Most Beautiful Aircraft

• Mar 24, 2006

• #61

Nonskimmer

Captain

8,620

9

Nov 11, 2004

Halifax, Nova Scotia

loomaluftwaffe said:

the lancaster kicks ass said:

plain simple and exceptionally booring, maybe someone should introduce to its designer the concept of a curve! and i like the air intake on the back, i think it'd look stupid on the vulcan but it works on the 707.........

Click to expand...

u said ur tired of curves thats why you like french bomers

Click to expand...

Ooooooh, fightin' words.

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #62

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

Staff

Mod

68,710

7,990

Nov 28, 2004

London/ Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

www.flickr.com

Nonskimmer said:

loomaluftwaffe said:

the lancaster kicks ass said:

plain simple and exceptionally booring, maybe someone should introduce to its designer the concept of a curve! and i like the air intake on the back, i think it'd look stupid on the vulcan but it works on the 707.........

Click to expand...

u said ur tired of curves thats why you like french bomers

Click to expand...

Ooooooh, fightin' words.

Click to expand...

It is true though that is Lanc's sole reason for liking them...

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #63

B

Bachgyn Bach

Recruit

5

0

Feb 9, 2006

Walbrzych

IMHO the most beautiful aircraft ever is Spitfire.I have admit that Mitchell created the plane with feminine "body". Have to mension Dewoitine D.520, MB-5, Mosquito, DH Hornet, G.55, "Yankee Pony", Polish PZL-37 Łoś (Elk) bomber, Hawker Sea Fury and Foce Wulf "Butcher"FW-190.
Modern "Hairdryers" are ugly. I don't like any.

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #64

Wildcat

Major

9,247

1,279

Apr 11, 2005

South East Queensland

Here are two of my choices.

 

Attachments

• gh_2a50_23_128.jpg

  18.2 KB · Views: 400
• ryan_stm_785.jpg

  53.9 KB · Views: 423
• mirage2_730.jpg

  23 KB · Views: 407
• mirage_984.jpg

  138.1 KB · Views: 405

• Mar 25, 2006

• #65

cheddar cheese

Major General

20,265

20

Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Ca.310 is nice as well...

 

Attachments

• ca310_3_213.jpg

  36 KB · Views: 399

• Mar 25, 2006

• #66

the lancaster kicks ass

Major General

19,937

17

Dec 20, 2003

good lord look at that landing gear...........

and i only get boored of curves sometimes, i could look at the lanc's curves all day, and frequently do.........

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #67

cheddar cheese

Major General

20,265

20

Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

By curves do you mean that big ol' wart on the nose?

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #68

davparlr

Senior Master Sergeant

3,296

652

Mar 23, 2006

Southern California

Love this topic. Some planes I've thought were great looking. Sorry if they are mostly USA. I don't know too much about other countries.

by category.

WWI

SPAD
Albatros

Biplanes

Boeing P-6E

Pre-War

Hughes H-1

WWII

He100
FW190 (some claim inspired by H-1)
Zero (some claim inspired by H-1)
XP-67

Jets

F-106 Delta Dart
B-58 (without pod) Hustler
A-5A Vigilante
T-38 Talon "White Rocket"

And my favorite from my childhood model making days

F8U Crusader

And, if beauty is carrying one through a tour of duty safely (this is definitely subjective!)

C-141A Starlifter

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #69

cheddar cheese

Major General

20,265

20

Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Nice choices!

In terms of WWI aircraft I think the SE5a looks great as well.

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #70

davparlr

Senior Master Sergeant

3,296

652

Mar 23, 2006

Southern California

Yeah, the SE5a was always one of my favorite planes. A functional beauty. To me, It kind of falls in the category of the F-4 phantom and F-15 Eagle, "Don't call me beautiful, let's just go and fight!"

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #71

loomaluftwaffe

Tech Sergeant

1,840

0

Dec 20, 2005

German WWI planes are beautiful, especially the albatross-type

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #72

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

Staff

Mod

68,710

7,990

Nov 28, 2004

London/ Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

www.flickr.com

Yep, most WW1 planes are good looking, then things got worse during the interwar years (although fighters generally look good all the time) before getting better during WW2 and generally staying level after that...

 

• Mar 25, 2006

• #73

loomaluftwaffe

Tech Sergeant

1,840

0

Dec 20, 2005

Ive heard of the "pullman", what looks like a buss in the middle of triplane wings, and four WWI-style landing gears, it took like around a few prototypes before it could (barely) fly

 

• Mar 26, 2006

• #74

the lancaster kicks ass

Major General

19,937

17

Dec 20, 2003

CC said:

By curves do you mean that big ol' wart on the nose?

Click to expand...

i prefer to think of it as a beauty spot...........

 

• Mar 26, 2006

• #75

loomaluftwaffe

Tech Sergeant

1,840

0

Dec 20, 2005

you like big old warts on noses? including people's?

 

• Mar 26, 2006

• #76

the lancaster kicks ass

Major General

19,937

17

Dec 20, 2003

it's not a wart, a wart implies it is unwanted and ugly, which it most cirtainly is not........

 

• Mar 27, 2006

• #77

S

SpitTrop

Airman

12

0

Mar 24, 2006

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

• Mar 27, 2006

• #78

cheddar cheese

Major General

20,265

20

Jan 9, 2004

WSM, England

Ki-46 is a good looking plane too...

 

• Mar 27, 2006

• #79

Gnomey

Globetrotting Surgeon General

Staff

Mod

68,710

7,990

Nov 28, 2004

London/ Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

www.flickr.com

Yep, especially the later versions...

Early


Late

 

• Mar 27, 2006

• #80

the lancaster kicks ass

Major General

19,937

17

Dec 20, 2003

i've always thought she looks wrong.........