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Old 23rd May 2014, 07:29
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Typical to include "Comet" without specifying which model.

Few people know much about the Fairey Albacore except that it was ungainly, dated and not very good, but certainly not bad enough to be included in a list of just 14 "worst planes".

My Dad certainly enjoyed his time as Observer/Navigator trainee in the Albacore. Admittedly it was perhaps fortunate for him that the war ended while his squadron was in port waiting for their aircraft carrier to take them to the Pacific!

I presume the Tarrant Tabor did not make the list because it did not get into service, or even off the ground.

You can only judge a machine by the standards of its time, but I reckon the worst atrocity ever (admittedly not a plane) was the Piasecki Helistat. It would have been a ridiculous design by the standards of 50 years earlier!
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