the best looking aircraft
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the best looking aircraft
g/day all.i am sure this has been done before but what do you think is the best looking aircraft?.my own favourite is the spitfire also the viscount and 1 11,i also thought the airspeed ambassador.but i guess if you worked on them your views may be different ie the ambassador must have been very noisy but she looked good from the ground as a boy.
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I have a "best looking aeroplane" for every day of the year, but if you press me I'd pick... the low back Spitfire XIV (unclipped)... or is it the Staggerwing... no, wait, the 749 Constellation... no, no, the Grumman Mallard... <mavis>oooh, I don't reaaaalllllly knowwwww...</mavis> 
Except, of course, that that aircraft proposed by Inverted81 is (was) the DH91 Albatross. I think 6 were taken into RAF service in 1939 and used to support Iceland. At least 2 were destroyed in landing accidents at Reykjavik and on crashed at Pucklechurch. The rest were grounded later through lack of spares.
ps The same aircraft I immediately thought of when I first saw the thread title.
ps The same aircraft I immediately thought of when I first saw the thread title.
Except, of course, that that aircraft proposed by Inverted81 is (was) the DH91 Albatross. I think 6 were taken into RAF service in 1939 and used to support Iceland. At least 2 were destroyed in landing accidents at Reykjavik and on crashed at Pucklechurch. The rest were grounded later through lack of spares.
ps The same aircraft I immediately thought of when I first saw the thread title.
ps The same aircraft I immediately thought of when I first saw the thread title.
Awwwww sh*t, you're absolutely right. That'll teach me to fire from the hip....
Knew the plane, but got the name wrong. The Flamingo was high wing - similar to the DC-5 but better looking
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Lockheed Starfighter:
or English Electric Lightning:
but then I'm a child of the '60s...
or English Electric Lightning:
but then I'm a child of the '60s...
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I've always thought that the DH91 Albatross looks ungainly with the long fuselage that tapers to next-to-nothing.
Nothing to do with its looks, but it seemed an anachronism. It was in the general DC-3 size class and era, but had 4 small engines and wooden construction. How could it have been a long-term commercial contender? But it gave them practice with the construction techniques used in the Mosquito - which looks far better to me.
I don't contend that the DC-3 is a thing of beauty, or any of the piston DC family for that matter. Straightforward and utilitarian was their strong point. To me, the Boeing 247 was better-looking, but sized wrong and a commercial flop.
I agree that the Hughes racer had style. Others with something would be the Beech Staggerwing. Also the Lockheed twins from the 30s.
Nothing to do with its looks, but it seemed an anachronism. It was in the general DC-3 size class and era, but had 4 small engines and wooden construction. How could it have been a long-term commercial contender? But it gave them practice with the construction techniques used in the Mosquito - which looks far better to me.
I don't contend that the DC-3 is a thing of beauty, or any of the piston DC family for that matter. Straightforward and utilitarian was their strong point. To me, the Boeing 247 was better-looking, but sized wrong and a commercial flop.
I agree that the Hughes racer had style. Others with something would be the Beech Staggerwing. Also the Lockheed twins from the 30s.
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Handley Page Victor. It had that pugnacious head on view which let people know what business it was in. Both Vulvan and Valiant were graceful but the Victor had that hunch shoulder look of Mike Tyson after somebody had stood on his bunion!
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