Best looking a/c ever
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Best looking a/c ever
Well we've had every other list; best at LL; fastest; blah blah
But what about the best looking? Simple rules; The Hunter does not qualify in any way since it is UGLY. Old gits, get this into your port addled brains; it is not the last of the sports cars! It is the last of the dull, boring models. The decider is; What would you like to strap on right now for 1 hr of GH, based solely on it's looks?
Typhoon? Very sexy
F3 - Nah
F18 resembles a pig
Harrier - squat, tiny, zzz
GR4 ha ha
Jaguar - pretty nice actually
Lightning - Cool
F4 muscular freak
Buc - bent (obviously)
F15 - maybe
F14 - YES! until the wings are fwd
Spit - of course!
Overall, my vote goes to the Typhoon. Very Sophisticated. Really nice looking jet.
And the daftest? JPmk3. Like a pregnant sow, only slower, and significantly louder.
But what about the best looking? Simple rules; The Hunter does not qualify in any way since it is UGLY. Old gits, get this into your port addled brains; it is not the last of the sports cars! It is the last of the dull, boring models. The decider is; What would you like to strap on right now for 1 hr of GH, based solely on it's looks?
Typhoon? Very sexy
F3 - Nah
F18 resembles a pig
Harrier - squat, tiny, zzz
GR4 ha ha
Jaguar - pretty nice actually
Lightning - Cool
F4 muscular freak
Buc - bent (obviously)
F15 - maybe
F14 - YES! until the wings are fwd
Spit - of course!
Overall, my vote goes to the Typhoon. Very Sophisticated. Really nice looking jet.
And the daftest? JPmk3. Like a pregnant sow, only slower, and significantly louder.
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The Spit was a honey, no two ways about that. So was the twin engined Supermarine racing thing which came out before the war....anyone know what it was called?
Actually I have something of a fondness for twins.... the Mosquito, the P-38, various Beechcraft, even the ME262.
But best looking of all? Hell, that's a hard one.
Concorde?
Mirage V?
Jag...yeah, good call
But my money goes on the Viggen. What a sexy beast.....
Actually I have something of a fondness for twins.... the Mosquito, the P-38, various Beechcraft, even the ME262.
But best looking of all? Hell, that's a hard one.
Concorde?
Mirage V?
Jag...yeah, good call
But my money goes on the Viggen. What a sexy beast.....
Mossie? Nice try, but then they made it really pretty and produced the Hornet.
The Hunter was nice looking, but the P1081 (basically a swept Sea Hawk with Hunter-type back end) looked nicer, and the Sea Hawk nicer still.
Viggen? If you think that's good looking I'd hate to see your Mrs! The Swedes don't do good looking, they do purposeful. The Gripen's not bad, I suppose, though.
The Jag looks nice from some angles, but not others.
The Hunter was nice looking, but the P1081 (basically a swept Sea Hawk with Hunter-type back end) looked nicer, and the Sea Hawk nicer still.
Viggen? If you think that's good looking I'd hate to see your Mrs! The Swedes don't do good looking, they do purposeful. The Gripen's not bad, I suppose, though.
The Jag looks nice from some angles, but not others.
I know it's not pointy, but my vote goes for the Vickers Funbus.
Also for the noise (almost a note) it makes at idle, and the full-on noisy crackle on a cold morning in Oxon (actually miss being woken up by it).
Also for the noise (almost a note) it makes at idle, and the full-on noisy crackle on a cold morning in Oxon (actually miss being woken up by it).
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The Mk 2 Spit has got to have the best lines and the best pedigree.
Of all the jets the banned Hunter is without doubt the best looking fighter but if it is disqualified then the F86 is next.
If it looks right it always does the job well - does anyone think the Typhoon looks right?
Of all the jets the banned Hunter is without doubt the best looking fighter but if it is disqualified then the F86 is next.
If it looks right it always does the job well - does anyone think the Typhoon looks right?
Nicest Spits: Mk VIII with pinty tail, Mk XI, and Mk XVIII with bubble canopy.
Nicest Hawker pistons: Fury (obviously, though the Gauntlet was prettier) and the Sea Fury.
Nicest twins: Canberra, Hornet, Whirlwind
Nicest Hawker pistons: Fury (obviously, though the Gauntlet was prettier) and the Sea Fury.
Nicest twins: Canberra, Hornet, Whirlwind
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Come on guys, its got to be the B1 Lancer. Its impossible to resist watching if theres one in the air, sexy sleek body, packs a punch, roars like a lion and goes like the clappers.
Shes like those Women that your mother always warned you about...
Shes like those Women that your mother always warned you about...
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I always had an admiration for the Supermarine S6b, the one that won the Schneider trophy for the 3rd and final time.
http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/Schneider.htm
Not necessarily pretty, but truly classic lines, and what a pedigree!
I'm with Genghis on the Valkyrie, probably the most extraordinary looking aircraft, certainly for it's time.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf37.htm
all this and M3.1 at FL730 - wow
http://www.airracinghistory.freeola.com/Schneider.htm
Not necessarily pretty, but truly classic lines, and what a pedigree!
I'm with Genghis on the Valkyrie, probably the most extraordinary looking aircraft, certainly for it's time.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf37.htm
all this and M3.1 at FL730 - wow
