I like airplanes. All of 'em, pretty much, but there is a special place in my heart for neat airplanes that never got the recognition they deserve. Not F-15's and Vipers or test planes or prototypes, but cool planes that worked well but will never be the hero vehicle in Top Gun II.
Planes like the F-5:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-1234S-073.jpg
The Cessna Dragonfly (really, Super Tweet):
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QgTvnPtrdM...ragonfly_2.jpg
and the F-8 Crusader and A-7 Corsair II:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ng_Apr1966.jpg
Members of a forum as geeky as this one must have their own favorite also-rans. What are they?