Spitfires or 5 Series Italian fighters (More beautiful)

[the lancaster kicks ass]

listen to yourself

the spit also had the long nose which you hold in such high regard, was considderably deadlier and whilst maintaining that oh so British grace has the aggression of a -190 (now that's a lot of aggression...), she looks like she wants to be up in the air, nose up high, sniffing out the enemy..........

 

[Dogwalker]

"British grace"?

DogW

 

[cheddar cheese]

Exactly DogW I bet G.56 has a longer nose.

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

pinocchio

 

[Dogwalker]

The longer the deadlier

DogW

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

oh so a flat-nosed Me410 with 8 mg151s or nebelwerfer rockets is less deadly?

 

[Dogwalker]

Sure!
Compared with the longer-nosed IMAM Ro-58 it proved it's inferiority.

Longing the nose have a tremendous effect on an aircraft deadliness. Even the Americans understood this, so, they longered the nose of the P-38 beyond the strict necessity.

DogW

 

[cheddar cheese]

Indeed, thats why many Italian bombers had 3 engines as this was a simple and effective way of lengthening the nose

 

[Dogwalker]

Yeah. Once you have to lengthening a nose, it's better to fit something useful in it.

DogW

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Jank]

Nuff said.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nice art!

 

[Dogwalker]

Very nice, but I prefer this other

www.danzoernig.com

 

[Jank]

And who can forget the beautiful Macchi Mc.202. Depiction of Sergeant Major Ennio Tarantola and his mount, "DAI BANANA!" racking up his eighth aerial victory.

 

[Dogwalker]

Yeah, even if this one contains an error.
On 28 june 1943 the victim was not a Kittyhawk of the RAF, but one of the Checkertails (MACR 449).

 

[chris mcmillin]

Mc-205 For Me... Wing Included. As for the Mustang A,B,C... I'll agree the A was ugly from most angles; but the B, C types to me are like Jaguar E-Types. If you know the car she is a real looker; but only in the right duds: Any sign of wear, wrong color, wrong bumper guard, wrong tires or rims, or especially if she is sitting wrong, she morphs into one ugly machine.

That's funny! Kind of like how a Beech 17 morphs into something ugly when one releases any back-pressure during the landing rollout.
Anyway, the Jag is a gorgeous car and the Porsche lovers think it's hideous. I think the 911 looks like an ugly frog.

The Italian fighters are pretty, but I always liked the MC-200 best.
I like the MkII and PRXIX Spitfires best.
I like C model Mustangs best. Prototype P-51 was just beautiful too.
YP-38's too. FW-190A-1 through 3. BF-109F. P-47D razorback with wing pylons and Lockheed tanks. I got a million favorites...

Chris...

 

[Soren]

The Reggiane 2005 is a very beautiful fighter, one of the most beautiful, but I like the looks of the Spitfire XIV just abit better. I'm not particularly fond of any of the early Spitfire marks though..

 

[hole in the ground]

Out of interest who knows the little asymetrical secret of macchi's? Very cunning it is too.
My vote goes to the PR blue spits

 

[Jank]

Oh, me me me me.
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Wing span.

 

[hole in the ground]

Yeah, instead of off-setting the rudder one wing was longer than the other to counteract torque. Weren't they clever little buggers.
Vote Spit PR