Butt-ugly airplanes

[k9kiwi]

The Lancaster is a development of the Mancester II but it is not the Manchester bomber by itself

The last 100 Manchester airframes were converted to Lancasters on the production line.

The sole major difference was increased wing span, 4 RR Merlin engines, and an extra fuel tank in the extra wing space.

 

[Marcel]

I found this:

Sure is ugly

What's that, looks like a autogiro or something.

 

[Matt308]

That was my guess. Butt ugly is right though.

 

[Gnomey]

I don't see anywhere obvious place for the pilot to sit either...

 

[YakFlyer]

The Dornier 228, a modern STOL medium twin, is absolutely dreadful to look at it, fantastic performance though..

 

[Graeme]

I found this:

Sure is ugly

The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) two seat observation helicopter

 

[Lucky13]

Walrus and the Lancaster are some B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L aircraft....
Check these "beauties" out.
Paul's Ugly Aircraft Shrine

 

[mosquitoman]

I think you've hit the motherload there!

 

[Graeme]

Incidently the Avro Manchester I was a biplane bomber developed near the end of WWI but never saw production. That is why most people forget that the Avro Manchester that developed into the Lancaster was the Avro Manchester II.

Not quite so simple. The Manchester dynasty is complex but has a repetitive theme. The Avro Type 533 Manchester of 1918 vintage was built in two versions. The Manchester Mk I and the Type533A Manchester MkII . Oddly the Mk I was the one intended for production. The Manchester MkIII airframe was built but remained engineless. Now move forward to1939. The Avro Type 679 Manchester of 1939 was built in two versions as well, the Manchester Mk I and the Manchester Mk IA. There was a projected Manchester MkII designed to take Centaraus or Sabre engines, but never built. Next, came the 4-engined Manchester III, which eventually became the Avro Lancaster B.Mk I prototype.
Courtesy of Peter Lewis's 'The British Bomber since 1914'.

 

[Negative Creep]

From Paul's shine, some real shockers but I have to take issue with one of them

It's still a Spitfire, hence still beautiful

 

[kool kitty89]

How about this: Tupolev TB-3:

And lets not leave the US out: Boing Y1B-9

 

[B-17engineer]

How about this General Aircraft Fleet SHadower

 

[kool kitty89]

Yup.

 

[Lucky13]

BOY....!! Haven't seen thread for while!

 

[wilbur1]

I was just gonna say something about that lucky

 

[ScOoTeR1992]

hey wasn't the TB-3 designed so that the paratroopers had to walk down the wing to jump off?

 

[fly boy]

ok who in gods name even thought these would A: even thought of being made,B: that they would actually be flown and C: that they could make them war planes

 

[Flyboy2]

Whoever designed them... Sometimes wartime urgency yields amazing airplanes... other times OUCH!!!

But I agree