Best looking a/c ever
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I always loved the F5 Freedom Fighter when I was a kid (I also liked Captain Scarlet and I think there is a link 
). Still think it has beautiful lines.
Angel Craft
F5
). Still think it has beautiful lines.Angel Craft
F5
Beat you to it with the Hustler Max:
"TSR 2 for sure - hell, it even looks good on the back of a truck http://www.pbase.com/image/11532330
Twin Mustang
Hunter
Convair Hustler
B2
Boeing 747-400 (especially when I'm just about to board to go somewhere nice )"
I had a 1/32nd scale model of a Hustler when I was a kid, the model was so pointy I remember stabbing myself in the leg with it
"TSR 2 for sure - hell, it even looks good on the back of a truck http://www.pbase.com/image/11532330
Twin Mustang
Hunter
Convair Hustler
B2
Boeing 747-400 (especially when I'm just about to board to go somewhere nice )"
I had a 1/32nd scale model of a Hustler when I was a kid, the model was so pointy I remember stabbing myself in the leg with it
At the risk of being predictable....... what about the Sea Harrier?
Oh yes, the mighty SHAR: not sure whether FRS1 or FA2 looks better though.
No, I've decided. Sea Harrier FA2 with 4 x AMRAAM.
Oh yes, the mighty SHAR: not sure whether FRS1 or FA2 looks better though.
No, I've decided. Sea Harrier FA2 with 4 x AMRAAM.
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Shar? Are you mad?
I have had the misfortune of parking my Shar beak to beak with a Tomcat at a static display. The mighty jump jet looked utterly pathetic I'm afraid. Kind of short, fat, and about as mean as the teletubbies.
I have also seen it next to F16s, F4s, F18s blah blah..and the ONLY time it looks good is next to a Tucano. And of course,
the Hunter.
I have also seen it next to F16s, F4s, F18s blah blah..and the ONLY time it looks good is next to a Tucano. And of course,
the Hunter.
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It has to be the VC10 - no contest.
Grace, pace and a descent amount of space. Designed in the days when style was style - what other airliner has a 3 space urinal fitted at the back??????
Ok, so it's noisy but where else will you get 8000'/min SUSTAINED ROC out of an airliner (yes I did that - out of Oslo Gardermoen - and we didn't bust any rules, either).
Grace, pace and a descent amount of space. Designed in the days when style was style - what other airliner has a 3 space urinal fitted at the back??????
Ok, so it's noisy but where else will you get 8000'/min SUSTAINED ROC out of an airliner (yes I did that - out of Oslo Gardermoen - and we didn't bust any rules, either).
best looking
Biplanes: Hawker Fury 2
Gloster Gladiator
WW2/Late pistons
P-38
D-H Hornet
Spit 16
Sea-Fury
Jets
F86
Hunters
Swift9
Su-27
Civil
Constellation
Ambassador
Rapide
B747(`cos I`m going on MAS 0007 on Sat.)
Concorde
Rotors
AH-56 Cheyenne( `cos it was the best)
Gazelle
Whirlwind 10(`cos you could fly-by-thought)
IF you want the best-looking,ready -for -business
aircraft,then it has to be:
A-1(H) Skyraider-Spad-DumpTruck
It could do everything: dive-bombing,toss-bomb,nuc.delivery,fighter,close-air support,A-A refuelling,CSAR; and it could do it for yonks!
Hope someone can post a pic.Plse!
Gloster Gladiator
WW2/Late pistons
P-38
D-H Hornet
Spit 16
Sea-Fury
Jets
F86
Hunters
Swift9
Su-27
Civil
Constellation
Ambassador
Rapide
B747(`cos I`m going on MAS 0007 on Sat.)
Concorde
Rotors
AH-56 Cheyenne( `cos it was the best)
Gazelle
Whirlwind 10(`cos you could fly-by-thought)
IF you want the best-looking,ready -for -business
aircraft,then it has to be:
A-1(H) Skyraider-Spad-DumpTruck
It could do everything: dive-bombing,toss-bomb,nuc.delivery,fighter,close-air support,A-A refuelling,CSAR; and it could do it for yonks!
Hope someone can post a pic.Plse!
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Hello Sycamore
I do not think they went past '7' with the Swift old bean.
My 2p's worth....
Fairy Gannet (especially the AEW 3)
I'll get my coat...........................
I do not think they went past '7' with the Swift old bean.
My 2p's worth....
Fairy Gannet (especially the AEW 3)
I'll get my coat...........................
V V G, just checking!By Mk9 they should have had it sorted!
A fave Uncle flew Swift 5s ("a better FR aircraft than a Mark Ten Hunter") and 7s. They certainly had the Swift well-sorted by the seven. The 6 was an unbuilt recce variant, and the 8 was to have been a two seat trainer. Think the 9 would have been a two-seat night fighter, but could be guessing that!
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First of all, great site - I don't hear anything at all about Delta, Comair and the RJDC - THANK YOU. The best looking aircraft? No doubt: the F4U Corsair (in production all the way to 1952). Most imposing? the Boeing B-52 with her bomb bays open and raining MK-82's (coming soon to a desert near you....)
