Is there anything more beautiful than a Spitfire?

• Mar 21, 2016

• #21

S

stona

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Biggiginthesky said:

The Spit is fine.....but the FW190 D9 is awesome.

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Except for the ill proportioned long fuselage and nose combined with stubby wings!

Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but it's also about perfect proportions and the Fw 190 D, for all its undisputed power, doesn't have them.

Cheers

Steve

 

• Mar 21, 2016

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Agreed.
It might be 'awesome', it might have a certain brutish attractiveness. But beautiful it is not.

 

• Dec 27, 2016

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Nice spinner though!

 

• Dec 27, 2016

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...I was going to day a naked woman, but really...what do I know.

 

• Dec 27, 2016

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Jeff Hunt

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Capt. Vick said:

...I was going to day a naked woman, but really...what do I know.

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Which begs the question....which one would you rather spend an hour with in her element?

Jeff the Curious

 

• Dec 27, 2016

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GrauGeist

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That's actually a loaded question.

But consider this:
If the aircraft stops performing or quits altogether, there is a perfectly good reason and you won't spend hours trying to figure out what went wrong.

As far as a beautiful warbird goes, I have always been partial to the He280.

 

• Dec 28, 2016

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Jeff Hunt said:

Which begs the question....which one would you rather spend an hour with in her element?

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I could probably afford an hour with the plane more than an hour with a woman that I would actually pay money to be with.

 

• Dec 28, 2016

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That is a favorite from left field my friend. I always liked the lines of the He 100.

 

• Jan 14, 2017

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

I'm sure that an airman being picked up out of the Channel in February thought a Shagbat was the most beautiful plane ever built...