at6
1st Sergeant
I like the "V" tail BF-109. Nothing ugly about it.
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I like the "V" tail BF-109. Nothing ugly about it.How about another ... wait for it, French candidate?
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Not the Airbus, but the decidedly French SNCASO Onera Deltaviex below. Now those are some bug eyes, huh! Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers? From France.
This next one is more strange than truly ugly. For some reason, I cannot get the Boeing YL-15 Scout pic to post. I tried 4 - 5 different pics and it just won't post. I guess the browser thinks it's ugly, too. So, maybe I'm wrong, and it IS ugly. The Boeing YL-15 Scout. To give it it's due. it comes apart and can be stowed VERY compactly. That doesn't make it any prettier, though.
How about the Nemeth Parasol?
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The designed must have had too much to drink, looked at himself in a fun-house mirror and came up with this. The shocking thing is that he persisted after he sobered up.
Then again, the Lanier Vacuplane XL-4 reminds me of the north end of a southbound jackass:
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I cannot understand the inspiration for this creation, except that is was designed at the University of Miami, widely regarded as a party school. Still, it looks better than the Scroggs Last Laugh, seen below:
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Looks like a paper airplane with the front pointed part replaced with an engine. I don't care who you are, that's funny.
Flying saucers might have inspired the Roe UFO below:
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Which apparently flies quite nicely. That doesn't make it pretty, though. Maybe flying saucers got their start early, as seen below:
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Don't know much about it except that it apparently was tried in 1911. On the plus side, it afforded plenty of shade if you built a round table under it.
Somehow, the Messerschmiit Bf 109 below just doesn't seem right:
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Does it?
Company ... HALT!
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All for now.
Most of the aircraft posted here are more quirky (in a funny way) than ugly.
A really unattractive thingy imo is the F6F Hellcat.
As much as I have a soft spot in my head for the Buffalo, the Wildcat is prettier than Buffalo, IMHO.The Hellcat isn't really "pretty" but it beats the heck out of the Wildcat, which is even uglier than the Brewster Buffalo, in my book.
I have no idea what you said but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!Arguing aesthetics is even more likely to devolve into fuming annoyance than arguing about sports teams.
Not if we just allow ourselves to have fun with it. Besides, I don't watch sports.Arguing aesthetics is even more likely to devolve into fuming annoyance than arguing about sports teams.
Arguing aesthetics is even more likely to devolve into fuming annoyance than arguing about sports teams.
I think that he's worried that an overheated argument could erupt.I have no idea what you said but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!
Not if we just allow ourselves to have fun with it. Besides, I don't watch sports.
A really unattractive thingy imo is the F6F Hellcat.
Yes. You are the only one.I may get beat up for saying this but I'm I the only one who doesn't think the A6M is attractive? By all accounts I should, but there's something about the design that just doesn't look right to me but I can't figure it out. What makes this even more strange is that I would describe most other Japanese fighter aircraft of WWII as pleasing designs.
Now that you mention it......They always remind me of really pissed off hornets.
Yes. You are the only one.
It is the most attractive Japanese plane next to the Kate.I may get beat up for saying this but I'm I the only one who doesn't think the A6M is attractive? By all accounts I should, but there's something about the design that just doesn't look right to me but I can't figure it out. What makes this even more strange is that I would describe most other Japanese fighter aircraft of WWII as pleasing designs.
It is the most attractive Japanese plane next to the Kate.