Photos of Ugly airplanes

[wingnuts]

Agree with you, Wingnuts. The Beverley was a beast of an aircraft; I remember the first time I went inside one, it was like walking inside a cathedral! Shame is, the last remaining (complete) one, at Hendon, was scrapped because of lack of room!
Of course, by todays standards, comparing against, say a Galaxy, the Beverley seems small, but what an idea, a double-decker para-dropping aircraft!

Airframes, The is still a Beverley in existence, it is at Fort Paull near Hull Yorkshire, east of Hull on the bank of the river Humber. It was formerly at the Museum of Army Transport in the town of Beverley it was dismantled and moved when the museum closed.

Fort Paull : Exhibits

 

[Airframes]

Thanks, wingnuts! It's some time since I'd heard about the Hull one, and at the time, it's future looked in doubt, with talk of it being scrapped. Glad to hear it's still there!
Terry.

 

[tpikdave]

The DHC 4 Caribou was used a lot in Vietnam. I remember a ride or two that were so thrilling I almost forgot where I was and that there were bad guys around.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Hawker Henley with Kestrel engine.

 

[Ruud]

cool! A thread all about FAA aircraft?

 

[Orzel]

I think the ugliest aircraft in the Polish service is LWS-4 Żubr (PZL.30):
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It is called the bison for a reason.Both are ugly.

 

[SaparotRob]

It is called the bison for a reason.Both are ugly.

I think it has a certain goofy cuteness.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Focke-Wulf Fw 189C

 

[SaparotRob]

Focke-Wulf Fw 189C

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That's why mommy P-38s shouldn't drink and smoke when pregnant.

 

[Admiral Beez]

That's why mommy P-38s shouldn't drink and smoke when pregnant.

It's an odd thing that a military so focused on rapid mechanized offensives didn't develop their own IL-2 Sturmovik, with good performance, significant armour and heavy internal weaponry. Instead they relied too long on the slow, unprotected and lightly armed Stuka.

Make the Henschel Hs 129 larger to better fit the pilot, fit twin BMW radials for speed and lifting power, and right there you have a German warthog.

 

[SaparotRob]

I like the Hs129 better as the German groundhog.

 

[GrauGeist]

It's an odd thing that a military so focused on rapid mechanized offensives didn't develop their own IL-2 Sturmovik, with good performance, significant armour and heavy internal weaponry. Instead they relied too long on the slow, unprotected and lightly armed Stuka.

Make the Henschel Hs 129 larger to better fit the pilot, fit twin BMW radials for speed and lifting power, and right there you have a German warthog.

You do realize that you're describing the Ju88P, right?

 

[SaparotRob]

Heck, I thought the Stuka and the Sturmovik were pretty much the same.

 

[Admiral Beez]

You do realize that you're describing the Ju88P, right?

No. Or I would have.

 

[GrauGeist]

No. Or I would have.

Well, the Ju88P was armored and had a variety of cannon options - how is this different than the vision of a modified Hs129?

 

[Admiral Beez]

Well, the Ju88P was armored and had a variety of cannon options - how is this different than the vision of a modified Hs129?

There is the notion that I was not aware of the Ju88P.

 

[GrauGeist]

It incorporated the solid nose of the C type, removal of the gondola and carried comparable "artillery" as the Hs129.
Made in limited numbers, though.