Fuggliest prop airliner

[1279shp]

Okay been done to death but I like watching the death matches on "best looking" etc.

Anyone says the 1900D here is gonna get a winglet up 'em! :)

[High Altitude]

1900D

ANY Shorts

Dornier 228

That airbus thingy

Now don't that MU2 looky dead sexy...

[Arm out the window]

Ever seen a Bristol Freighter? Would certainly get a run in the 10 ugliest of all time, I think.

[AfgAirOps]

How about the ATL-90 'Accountant' (http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/clyde/808/atl90/atl90-05.jpg)

or the Dinfia Huanquero (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/156982/M/)

or the Dinfia Guarani (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/156981/M/)

[1279shp]

Crikey chaps!

Mu-2 - done it, loved it!
228-212 - done it, loved it! (Well okay enjoyed the experience!
1900D - doing it, loving it!

Does that make me a fuggly lover!! :(

[Highbypasss]

Any takers for the flying toaster/shed?

[redsnail]

Definitely the SD 330. :yuk:
I fly G-SSWA in the UK. It might have been a reasonable beasty when it rolled out of the err shed in Belfast but now? It's a shocker.
The SD 360 isn't particularly attractive but it flies ok and plenty of room up the front. :ok:

[Capt Claret]

The shed mighta looked better if the took it out of the box it came in. :}

[Woomera]

Those Dinfia thingos, whats the name of that show on one of the Foxtel channels where they put two teams of guys in a junk yard and they have to make something out of it.?

As for the "Accountant" only the Poms would actually spend money to produce it. :pm Designed as a DC3 replacement The very pretty F27 did that and eventually the HP Herald which was prettyish in .

The Bristol "frightener" would be up there, but I am surprised this one hasn't got on the list.Triumph of brute strength over drag (http://www.aviationposters.com/images/cs34reduced.jpg)
Mind you the Poms and the Hun were out of the "form and function" school of architecture.:D

Have a hunt around in here there is some really ugly and really beautiful stuff.

The Von Tilberg Collection is also worth looking at.

Cool old a/c stuff (http://1000aircraftphotos.com/index.html)

[Woomera]

That Woomera

Anything with the name "Accountant", well ..... it just has to be ugly! :}

This Woomera

[hoss]

I don't want to offend any of the 'old' Butler Air Transport guys but the Airspeed Ambassador AS.57 takes the cake. Fortunately they(AS.57) went out of service back in 1959 :} .

Currently, I would say the B1900C can be a bit hard on the eyes sometimes;) .

Best looking, the Dash 8-400Q:)

[sprucegoose]

Oh I would say something German of WW11 vintage. Bristol freighter for sure. Lake Bucaneer....my God. BAe 146...Oh sorry this isn't a "General catagory". :}

[High Altitude]

Tri Lander MkIII........

[Grivation]

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy :yuk:

[PPRuNe Radar]

Could be worse Reddo ......

they might have made you fly an Oz built aircraft :p

http://avia.russian.ee/pictures/australia/transavia_airtruck.jpg

[Tail_Wheel]

And at one stage Transavia considered building a passenger version of the AirTruck! :yuk:

1279shp. I'm intrigued by the name. Is it inspired by a PT6A-67 series engine (I don't know of a -67 rated at 1,279 eshp), a Garrett or some other brand of noise maker?

[steamchicken]

All I'll say about the two argie types is that I hope we splashed at least one of each!

[TheNightOwl]

I realise that it wasn't strictly an "airliner", but the Blackburn Beverley has to be in with a shout for this contest, it wasn't known as the "flying block of flats" for nothing! Its only redeeming feature was the amount of rags needed in the cargo area to mop up the hydraulic fluid and the volume of spare locking-wire. They combined to make the trip from Aden to Nairobi/Luanda and back somewhat more bearable by making balls out of the rags, secured by locking-wire and allowing us to play cricket until bored/deafened. A truly awful (in the real sense of the word) aeroplane.

Kind regards,

TheNightOwl.:E

[Sheep Guts]

Basically everything British and Im not having a ago because we lost the Rugby World Cup.

Just think of a British Airliner, anything, Prop or Jet and tell me if it isnt ugly. Ill be surprised.

Dove :yuk:
Heron :yuk:
Viscount :yuk:
Comet :yuk:
Bae146 :yuk:
Lancastrian :yuk:
Bristol Freighter :yuk:
Brabazon :yuk:

The only real pretty machine Ive seen that has sleek lines is the Concorde and thats half French.


Sheep

[splatgothebugs]

Tailwheel,

1279shp is bang on the money PT6A-67D is 1279shp.

splat:ok:

bloody good engine too.;)

Oh yeah my vote, one of those pawnee things espeacially that ugly pink one in Tauranga recently.

[steamchicken]

VC10 - no-one could have accused that of negative beauty. And the Comet was stunning? But why didn't you mention the HS748..ugh.

[GA Driver]

What about anything made by Piaggio??? No matter what it is it's still ugly!:eek::eek:

Oh and steam chicken, spot on with the VC10

Cheers,
GA Driver

[Tail_Wheel]

Splats. PT6A-67D:

Take-off rating
Thermo ESHP 1703
Mechanical SHP 1271
Shaft RPM 1700

Service Intervals
Basic HSI (HR) 2000
Basic TBO (HR) 6000
Fleetleader TBO (HR) 10000

I agree with you, the -34 (and derivatives) is the best "small" engine series; and the -67 models by far the best "large" engine. Nice TBO's too! :ok:

[Woomera]

Sheep mate IMHO the Dove doesn't belong in that list, not sure about the Heron or Comet though?:O

[wandrinabout]

Britten Norman Trilander (Trisislander, TriIslander) - even the name is too fugly to know how to spell it properly!!
BN3 is easier

[steamchicken]

Wasn't it a Trislander that a child called "two aeroplanes mating"?

[Torres]

Officially its a BN2A-Mk III Trislander.

Unofficially, a piece of ...:mad:... !!!

[splatgothebugs]

Tailwheel,

Indeed you are correct and after reading your first post I sincererly appologize, I missed that you had put in ESHP :)

splat

[GA Driver]

In an attempt to re-rail this thread,

The shorts skyvan?
That is fugly!

:eek:

GA Driver

[Lazarus]

The shorts skyvan?
That is fugly!

:cool: TOTALLY DUDE!!!

[steamchicken]

Shorts Skyvan? YES. Built in Northern Ireland and just as ugly.

[Eurocap]

You forgot one, the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer.
VH-AIS used to sit in a hangar at Derby.
The a/c never wanted to land in the heat, it would just float and float and float.

[1279shp]

A combo of F@%k'n and Ugly - FUGLY!

[Hugh Jarse]

Bloody Piaggio. Take a look at the PIG XXXXample. The bloody Dagoes put the engines on backwards! :D

The B1900: More fuggin wings than a Royal Aero Club graduation:yuk:

But I have to agree with Sheep Guts: The Bristol Brabazon. Thank Christ it never made it into production:8

[GA Driver]

Ahhhh well said hughy, you definately got me laughing with those comments! :D

On a smaller scale, what about the tri-landander? :yuk:

Cheers,
GA Driver

[1279shp]

Yup, yah gotta wunda how a company that can create

this (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/478812/M/):cool:

also have created

this (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/494679/M/):yuk:

and

this! (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/467332/M/):yuk:

[gaunty]

1279shp

That, is beautiful, those, are the result of the Italian politcal system where there are generally no less than 50 candidates per seat.

Hence everybody gets to have a say.:uhoh: :ooh:

[hombre_007]

The CASA......
Especially the aerial surveyers that have enough closelines to hang the armys washing on!! :yuk:

[Travelling Toolbox]

So why hasn't anyone mentioned that amazing Oz design feat - the N22 Nomad? :E :E

I am sure there must have been some blokes in long socks and sandals contributing to that fine design.

[Capt Claret]

Another fine example of Design by Committee , though having flown both, I'd prefer the N22 to the N24 any day. :{

[ZK-NSN]

In no particular order: the airtruck, B1900D a.k.a the shed or flying forehead(c model is o.k), trilander, partinavia p-68, a cessna 180/185 with wheel spatts on, cessna cardinal, AN-2 (giant rusky bi-plane).
As for best looking, all Citations, ERJ145 and the gobal express and Aero commanders (late models)all look like pretty sweet wagons.

[Duff Gen]

I always thought that DC-10's/MD-11's were ugly. Am I the only one that does?

[GA Driver]

The DC10?:}:*


They looked hooooooooorn :cool:

Yes, it must be just you Duff Gen;)

[cjam]

ZK!.
how can you say a 185/180 is ugly? I have to admit I have never seen one with spats on but does it make much difference?
They are the standard that all GA a/c should strive to resemble IMHO.
I reckon the Dove and Devon are classic and should be removed from the list as well. When I win Lotto I am going to whack pt6-34's on a Devon, blast it back to the aliminium, and kit the back out with a double bed and flat screen tv, beer fridge and ex-Virgin Hostee (the company...not neccessarily...well, ...she used to work for Virgin is what I mean, not that I would hold any other interpretation against her, I'm very open minded.)
cjam

[1279shp]

Capt Claret

The Nomad was crayoned by a bunch of cardigan, sandal and sox wearing nerds in a windowless building!

Yep Mike Seirra Foxtrot was the preffered version, amazing how much room it seemed to have on the Flying Docs!

[RENURPP]

Definetely the shed, the metro and the Nomad YUK

[Tape It Shut]

The 1900 looks like a spy plane with all those things glued to it. The Eagle Motors ones look particularly bad with the black soot from the thirsty PT6. At least you know where some of the gas is going!

[4Screwaircrew]

I flew the Herald and the L188 Electra, not pretty, but no aeroplane is ugly if it's strapped to your a:mad: e and generating a pay cheque.

[Artificial Horizon]

Beech 1900 gets my vote, must be something wrong with it considering it has all the airfix extras glued on. Strange looking aircraft.

[wandrinabout]

I think ATR 42 is not a pretty aircraft, very french looking.
.... the citroen of the skies!!!

Does the job though.

[Don Won]

In NZ some of the best looken wagons have to be MU-2, Chyane 4 LS, 727 and the fat burger J41 worst dressed goes to the B1900D and the 180/185 (and the rest of that old school junk) live in the now man!