The most beautiful aeroplane
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Other have got there first...
Lockheed Constellation - preferably the 049 or 749...
Spitfire - preferably low back unclipped XIV or XVIII
Beech Staggerwing
Spartan Executive...
Almost anything de Havilland, Miles and Percival...
Mustang
Grumman Bearcat and Tigercat... and Goose/Widgeon/Mallard
I'd better stop...
Lockheed Constellation - preferably the 049 or 749...
Spitfire - preferably low back unclipped XIV or XVIII
Beech Staggerwing
Spartan Executive...
Almost anything de Havilland, Miles and Percival...
Mustang
Grumman Bearcat and Tigercat... and Goose/Widgeon/Mallard
I'd better stop...
Mine
No I'm not telling you what type she is because you'll laugh at me but she proves that beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder as I really do believe that my rounded brick of an aeroplane is a thing of beauty.
No I'm not telling you what type she is because you'll laugh at me but she proves that beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder as I really do believe that my rounded brick of an aeroplane is a thing of beauty.
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Arise Sir George!!
Just 'cos I own one....
I think that the Miles Falcon is indeed a drop-dead gorgeous looking aircraft penned by the equally gorgeous Blossom Miles in 1935- woof woof! (OK - so she had a glass eye.......)
My Maggie ain't a bad looker too.
Miles did design some pretty sexy looking machinery (plus a few dogs...). THe Miles Hawk is a stunner - as is the Hawk Speed Six.
Nice-looking non Miles aircraft? My Robin Regent is a timeless design too. hand-sculpted by artisans in 'natures composite'. Hard to convince people that it actually is made of tree.
I see from your profile that you like old cars too?! I also think my Aston DB5 (fifteen hundred quids-worth 23 years ago..) is the best looking car ever ever ever. In bits at the moment being 'luvved up' but back in time for the Summer......
Hi Phillip W - Is it the sound of that gorgeous engine too?
HP
I think that the Miles Falcon is indeed a drop-dead gorgeous looking aircraft penned by the equally gorgeous Blossom Miles in 1935- woof woof! (OK - so she had a glass eye.......)
My Maggie ain't a bad looker too.
Miles did design some pretty sexy looking machinery (plus a few dogs...). THe Miles Hawk is a stunner - as is the Hawk Speed Six.
Nice-looking non Miles aircraft? My Robin Regent is a timeless design too. hand-sculpted by artisans in 'natures composite'. Hard to convince people that it actually is made of tree.
I see from your profile that you like old cars too?! I also think my Aston DB5 (fifteen hundred quids-worth 23 years ago..) is the best looking car ever ever ever. In bits at the moment being 'luvved up' but back in time for the Summer......
Hi Phillip W - Is it the sound of that gorgeous engine too?
HP
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Tried to PM you, Hairyplane - but your mailbox is full!
Actually, the Vanwall made rather a tame TR2 sort of noise: real sonic excitement came from the Maserati 250F and (more so) the Lancia-Ferrari of that era - like a DFV, that one.
Subject for another thread: best sounding aeroplane. Of course, anything with a Merlin heads the list - but I'd love to hear a Napier Sabre on full song. Poor old Grumman Wildcat sounds like a dumper-track and Black 6 really did have a stone-crusher note to its exhaust at idle, as one wartime German pilot said years ago in a letter to Pilot...
Actually, the Vanwall made rather a tame TR2 sort of noise: real sonic excitement came from the Maserati 250F and (more so) the Lancia-Ferrari of that era - like a DFV, that one.
Subject for another thread: best sounding aeroplane. Of course, anything with a Merlin heads the list - but I'd love to hear a Napier Sabre on full song. Poor old Grumman Wildcat sounds like a dumper-track and Black 6 really did have a stone-crusher note to its exhaust at idle, as one wartime German pilot said years ago in a letter to Pilot...
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What is this obsession with the Spitfire...?
I'd like to add to the list...
1. TSR2
2. Blackburn Buccaneer S.2
3. Miles M.39B
4. Heston Pheonix
5. Sopwith Pup
I too felt a lump in the throat when Concorde was grounded... Why not spend the lottery's £2.5 mil on that instead of the Vulcan??
I'd like to add to the list...
1. TSR2
2. Blackburn Buccaneer S.2
3. Miles M.39B
4. Heston Pheonix
5. Sopwith Pup
I too felt a lump in the throat when Concorde was grounded... Why not spend the lottery's £2.5 mil on that instead of the Vulcan??
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This whole thing about Concorde being "beautiful" has got me stumped. The only reason people believe she was beautiful is 'cos she's no longer flying. If she was she wouldn't have appeared in this thread for sure.
No different to James Dean, Elvis, Marilyn etc. etc.
If they'd grounded the C152 everyone would be here voting for that no doubt.....
No different to James Dean, Elvis, Marilyn etc. etc.
If they'd grounded the C152 everyone would be here voting for that no doubt.....
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The Concorde obsession / feelings could be becuase people see it's grounding as a step backwards?
Just as people suddenly decided it was a British aircraft and that the French had little if anything to do with it?!?!?
For me I think it was because I spent many happy days with my father when I was young at Heathrow and she was a highlight of the day... It reinforced those memories and brings home those innocent days of youth were long gone...
I forgot to add the Fairey Fantome to my list earlier too...
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and I should think if you were stranded somewhere or in desperate need, the sight of a Beverly for example (taking the original post) would make it the most beautiful thing you'd ever seen...
Just as people suddenly decided it was a British aircraft and that the French had little if anything to do with it?!?!?
For me I think it was because I spent many happy days with my father when I was young at Heathrow and she was a highlight of the day... It reinforced those memories and brings home those innocent days of youth were long gone...
I forgot to add the Fairey Fantome to my list earlier too...
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and I should think if you were stranded somewhere or in desperate need, the sight of a Beverly for example (taking the original post) would make it the most beautiful thing you'd ever seen...
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TB,
Personally, I think that the retiring of Concord WAS a step backwards, It now takes at least twice as long to cross the atlantic as it did this time last year
And I dont think its grounding has anything to do with why people think its a beautiful aeroplane....
Regards, SD..
Personally, I think that the retiring of Concord WAS a step backwards, It now takes at least twice as long to cross the atlantic as it did this time last year
And I dont think its grounding has anything to do with why people think its a beautiful aeroplane....
Regards, SD..
