Most Unattractive Aircraft of WW2
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Benevolens Magister
Always liked the Argosy. Did my basic para course on them - more comfortable and less noisy than the 'Fat Albert',, much more 'gentlemanly'.
wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
If you have bits leftover you might as well use them, I am sure other companies have done the same.
wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
I found them "gentlemanly" too, I only worked on them for a few months at Muharraq in Bahrain after Aden closed, up until then I'd only worked on Shackletons at Kinloss and Khormaksar, Shacks required constant attention and Hunters, also at Khormaksar, where things were quite frantic at times. I really don't remember having to do anything on Argosys on the line as an airframe mech apart from marshall them in, replenish them and send them away again. Things may have been different for other trades. After Argosys at Bahrain I went back onto my favourite Shackletons at Ballykelly.
Replacing Hunter brake chute, three 37 Sqn Shacks overhead, probably the day after the mortar attack to say " narr narr you missed us"
8 & 43 Sqn HUnters at Khormaksar, the barrels are filled with sand to protect against mortars... and to make it more interesting marshaling.
A Hunter supporting the army "up country" in the Radfan.
Sorry for going off-topic again, Hunters could never be considered ugly, but some people might be interested and may prompt other posts.
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swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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Most of them look pretty bad after a crash and fire. Some of the aircraft above (French bombers!) may look worse before, however.
I think this bird is a beauty! Look at her from a different angle and with some more appreciation for strangeness/awkwardness.
Compare with the ugly duckling below, that never became a swan (it's even ready to drop an egg but has no self-confidence to do it
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wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
I think this bird is a beauty! Look at her from a different angle and with some more appreciation for strangeness/awkwardness.
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Compare with the ugly duckling below, that never became a swan (it's even ready to drop an egg but has no self-confidence to do it
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The Short Seamew, competition for the Fairey Gannet, something about the role of ASW aircraft that leads to ugly designs, the Breguet Alizelooked a little better..... just a little.
Shortround6
Major General
Dr. Zarkov, your ship is ready!
wingnuts
Airman 1st Class
This is the aircraft that always reminds me of Dr Zarkov's rocket ship, the Handly Page Victor.
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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I've always liked how the Victor looked. Of course, the ugliest jet is the Belphegor.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
The Victor just looks like a bad MF'r to me.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
There's three candidates that come to mind when comparing aircraft to Dr. Zarkov's ship (none of which are ugly) and they would be the B-36, Me264 and the B-29...
AMCKen
Senior Airman
The XC-12 was also in this one.
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Skyediamonds
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Gentlemen one & all,
I truly enjoyed your marvelous testing of your skills in determining the ugliest aircraft of WW2. The descriptive words along with the enclosed photos had me laughing & eagerly anticipating reading the next post.
From all things considered, I'd say the French won the accolades. However I must qualify by noting they also produce some of the worlds finest wines. It is with that in mind, perhaps the designers indulged in a bit too much of their finest Bourdeux while in the midst of their work?
After all, the joke here in the U.S. was the primary reason why our (late) President Gerald Ford tumbled down the stairway while disembarking from his Air Force One was due to his excess in indulgence of France's finest.....
I truly enjoyed your marvelous testing of your skills in determining the ugliest aircraft of WW2. The descriptive words along with the enclosed photos had me laughing & eagerly anticipating reading the next post.
From all things considered, I'd say the French won the accolades. However I must qualify by noting they also produce some of the worlds finest wines. It is with that in mind, perhaps the designers indulged in a bit too much of their finest Bourdeux while in the midst of their work?
After all, the joke here in the U.S. was the primary reason why our (late) President Gerald Ford tumbled down the stairway while disembarking from his Air Force One was due to his excess in indulgence of France's finest.....
yulzari
Staff Sergeant
There is always this fine aeroplane which even saw action as a bomber in 1941.
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