whats a Tornado" and one of them says "renember Top Gun? its the same jet"

[@Retrosicotte]

@@Pale_Nomad That isn't how the QE class history went though. They were designed from the outset for F-35 and were always intended for it. The carriers entered service in 2017, and got their jets in 2018, so there was no real delay in practical terms. Going for F/A-18s or Rafale Ms would have just meant getting a previous gen fighter in very small numbers for great expense and no real benefit in the end since F-35 was coming along very soon regardless. There was never a plan to operate older gen jets in the carrier force.

[@glynnwright1699]

@@Pale_Nomad Have you ever worked with the French on an aerospace project? I can tell you from personal experience that they are a complete nightmare. On every tiny detail, it is 'my way or the highway' with them. The UK has made a lot of money out F35, between 15% and 20% of every F35 is made in the UK, depending on the variant. There probably wouldn't be the engineering capability in the UK to do Tempest, if the UK had chosen Rafale. The Italians are excellent partners, we rated them the best of the three countries when it came to engineering and the Japanese are ahead of the USA in some sensor technologies. So Tempest is off to a good start and well ahead of the Franco/Spanish/German 6th generation equivalent. The argument about the launch method for the carriers is very complex and was, no doubt, done to death by the OR groups. I am not sure that it would have been any better waiting five years for the USN to sort out EMALS, than for F35Bs. In the February report on Gerald R Ford it was noted that the only thing that was keeping EMALS operational was 24/7 engineering support from continental USA.

[@slammerf16]

@@Retrosicotte But they could have been F-35C

[@KevinS47]

Yoda? xD

[@fredrikmartensson1217]

Don't give up on the Gripen! Let's start a petition 😬Maybe Justin Bronk got a good contact over at SAAB.. would be super interesting to listen to conversations about the difference and similarities of gripen and f16. Not only flight characteristics but philosophy and so on. @Maxvillman got some really good interviews with the head of design at SAAB and even the gripen E test pilot at their facility in Linkoping. Would be amazing if you got to fly and even do interviews there. Cheers for a good show!

[@MarceloSantos-hi7gn]

The Grippen flying with the brazilian flag, over the Christ, The Redeemer monument, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, made my weekend! THANK YOU!

[@donquixote1502]

As a Swede I totally agree with your thoughts. If I could pick any plane I would choose the F 22, the Spitfire, the Mustang, the Albatros D, and Gripen E.

[@Avofan]

My picks….. #5, Harrier, #4, MiG-29, #3, Typhoon, #2 Tornado, #1, Rafale.

[@michalandrejmolnar3715]

I too love the Rafale!

[@lamsior]

no A10 ?

[@leobrion5753]

​@@lamsior he's talking about jets, not machine gun with wings 😂 (i love the A10 too)

[@NoOnionsUK]

As an Air Cadet (in the '80s) I got to sit in the cockpit of a Tornado at RAF Brüggen (height of the Cold War) and had a flight in the base simulator. Happy days!

[@K.Marx48]

We all know it's the polikarpov I-16

[@johns70]

Although I would love to fly the Gripen and the Viggen, the Swedish fighter on the top of my list is the Draken. Hands down the coolest fighter jet in history! The engine scream like a Tie Fighter and THE original of the “Kort Parad”, or as it was later known as “The Cobra”. And the plane is BEAUTIFUL!

[@bobthebomb1596]

Same for me, love the Draken.

[@Perkelenaattori]

@@bobthebomb1596 I used to serve in AA forces in the Finnish army and the air force squadron nearby had Drakens back then before we switched to F/A-18's and those damn pilots used to fly just over our barracks during the night and those things were loud as hell. Honestly I hope those pilots stepped on Legos. 😄

[@FredrikGranlundkayaker]

The smaller prototype (Saab 210) they built first is even more beautiful!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

There is a Draken airframe and cockpit built into a max immersion simulator at Ängelholms Flygvapenmuseum that's open to the public for a separate booking fee. The museum is located around 1.5h drive North along the E6 highway from Copenhagen international airport. You can also get there by train to Ängelholm city (trains heading from Denmark towards Göteborg and Oslo stops at the Kastrup airport terminal and Ängelholm city, and from Ängelholm, there is busses every 30 minutes in summer time, everyb60 minutes in winter, the city also has a very good railroad museum and good quality restaurants for every preference within 15min walk from the train station.

[@jockstrapp21]

Folland Gnat mate . You can do the Paula Abdul spinning reversal move from Hot Shots

[@tenientef2]

He missed the chance of flying the Gnat in the "the navy" and doing carrier landings in the S.S.ESSESS

[@dogsbd]

I was sure you would say Su-27 as number 1 so when you made it number 2 I was stumped... but good call on the Gripen!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Yeah, the Gripen is my favourite European jet. For all the reasons you said but _also_ for all the time and thought they've put into what needs to be done to keep it in the air. You just need a road strip, it's very STOL capable and requires only a weapons truck, fuel truck and two basically trained soldiers to turn it around and get it airborne again, i live that kind of holistic thinking when it comes to war fighting, it's so important. This is why Gripen is _the_ jet for Ukraine. Saab just needs to make a version over which America holds no sway.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Hah! That 6 meteor 2 ASRAAM version probably has the munitions costing more than the jet! 😂 That's the problem with our missiles at the moment, they are just too expensive to keep in production in a war.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

What you think if it wasn't for using US engines that the entire world would be flying Gripens or something? Gripen simps are really something else.

[@kush662]

Sounds like you need to join the Indian Air Force! You can fly 4 of your wish list, mirage 2k, rafale, MiG 29 and su30mki. They also got a few stowed away sea harriers and MiG 25 fox bats! I would love to get a ride in foxbat and have it go Mach 2.6+

[@anderspedersen6750]

Good list. Saw the Gripen fly many many years ago (as in before it was operational), looked great. Thinking 5 was not enough for this list, but with 5 I would probably have switched out the 2000 with the Rafale.

[@mjc8281]

I grew up around the RAF my father being a pilot...Shackleton's and Nimrods and whenever that topic came up the plane that everyone said you must fly at least once was the Hawker Hunter, it seemed to be held in really high regard by the aircrew and pretty much every Air Force that flew it seemed to have adored them as well.

[@DDayJayke]

My list would be the F15, F-16, MiG-29, Flanker (Any/All variants), Su-57. No specific order, but I would like to fly those aircraft

[@bobharrison7693]

Buccaneer, Mirage F-1, Viggen, Lightning, Kfir. (Last SS jet flown was the RF-8G with the J-57 P420 engine)

[@Blackmoon9u9]

Mirage F1

[@cte4dota]

Those Flakers are the sexiest planes out there.

[@cte4dota]

@@Thatswildpimp Everyone have own taste ^^

[@topkitena]

@@Thatswildpimp F-15 is such an ugly jet...

[@KristopherMarie]

@@topkitenaAin’t no way…

[@СергейНикольский-я2ц]

@@KristopherMarieas one said before - everyone has different taste. But for me F-15 looks like Lego-plane similar to Foxbat, both look as square as a brick (=almost ugly). My top 3 are F-16s, Flankers and Mirages

[@KristopherMarie]

@@СергейНикольский-я2ц that’s fair… especially an F-16

[@ayroods]

Since you’re planning on doing an experimental aircraft episode and you were a viper pilot. I’m gonna go out on the way and say that the 16 XL will be on your list. Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong, but it was one fantastic looking jet.

[@adambydand1214]

Biggest travesty ever.

[@hoghogwild]

@@adambydand1214 Was going to cost almost double to develop as what the Strike Eagle cost.

[@johnhurst3737]

The ' Wanker ' in the back brings a whole new meaning to co-pilot/ WISO.

[@cdyjv118]

As an ADAIR bro I love how much youre holding back on two of these picks

[@lamsior]

For me it would be: #5 A10 #4 MIG 29 #3 Mirage 2000 #2 F15 #1 RAFALE BONUS AIRCRAFT: Vought F4U Corsair

[@kineticdeath]

I was going to say for me a Flanker would be my top pick, but the Gripen is a solid contender no doubt. it also looks amazing too

[@PatriotFalcon]

It seems difficult to choose between these fighters. All of these foreign fighters that you mentioned are very wonderful, and in my opinion, I would love to fly in the Rafale. or any flanker.

[@KonradGora1]

You'd love the Gripen (soo freakin' nimble) and EF2000 (thrust/weight ratio and how this a/c regains speed, even in straight vertical fight, makes this machine a killer - even for a Viper junkie like me). MiG29/Su27 are a lot of fun to fly too but they may be too analog for you... they would bring way too much memories/nightmares from T-38A's 😂 I have never sat nor even talked too any Mirage 2000 driver so no opinions here but Rafale is also sick jet to fly.

[@AlenB29]

Su27 might be but Su30SM and Su35 are digital as fuck lmao

[@daviddunne4737]

Good for Europe....Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Rafale and Saab Jas 39 Gripen . Three very nice and capable aircraft.

[@R.Hogarth]

Any plans for a "Top 5 Jets I wish I could have flown but they were before my time" video? I would be VERY interested in hearing your thoughts on the CF105 Avro Arrow.

[@DavidGreen-hp5yq]

Absolutely fantastic; I agree, the Saab has what it takes. A lot of good jets, but this one, you could almost maintain with your mates ;)

[@Riiseli]

Intresting list. A bonus pick I'd suggest (not as cool as these) would be the Bae Hawk, which is the all time favorite of a former Finnish Airforce MiG-21 and test pilot Jyrki Laukkanen. He is quick to sing its praises and while modern stuff has possibly surpassed the Hawk the man does have experience with over 150 aircraft types, so I'm guessing it is a pretty nice plane.

[@gabrieljuchem]

Cool shot from the Gripen in Rio. Brazil bought 36 brand new units and has plans to buy more. The HUDs and HMDs are developed in southern Brazil, where I'm from

[@michaelhannah5376]

Good choice, marginally surprised the Rafale was not in your list. But very glad the Typhoon is getting the recognition it deserves. With the new AESA it will get the sensor suite it deserves.

[@standartenfuhrerhanslanda343]

You’re a legend, Mover

[@garrettcarberry2005]

Great list. I am surprised you didn’t pick the Rafale. I know it is French but it is an awesome aircraft that looks amazing. My top five would have been 1.Eurofighter 2.JAS 39 3.Rafale 4.SU57 5.F14 (Iranian)

[@Cam-ie3cl]

you inverse the rafale and the eurofighter

[@albinfiskare]

isnt rafale and eurofighter pretty similar? with rafale being less of an airsuperiority jet but more versatile

[@Cam-ie3cl]

@@albinfiskare and more beautifull

[@azurman3]

They have very different capabilities and the Rafale outperforms the Typhoon in all areas except pure air superiority

[@Blackmoon9u9]

Every french people here is made because mover prefer jas39 and typhoon and 2 russian jet instead of cocorico Rafale

[@Andromeda4482]

I was sad to see Eurofighter at 3rd, because I thought there's no way the Gripen would end up here. And yet, here she is!

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

I agree with most, but especially the Grippen # 1. Another suggestion, do legacy jets. F-104, F-106, F-4, F-105, Viggen, lightning, etc..

[@AndrewMcFarlane_1]

Was at the Cosford airshow yesterday and the kids loved it (Mirage 2000) flying in a 2 ship formation. Typhoon scared them a bit due to the noise.

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

BTW, Gripen is designed to take off and land from highways, no runway required...

[@adammckenzie6074]

Oh a long strip of concrete is so much different on a highway then the long strip of concrete on a runway. The only impressive part to that is the wings not hitting street lights. Any plane can find a road long enough straight away to land and take off

[@aaronzeiger216]

One of my top 5 would be the mig 23 simply because its a top fuel dragster in the A2A varient. That 1.5 second spool up time would be pretty cool. I know it wont turn but i wanna pin the ears back...lol

[@theleftfootedsultan]

Later variants were pretty nimble by third-gen standards. Obviously not going to go nose pointing with a Hornet, but they certainly wouldn’t be helpless in BFM in their era.

[@2ZZGE100]

How about Rafale?

[@Blackmoon9u9]

Stinky cheese

[@velleda_amg]

Fan from Brazil here, love the content! Very happy to see that the Gripen is on the top of your list, since it´s going to be the main Airforce jet here. About 36 Gripens were bought, but only 4 jets are active at the moment. Shame that this country is rulled by thieves and full of corruption, so what´s the point of having great machinery if we can´t use it effectively...

[@yogiguitar1]

what about the tr.b anti grav black triangle arv? or bob lazrs sport model saucer.or even the sr 72 hypersonic jet?

[@agidotexe7167]

hey Mover really hope u do get another chance to fly the Gripen! love from Sweden

[@forkinpig]

Mirage 2000 is the most neat in design, sharp looking, pencil like pointy nose, straight lines of the delta wing just perfectly accented by the very visually exposed curves of the engine bays or intakes and that straight forward cylindrical fuselage. A bit surprised that you didn’t mention the dry thrust power specifically for mig-29 and the Eurofighter, the impression I got from listening to pilots who flew these was that their engines made them distinctly special to fly.

[@DNModels]

Good picks. Flanker though. If there is an arch-enemy, that is it.

[@DLevasseur]

Love this series. Can't wait to hear about the chopper and WWII favourites. Advanced guess, Airwolf will be your #1 fictional aircraft.

[@cf6282]

Really impressed by the Saab Gripen. Saab has been at the forefront of fighter development. Very impressive for such a small country.

[@Bullinatorn]

gripen is so cool and obviously im biased since im a swede but after doing more research on fighter jets i realised that we have been making fighter jets of top quality for a long time.

[@pf6797]

I thought maybe you would bunch the Mirage/Rafale for a Mitsubishi F-2. Just to see what the differences and similarities between the F-2A and the C variant Viper.

[@FuzedBox]

There's a group here in the states that acquired a Flanker and has it flying. You should try to hook up with them and take it for a spin!

[@henrikwannheden7114]

As a Swede, the JAS 39 Gripen would be disqualified for my top 5 foreign aircraft so.. here's my list: 5. Rafale 4. Su-30 3. F-22 (I think I need to learn how to actually fly first, if they don't build a two seater just for me :) 2. B-1B 1. SR-71

[@JMA5566]

Of course you should come to Sweden and you should bring Gonky too. I’m sure SAAB would love to have you guys over.

[@FREETOMMY-p1d]

From the uk i just wanted to say a very big thank you for your service and shzring your content. I absolutly love the EUROFIGHTER and ive loved the phoon since a kid. I love the f22 and clearly the ej200 powered phoon. Russian jet i prefer sukoi over migs although similar. Not a fan of rafale nor the french lol if britain wasnt ran by worthless politicians wed of built many more iconic jets but a money and bad management. The harrier was always a favourite too and i recently foubd that the f35 uses rolls royce vtol technology as used in the harrier which is cool. I live next to ROLLS ROYCE jet engibe facility in Derby uk so love anything jet. Keep up the great content and again Thank you for your service. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸

[@feralmario310]

What about the Rafale ?

[@dfwald4657]

All great choices.

[@clarasdk]

Nice list, I would probably have put the Rafael in instead of the M2000 and maybe a Tornado, Viggen or Draken instead of the Mig 29.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

As a non-pilot, my wish list is long but distinguished (so's my Johnson, name the movie this quote is from) but to narrow it to the top 5 would be, in order, the C-5M Super Galaxy at #5, then the F-4E Phantom II, then the F/A 18E/F Super Hornet, the C-17 Globemaster III and at number 1 is the Tomcat. I graduated high school when Top Gun was released and it made my join the Navy. Spent 4 years on the USS Theodore Roosevelt from 1986 (yes, I am a Plank Owner) to 1990 as an Aviation Ordnance Tech in the G-3 Division of the Weapons Department (a Mag Rat). I was mostly in a missile magazine working with the Sidewinder, Sparrow and Phoenix. I made 2nd class petty officer (E-5) and was honorably discharged right before Desert Storm. When we we were at sea, when I got off duty I headed up to the observation deck on the Island which was deck 14 which puts you about 50 above the deck and right between the arresting gear when it was fully stretched out and the mid-ship (waist) catapults. Spent hours watching flight ops. Special memories!

[@TheKatakali]

5: Rafale, F/A 18 Super Hornet 4: Su-35, MiG 29 3: F-15 Eagle, F-16 2: Eurofighter Typhoon, Gripen 1: F-22 Raptor, F-35

[@jamesguitar7384]

Brit here . Very informative.. Bloody good information.

[@bencruz563]

The gripen is a beautiful little plane and an impressive domestic showing for Sweden.

[@Pinkyy901]

5. Su-34 4. Dassault Rafale 3. EF2000 2. F-14D Tomcat 1. SU-47 Berkut🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mercboy111]

Would you have wanted to try out the Mitsubishi F2 Viper Zero and Super Kai?😊

[@joncox9719]

YES! The Grippen is my FAV! There are some video's explaining the engineering that went into the Grippen, the tail nozzle blending is amazing! I believe it has a definate edge over the F-16!

[@mrolsen6987]

*Gripen Cheers from Sweden 🍻

[@Zathaghil]

Might as well translate it to "Griffin" or "Gryphon" whichever spelling you are into. Since almost no one use the Russian names for the MiG and Sukhois, why use the Swedish name (mutilated by English pronunciation) for the SAABs?

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

First flying 15 years after the F-16 and being basically all that Sweden works on, you would kind of hope so.

[@colorpraeterita3824]

Sweet line up you've chosen 👍 For myself the top 5 non-US jets I'd like to fly are, in no particular order: - EE Lightning, F-104 like performance but less of a widowmaker. - TSR-2 supersonic bomber, what might have been. - Mirage 4000, ditto TSR-2. - Grippen E. - MiG 31.

[@Emile97427]

Mirage 4000 is the Rafale's father, I love it. So sad that it remained at the prototype stage !

[@akhtarkh]

How about a video about the top 5 foreign fighter jets you have flown?

[@belgianfried]

My picks? I've been studying Soviet/Russian aircraft all my life. 1. Su-35BM 2. MiG-29/35 (tie) 2. F-15C/EX (tie) 3. MiG-31 (tie) 3. P-51D and after good god i love this thing so much 4. Su-15 thing is big 5. F-22/35 these things would be higher but the list is restrictive

[@sweetroscoeful]

5. Panavia Tornado 4. Suhkoi SU-15 Flagon 3. Mig 25 Foxbat 2. English Electric Lightning 1. Saab Viggen Very much cold war aircraft (Tornado did have an extended life into the modern age).

[@mikewilson3628]

@mover ... I recommend you watch the British T.V show "Top Guns" Inside the R.A.F, be great to hear your thoughts on the Royal Navy .

[@robd2184]

RAF isn’t the Royal Navy ?

[@mikewilson3628]

Lol, you are completely right, I have no idea why I typed that,😂😅😅

[@Mercpowereng]

Didn't think the gripen would be no 1 but you make a good point, I think I would go for the only su37 test jet that crashed in 2002, it just was so experimental and crazy maneuverable, thanks Mover 😊

[@budyeddi5814]

LOVING this series!! Cool to see the smoking Mig and the Wanker on your list. Gorgeous airframes

[@petter5721]

Hello How about doing a Gripen E video 😀

[@AlexKall]

Aww, shame you didn't get to go flying, I hope there is another chance in the future, even if it doesn't look like it now! Also a very good list, I can see why you picked those.

[@lowtdave]

The Mig-31 might be a winner for me. That thing is pretty damn amazing.

[@God_Tempestade]

love seen the brazillian video of the gripen ... i'm so fricking proud of the joint forces brazil is doing with jas on the modernization of the gripen

[@Indypacecar82]

The Gripen would be my number one aircraft. That's of the aircraft currently in military service. Saab has produced incredible aircraft, even more incredible once you look at the GDP of Sweden.

[@mrlargo7067]

I hope André takes you up in the our pride Jet, are you rdy for his 3,4 negative G going into 8,8 positiv G:)

[@iatsd]

In no particular order - Jaguar, Tornado, Mirage 2000, Hunter, Sea Venom. There's a good number of things from 1950's Britain and France that would be fascinating to try.

[@unclebuzz6913]

Top 5 bombers...? Top 5 supercars you'd like to" fly"? Top 5 STEALTH Fighters ..(All/Everyone made) Top 5 "DARPA" Planes .. Top 5 Gliders...(Think about EVERY ONE ) Top 5 DARK PROJECT FLYING CRAFT... Top 5 Presidential aircraft... Top 5 "Super Hero / Villain " aircraft... Top 5 WWII aircraft Top 5 Cold War aircraft.. Top 5 Movie / Television show aircraft.. Thank you for your service in and out of our military. God Bless you and Your Loved Ones

[@mustaproductionsperez6726]

My favourite aircraft always was the Yf23, until I got my first internet in the late nineties and found about the Berkut, SU-47. Now that's a plane I wish I could fly; the F18 and F22 too

[@Henkibojj]

8:24 It must have been the D, because the twin seaters are the second letter in the model abbreviations A/B and C/D. The E has no "F" variant, yet anyway. The As and Bs don't fly anymore, and I doubt they'd let you in alone in a C, so therefore it must have been the D.

[@CWLemoine]

Yes, the D model. I meant the C/D variant, not the latest generation.

[@ByronLina]

All good choices, but the Gripen slaps. Great bespoke fighter!

[@MultiSweeney1]

Has to be the Foxhound for me. The last of it's kind and a truly unique flight experience.

[@marcomarcon5802]

How about the Mig 31?

[@ryanwalker9472]

Do you have a warbird top 5?

[@3204clivesinclair]

My sister lives in Northern Sweden and has a remote Gripen dispersal site a couple of hundred metres from her house. A few weeks ago she saw some F16' up there training on the road strip with the pair of Gripens.

[@patrickdenengelse9293]

I love that Saab Gripen, what a cool looking jet.

[@SgtMclupus]

As a Swede, it warms my heart to see you put the Griffin at number one (yes, I translated what "Gripen" means...) I almost thought you wouldn't include it because many see the Typhoon as kinda like the same plane type, but bigger with two engines, and somewhat better power/ weight... Ofcourse, many that does that comparison doesn't know that much about the JAS-39 in the first place, so I was happy to be wrong in my prejudice thoughts 😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@appstratum9747]

As a Brit, I agree: the Typhoon and Gripen excel at different jobs. They're not the same at all. As an all round practical war fighting machine for an air force like Sweden's or Ukraine's and operating in such close proximity to the Russia with the war fighting philosophy and organisation of these countries, the Gripen is pretty much an unbeatable proposition for short and medium range missions. It's a fantastic and practical war-fighting aircraft with a wonderful electronic warfare suite - some of which will apparently find its way onto the German ECR variant of the Typhoon. And naturally the Gripen is exceptionally cost-effective and simple to operate. The Typhoon is really excellent at what it was originally designed for and in the way that the RAF uses it: QRA and long distance intercept over the sea, with a secondary (and now really pretty good) air-to-ground precision strike role. But it wasn't designed to operate from austere runways or with the shorter turnarounds and lower maintenance staffing requirements that the Gripen delivers.

[@SCVIndy]

Cool list .. appreciate your comments about the capabilities of each one .. curious about your thoughts on props ..

[@MjolnirFeaw]

kinda surprised to find the Mirage 2000 (and the EF Typhoon!) not not the Rafale... but ok.

[@Blackmoon9u9]

And even the jas39...

[@paristo]

Gripen, Rafael and Eurofighter. Those are nice three competitive platforms that would be nice to see from modern user interface and system design vise. But for the flight and systems, it is the Flanker. To see the old Su-27 and then latest Su-27. It would be shocking to see differences. And if ever possible, see the first Su-27M aka Su-35 prototype, that was cancelled - and then upgraded version from it got out, Su-35M.

[@tomaskolarik6114]

Mirage 2000: "Its not Viper, its better "

[@Blackmoon9u9]

Even ATE don't say that

[@TzunSu]

As a Swede, and SAAB driver, im both unsurprised and glad for the ranking :D