Most Beautiful Aircraft

[Elvis]

LOL!

Heck, Waynos, for a second I actually thought you were talking about the scooters!

Elvis

 

[Waynos]

Last time I saw a girl with that look on her face was........well, just last night actually

 

[Clay_Allison]

Last time I saw a girl with that look on her face was........well, just last night actually

STOP SCARING WOMEN!!!

 

[Waynos]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Colin1]

Last time I saw a girl with that look on her face was........well, just last night actually

Was she saying "Oh gosh, I see I'm not the only one short on cubic centimetres..."

 

[Waynos]

Was she saying "Oh gosh, I see I'm not the only one short on cubic centimetres..."

No, she said "will it fit if I do this?" (now look at the picture!)

 

[Civettone]

LOL !


Kris

 

[Messy1]

For me, I love SR71.

 

[Messy1]

I also like the Skyray.

 

[Waynos]

Ah thank god! We're back on aeroplanes. I was starting to make myself blush!

I think the DH 91 Albatross was a very beautful looking aircraft.

 

[Daviducus2]

The Italian Series 5's are beautiful.

MC.205

G.55

 

[Clay_Allison]

The Reggiane Re.2005 is the most beautiful fighter I've ever seen.

 

[Condora]

Ok, my preferences go to:

WWI

Albatros
Sopwith Camel
Fokker E.III​

Inter-war

Hawker Fury​

WW II

P-51 Mustang
Westland Whirlwind
Me-262 (have a look at the Me-309, the resemblance is incredible!)​

Late props

Hawker Sea Fury
De Havilland Sea Hornet​

Early jets

Saab 29 Tunnan
Yak-17
F-86 Sabre
Hawker Hunter
Supermarine Scimitar
Dassault Super Mystére
F-100 Super Sabre​

Across the Sound Barrier

Dassault Mirage IIIC
Saab 35 Draken
F-8 Crusader
English Electric Lightning
F-5
Saab 37 Viggen​

Modern Jets

F-16 Fighting Falcon
Mig-29
F/A-18 Hornet​

XXI century Jets

Dassault Rafale
Saab 39 Gripen
F-22
YF-23
​

 

[Messy1]

I guess there are way too many to list only one, or tow, or three, or.....

 

[Condora]

Uh, BEFORE someone starts flaking my list, I was think of picking one by era, but as I saw that sometimes there were a few that deserved a mention, decided to keep all the ones I deemed beautiful.

If I had to choose only ONE... I'd go both for the Me-262 and Me-309!
The only major difference seems to be the powerplant, and the lines always reminded me of a shark.

Amazing: I wrote the second post imediately after the first one, and still someone managed to comment before I posted the second.

 

[Civettone]

I don't really see this incredible resemblence between the Me 262 and 309 to be quite honest. Can you provide some pix to prove your point ??



Kris

 

[Condora]

I don't really see this incredible resemblence between the Me 262 and 309 to be quite honest. Can you provide some pix to prove your point ??
Kris

I cannot upload from here, I'll try to use some pics taken from the net, one is just a model, but I think it will explain what I mean: remove the prop&engine from the nose, put the jets underwing...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I too don't think that they really look alike, but I guess I can see how some people might find a resemblance.

 

[Condora]

IMHO, the differences of the Me-262 to the previous Me-309 are only due to the different powerplant, and the slight sweeping of the controls and wing.

I haven't been able to find pics of the Me-262 initial prototype (with props), I would like to see if the sweep existed in that model (I think not, but I'd like to be sure).
As for the rest, we have two airplanes with a very close fuselage lines (the Me262 could be more profiled, because it didn't have the engine bulging the nose), both used the then-unsual tricycle landing gear, almost the same canopy, both from the same manufacturer, both first flew on Jul, 18th 1942...

I think it's a safe bet that the same guys designed simultaneously both aircraft.

Adler, your pic is even better than the one I provided, I could only get the backside of the Me-309 (who'd want to see THAT?), thanks.