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In my view all helicopters are ugly, it is the job they do that makes them beautiful! it's horses for courses, but who could ever think the MD902 is good looking. It has the appearance of a brick with a stick stuck in the arse end. At least Sikorsky and Agusta try to make their machines look sleek! It is just a shame about the whirly bit on top breaking up a sleek design!!
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Best looking: Eurocopter AS365N3 (before it put on a few pounds and became the EC155...) or Sikorsky S-67
Worst looking: Schweizer 333 or Bell YAH-63 ("Even uglier than the Apache...!")
Most timeless appeal: CH-46/47 family
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Worst looking: Schweizer 333 or Bell YAH-63 ("Even uglier than the Apache...!")
Most timeless appeal: CH-46/47 family
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Michael,
Two nice pics but the first one is better looking, by far! What's more, it's being flown so much better... Shame about the pilot in the LH seat, he really spoils the shot..
P.S. Can you confirm when and where those two shots were taken?
Two nice pics but the first one is better looking, by far! What's more, it's being flown so much better... Shame about the pilot in the LH seat, he really spoils the shot..
P.S. Can you confirm when and where those two shots were taken?
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Beautiful
Must be sad but the venerable Bell 47 gets my vote everytime. Bell 212 comes a close second....Picking the ugly ducklings are easy-stand up and take a bow WAH 64 and Puma, yeuch!!!
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The original Blackhawk built in the early seventies....3' wide, 17' high.........and real long and slim with the head off of a H-53 and engines too match......an awesome machine that cruised at 190KIAS.........have photo, but it's....eh.....classified.....ya# know...SECRET. .......TOP SECRET.........'For Your EYES ONLY' Stuff!
And you'd never know who's actually reading into these forums.........
Oh! THE GIMP............................It comes a very close second.........Agusta 109ELITE
And you'd never know who's actually reading into these forums.........
Oh! THE GIMP............................It comes a very close second.........Agusta 109ELITE
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Awww, it just has to be the 222. Or Airwolf.
Re the Hokum: I saw one do a display at Farnborough in 96/97. Amazing thing to watch. Like a bumblebee flitting around a lavendar bush.
Si
Without a doubt, the Sikorsky S52. So close to perfection, nobody ever tried to copy it.