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Best Looking Aircraft: Yestersay I decided on SR53 (in-flight clean) Today Fairey FD2 (in-flight clean) Tomorrow Who Knows!
As I worked my way through this thread I have nodded in agreement with most of the posters selections but have also reached a few conclusions.
A lot of Military Aircraft really do 'look good' when in 'ceremonial guise', but most when 'tooled up' are just 'mean mothers', but a small number still manage to look good whilst your in no doubt of theire purpose!
On the Civilian Front - An inappropriate paint job can turn a 'good looking' Aircraft into an ugly duckling, whilst a less than 'pretty plane' can with the right livery look good.
On that note, I'll take a Dried Frog Pill and leave you in peace.
As I worked my way through this thread I have nodded in agreement with most of the posters selections but have also reached a few conclusions.
A lot of Military Aircraft really do 'look good' when in 'ceremonial guise', but most when 'tooled up' are just 'mean mothers', but a small number still manage to look good whilst your in no doubt of theire purpose!
On the Civilian Front - An inappropriate paint job can turn a 'good looking' Aircraft into an ugly duckling, whilst a less than 'pretty plane' can with the right livery look good.
On that note, I'll take a Dried Frog Pill and leave you in peace.
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how about this one. http://web1.jetphotos.net/images/g/G...0551.jpg.thumb
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Have to agree with evansb on the Falco in its category.
The beuaty of an aircraft, be it military or civil, seems to me to be the marrying of form and function. Nowhere does this become more evident than in Open Class gliders.
I nominate the ASH 25:
The beuaty of an aircraft, be it military or civil, seems to me to be the marrying of form and function. Nowhere does this become more evident than in Open Class gliders.
I nominate the ASH 25:
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Just stumbled onto this thread but noticed the TSR-2 painting you posted in Oct 06, there is something real about it - the airbrakes on both aircraft are shown open (albeit a little). Bee Beaumont told me that the designers never sorted the problem with them being open in flight & was very proud of the fact that TSR-2 "was the only aircraft in the world to have gone through the soundbarrier with it's airbrakes open!"
RIP BB, soo glad I met you!
Just stumbled onto this thread but noticed the TSR-2 painting you posted in Oct 06, there is something real about it - the airbrakes on both aircraft are shown open (albeit a little). Bee Beaumont told me that the designers never sorted the problem with them being open in flight & was very proud of the fact that TSR-2 "was the only aircraft in the world to have gone through the soundbarrier with it's airbrakes open!"
RIP BB, soo glad I met you!
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Yer mean this one Will? Blohm & Voss BV141...
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To this untrained eye, the A330 and the 757 are more alike than different.
B757
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1203295/L/
B757
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1203295/L/
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Treadigraph, that's the beauty ! Any chance of a bigger piccie so everyone can see it's true beauty !!! I'm being sarcastic !! It has to be the ugliest beast ever manufactured. I remember building an Airfix one back in the early 70's. Happy days.
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There is a bigger version on the site I swiped it from, but in deference to the page width of PPRuNe and Monitor widths (and people's artistic sensibilities), I opted for the weeny version! Was a strange looking beast; I can recall seeing the Airfix kit in a shop when I was knee high to a Tipsy Nipper and thinking "they've invented that one!"