Most Beautiful Aircraft of WW2?

GregP · May 6, 2024

Hey, I didn't specify three ovens set to different temperatures, nor sauce pans.

They may not complain ... what am I talking about? They ALWAYS complain!

Since my last name is Pascal, I can say that about the French without being racist.

I just have to make some sauces first. Did that already, so it's all good ...

Thumpalumpacus · May 6, 2024

GregP said:
Hey, I didn't specify three ovens set to different temperatures, nor sauce pans.

They may not complain ... what am I talking about? They ALWAYS complain!

Since my last name is Pascal, I can say that about the French without being racist.

I just have to make some sauces first. Did that already, so it's all good ...

Just stay away from the underslung wine-bar, you're probably good.

GrauGeist · May 7, 2024

Or was that supposed to be a piano bar with a backlit water feature?

GregP · May 7, 2024

Need Flying Buttresses to be authentic.

Venomstick121 · May 7, 2024

Admiral Beez said:
Just for that you're flying home in a Supermarine Nighthawk. Not R.J. Mitchell's finest hour. Good luck.

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No send him home in a super marine walrus

Admiral Beez · May 7, 2024

Venomstick121 said:
No send him home in a super marine walrus

I like the Walrus, but she's not pretty. It's odd though that the same man who made the Spitfire made these clunky flying boats. I would have expected RJ Mitchell's seaplane to be more like the postwar Supermarine Seagull, but initially with a Merlin. The Griffon-powered Seagull was good for 260 mph!

Thumpalumpacus · May 7, 2024

GrauGeist said:
Or was that supposed to be a piano bar with a backlit water feature?

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GrauGeist · May 7, 2024

Thumpalumpacus said:
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Or the vintage Hamm's panoramic one.

Donivanp · May 7, 2024

Olympia beer, well to call it beer, well that's, well like calling Peal or Hamm's or Shultz beer um yeah NO. It's the water and nothing else!

Elvis · May 7, 2024

GregP said:
A bit off-topic maybe, but here's a J 22 I drew.

Always DID like the lines ... and the performance given the installed power.

I need to go back and add the bottom gray color to the front view undersurfaces ... and finish the undersurface gray on the side view. Sort of sloppy to leave it that way ...

Beautiful picture Greg!
Very nice work.
I remember there used to be a J-22 website that was created by an aeronautical engineer and he actually took all the info for the version of the R-1830 with the two speed/two-stage supercharger and adapted it to the J-22 and came up calculated performance results based on the improved engine.
He called it a "J-22C".
The airplane would've done very well against the 109 (not that it didn't in the forms it actually took).
Something about this picture reminded me of that website.

The Stannum Crusader · May 7, 2024

Elvis said:
Beautiful picture Greg!
Very nice work.
I remember there used to be a J-22 website that was created by an aeronautical engineer and he actually took all the info for the version of the R-1830 with the two speed/two-stage supercharger and adapted it to the J-22 and came up calculated performance results based on the improved engine.
He called it a "J-22C".
The airplane would've done very well against the 109 (not that it didn't in the forms it actually took).
Something about this picture reminded me of that website.

Ah yep, I remember it, you can still find it on the way back machine. Actually emailed the guy that ran it last week to answer a question about the J22.

Elvis · May 7, 2024

The Stannum Crusader said:
Ah yep, I remember it, you can still find it on the way back machine. Actually emailed the guy that ran it last week to answer a question about the J22.

Ah, so cool! Glad to see he's still fielding questions about that plane. That site was a real gold mine of info.

Elvis · May 7, 2024

Thumpalumpacus said:

When I was a kid, my parents used to take friends visiting from out of town to the Brewery, as they offered tours. I remember the big copper vats stunk like heck!
Three places we always took guests; The Space Needle, The Missouri and the Olympia Brewery.

Elvis · May 7, 2024

Admiral Beez said:
like the Walrus, but she's not pretty. It's odd though that the same man who made the Spitfire made these clunky flying boats. I would have expected RJ Mitchell's seaplane to be more like the postwar Supermarine Seagull, but initially with a Merlin. The Griffon-powered Seagull was good for 260 mph!

You forgot "Goo-goo-ga-choo"

Currell · May 10, 2024

swampyankee said:
Lockheed Constellation.

Why limit to combat aircraft?

P-40Q, or any Spitfire with a bubble (not Malcolm) canopy.

Also: there is a certain beauty to a B-29.

Donivanp · May 10, 2024

Recognize all but the B-299? Which is that?

Currell said:
P-40Q, or any Spitfire with a bubble (not Malcolm) canopy.

Also: there is a certain beauty to a B-29.

NevadaK · May 10, 2024

Donivanp said:
Recognize all but the B-299? Which is that?

Prototype B-17

Donivanp · May 10, 2024

NevadaK said:
Prototype B-17

Oh I gottcha. I may have it posted like that before but it's been decades since I've read up on it. I do like the early 17's but they were far from "combat ready"

pigeon · May 13, 2024

Neither of them prettiest per se, but I'd like to nominate two soviet aircraft. MIG 3 for looking like it'd be the fastest prop fighter ever in side view, and I-16 for being just so... Idk, cute?

Lucky13 · May 13, 2024

The MiG-3 does look like a racer....

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