Originally Posted by
sharpend
Now that the RAF has a few, would a non-biased pilot correct my views on this aircraft: I subscribe to the principle that if it looks good, it possibly is good. In my opinion F35 looks ugly.
Two comments:
1. "non-biased pilot?" No such thing.
2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For quite a few folks the last "good looking" airplane was the Spitfire. Maybe the Mustang. After that everything "looks ugly." Beauty is a lousy and very subjective metric.