If it Looks right it flies right?
 

Maybe an odd question and very much about beauty in the eyes of the beholder but some aircraft I see as works of art.

Not GA but Concord and the Vulcan Bomber both stick in my mind as having a certain magic a certain beauty which verge on the description of works of art!

Talking SEP Then the Sia Marchetti 260 and obviously the Spitfire both have that feel of works of art.

What GA aircraft can you think of which you would describe as works of art ?

Pace

The Auster Agricola Auster Pictures

Seriously though, the Frati designed F-22 is a good looker Photos: General Avia F-22A Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Midget Mustang
Tiger Moth
DH88 Comet

and for military

SR22 Blackbird.

Lockheed Constellation

K6e, ASW19 JS1, Brittania

Pre-war:

Staggerwing
Spartan Executive
Chilton DW-1
Most of the Wacos

Post war:

Aerostar
Falco
Cosmic Wind

Pitts Model 12. Look at the purple one!

Beech Starship.

If it Looks right it flies right?
 

Has to be the Goose, on land or sea, the freedom to go almost anywhere.

Also the Monocoupe 90...

re the Starship, I was astonished to see a US registered example appear on FR24 heading NE over NW London several weeks ago - too far away to see from Croydon!

I hear one or two owners did defy the Beech buy back and scrap programme - anyone confirm there has been one in Europe recently?

I know it's not GA, but since you mentioned the Vulcan: Mirage IV - best looking delta warplane, ever!

SD

Doubtless I will be shot down, but I reckon the Sportcruiser is a cracking looking little aeroplane

By far & away the glorious DH Chipmunk in all it's guises :p

Any I can afford to fly dazzles me with its beauty (even the PA38:O) but I am completely in love with the Starduster Too.

Absolutely agree. Lovely looking, and the best handling GA type in my (pretty wide) experience.

Not sure this is a good example of "flies right".

One DH had:

• Moved the centre section forward/swept the upper wing (to allow the instructor to get out quickly)
• Added dihedral to the lower wings (to increase wing tip clearance)

the DH82a (Tiger Moth) was much further from "flies right" than the DH60 (Gipsy Moth).

All that said they are great things to fly - the quirks introduced by the "improvements", above, just make it more challenging to fly them well.

OC619

Pace wrote: Falco F8L. Nothing else comes close - except, perhaps, the SIAI-Marchetti SF-260.

Falco.
If you disagree, you're wrong.:}

Standard Mucha and standard Libelle for gliders. Jodel 112 for aircraft, any balloon not a special shape, and the Pioneer 200 for microlight.

Lancair Legacy for me, that Buggati racer job looks pretty fine too. Glider wise I still think the ASW19 is a gorgeous looking beast. Helicopters...er functional is probably the best word.