World's worst planes: The aircraft that failed
So, the BBC's list is:
- Fairey Battle
- Douglas TBD Devastator
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- Brewster F2A Buffalo
- Fairey Albacore
- De Havilland Comet
- Heinkel He 162
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Plus
- Christmas Bullet
- Blackburn B-25 Roc
- Blackburn B.26 Botha
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9
- Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano
- Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
This topic's been covered several times over the years (e.g.
here and
here), but what was missing from the list (and what
shouldn't have been included)? Some of the usual suspects absent from the Beeb's list include the Bolton-Paul Defiant, Bristol Brabazon, Heinkel He 177 Grief, Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 and – arguably - Hughes Spruce Goose. Not to forget the Hunting Percival P.74 on the rotary-wing side.
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