Shark Mouth Aircraft (2 Viewers)

[Crimea_River]

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[Njaco]

That one even has the gills!!!!!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I love that first one!!!! Alpha Jet?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very cool stuff guys, keep'em comin. Great idea for a thread Chris!

 

[Crimea_River]

Gotta admit, Googling finds lots. How about the Lanc!

 

[evangilder]

I love that first one!!!! Alpha Jet?

I think it's an L-39. Great paint job! The AN-2 with a shark mouth cracked me up.

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's a couple Luftwaffe pics...

The Stukas are from II./StG77

 

[T Bolt]

Bf 110 and Hellcats

 

[Capt. Vick]

Love that Tu-22! Looks like a real shark! I think I'm painting my snow-blower with one!

 

[Torch]

Alot of nice ones,still for me it's the P-40

 

[phas3e]

A couple of the more interesting P51 shark mouths

 

[norab]

How about something older

 

[Thorlifter]

Some great pics, but I gotta agree with Torch. I may be in the minority here, but to me the shark mouth looks goofy on all planes except the P-40, almost comical.

 

[ozhawk40]

Oh - great thread - great photos guys!

Here's one from my collection - RAAF 86 Squadron A29-302

 

[mudpuppy]

Excellent thread and I do appreciate all the pics that have been posted! The 2 craft from WWI in post #32 give some idea on how old this idea of painting a shark mouth on an aircraft really is. During some google searches yesterday I saw references to a Nieuport with a shark mouth but could never find a picture.
Derek

 

[norab]

some more

 

[T Bolt]

P-40s I had in my files. The P-40 just looks naked without a sharkmouth

 

[T Bolt]

Some more modern P-40s. All pictures from the internet.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Darn Glenn, you got a books worth of stuff sir! Very interesting to might I say!

 

[T Bolt]

Darn Glenn, you got a books worth of stuff sir! Very interesting to might I say!

I have just over 4 gigs of reference photos organized by aircraft type. Makes this kind of thing easy.