Did they try making it out of wood?
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Did they try making it out of wood?The F7F Tigercat is above and beyond the most beautiful plane in my opinion, and it sounds beautiful with those two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radials
That's a great listThis is a personal opinion question and no wrong answer. The Spitfires wing makes it commonly regarded as the most beautiful aircraft of WWII. The Corsair's inverted gull wing always does a little something for me. Some may like the 12 .50's on a B-17. IMO, these are mine.
#1 - Corsair
#2 - P-38
#3 - P-40
#4 - Fw-190
#5 - Me-262
plus many others........
Sadly it wasn't operational in WW2I would like to mention an aircraft that everyone here overlooked, especially those that voted for the Mosquito - the De Havilland D.H. 103 Hornet. None left, unfortunately, but you've got to love a plane that could keep up with a Spitfire with only one engine running and that could be looped with both engines off. And just look at it!
Sadly it wasn't operational in WW2
The Tigercat was not a WW2 aircraft and it wasn't even made of wood, why are we even discussing non wooden aircraft?Neither was the Tigercat.
The Tigercat was introduced to the Navy in 1944 actually, and while it never saw combat, it was technically in WW2.Neither was the Tigercat.
... and it had a German engine, to boot....when I was a kid, I thought the Swedish J21 was the coolest plane I'd ever seen...
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And, really, RADIAL engines are beautiful? Efficient, yes, but certainly rarely elegant