Most Beautiful Aircraft

[davparlr]

It's so fugly I think lanc will love it.

They didn't call it the "Whale" for nothing!

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

I like the looks of the P-39. But I mention it because it is a underdog.

 

[Gnomey]

It's so fugly I think lanc will love it.

So true, lets wait and see....

 

[timshatz]

I've got a vote for the Curtiss SNC. Two seater version of the Curtiss Demon, it was supposed to do the same job for the navy that the SNJ actually ended up doing. Stream lined, very 30s design.

Another would be the Hawker Fury Biplane. Both it and the SNC had polished aluminum skins that were truely beautiful.
Definitely peacetime aircraft, showed the affects of the Modernist Movement in the streamlining. Very cool.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

If it does not look like a Lancaster or a French Bomber, Lanc does not like it.

that's not strictly true, any British plane carrying RAF markings has a very high chance of being beautiful

and that tacit blue aint that bad

 

[Smokey]

The Heinkel He 111 looks very sleek.

Although it never flew, so doesn't really count, the XF108 rapier was quite well advanced before it was cancelled. It was going to be a mach 3 interceptor and was also proposed as an escort fighter for the xb70. It looks very Thunderbirds.
It would have been interesting to see how the F108 stacked up against the MiG 25. The MiG 25 doesnt look very agile, but it seems more maneuvrable tha the F108, while the F108 may have been faster

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal4/3501-3600/gal3592_He-111_Ulgur/gal3592.htm

http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/northam/xf/108/xf-108.htm

http://hsfeatures.com/f108pb_1.htm

 

[paaln]

[br]

"stolen" from Camera above the clouds 2, Charles E. Brown.

 

[pbfoot]

It doesn't have a tailwheel?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think the Tacit Blue looked as ugly as a Lancaster or French Bomber! Just kidding on the Lancaster, Lanc!

 

[timshatz]

[br]

"stolen" from Camera above the clouds 2, Charles E. Brown.

Sweet.

Nice pic Paaln

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well you know how the old saying goes, the British make the most beautiful aircraft in the world

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

never heard of that saying

 

[timshatz]

well you know how the old saying goes, the British make the most beautiful aircraft in the world

Heard that saying. Also heard the second part of it, "British planes are a ***** to work on".

Heard the same thing about Japanese planes too. Well, at least the older ones.

 

[schwarzpanzer]

I've changed my mind to Hawker Sea Fury - man I love this plane!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

she is exceptionally beautiful, like all British planes

 

[Monique]

I'd have the say the JU 87 Stuka. :3 It's so ugly it's beautiful.

Well truthfully I'd have to say it was the Corsair F4U.
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[the lancaster kicks ass]

granded she's not ugly but that's not a very flattering picture..........

 

[chris mcmillin]

Or my personal favorite the Beech 17 Staggerwing

Mine too.
Chris...

 

[Glider]

Something a little different

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I will never change my opinion on mine.

The beautiful aircraft were the and not in any particular order:

Bf-109G/K
Fw-190D
Ta-152
Spitfire 21
Mosquito
P-38
B-26
A-20