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the lancaster kicks ass · Feb 28, 2005

and what part of the lanc is square CC??

cheddar cheese · Feb 28, 2005

All of it except the Nose, which is why the nose is hideous...looks like a big old zit

the lancaster kicks ass · Mar 1, 2005

there is nothing square about the lanc, there's only a few straight edges...........

cheddar cheese · Mar 1, 2005

Look at the fuselage. Its a bloody square box. Most of the egdes are straight. The tail, same goes for that.

the lancaster kicks ass · Mar 2, 2005

dude of you look at the lanc nose on you will see that the fusilage is far from a box........

cheddar cheese · Mar 2, 2005

It is...its a box...Doesnt have a nice round fuselage like that of the B-29 or P.108...

reddragon · Mar 2, 2005

I've always thought all flying machines were beautiful but looks like someone has proven me wrong.

cheddar cheese · Mar 3, 2005

With what plane? 8)

trackend · Mar 3, 2005

I think he means Lanc's plank

cheddar cheese · Mar 4, 2005

Ah, that wouldnt surprise me 8)

the lancaster kicks ass · Mar 4, 2005

hey the lanc aint a plank.........

although that did make me chucckle, never heard her called that before.........

cheddar cheese · Mar 4, 2005

I think the Lancaster is very much a Love-Hate plane in terms of styling. Im in the Hate camp as you know...I like the plane though 8)

G1Guy · Mar 6, 2005

Lightning Guy said:
Here are what some of the other countries around the world were trying to do while Kelly Johnson was designing the P-38. The first is Holland's Fokker D.XXIII - a novel concept for the times, but poorly refined, under-powered, and using a very poor airfoil. The second is Gloster's F.9/37 which was the absolute contemporary of the P-38. It certainly never had the looks of the Lightning.

LOL

Then you are forgetting about the Fokker G.1, which was allready available in 1936. Even before the FW-189.

You just have to admit that the P-38 was a good copy with the techniques learned from the G.1 that was tested by the RAF and other things learned in the years after that. And still it took until the J version to get a succesfull fighter. The first series had a lot of serious problems, where the Fokker G.1 was known as the secondbest allied fighter in 1940 (after the Spitfire) 8)

the lancaster kicks ass · Mar 7, 2005

CC i never knew you liked the lanc??

cheddar cheese · Mar 7, 2005

Yeah I do, its a great plane, im just not a fan of the styling.

HealzDevo · Mar 7, 2005

Most of the Early WW2 Bombers look to be built by someone who was at home making boxes. A lot of them seem to look very rectangular and not at all like a cylinder, which is what the B-29 looks more like to me.

HealzDevo · Mar 7, 2005

Maybe the Russian Plane is being hidden, to prevent its own side mistaking it for a target plane. It is ugly enough after all. What pilot wouldn't want to have a go at it?

mosquitoman · Mar 8, 2005

There's nothing wrong with a boxy looking plane. The Whitley was slab-sided but it had that essential quality called style

cheddar cheese · Mar 8, 2005

Again, I like the Whitley but not its styling 8) The Coastal Command markings improve its looks somewhat though.

mosquitoman · Mar 8, 2005

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