ScreamingLighting
Airman
Hmm... Seafire LIII, P-38, IAR 80, He-100, and maybe the Fw-187.
The Most Awesome Looking WWII Aircraft Ever
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Maximowitz
Tech Sergeant
Kryten
Senior Airman
For awesome it has to be the Tempest/Typhoon series, brutal looking, and the noise was incredible!
For beauty, it's a toss up between the Dakota and the Condor
For beauty, it's a toss up between the Dakota and the Condor
The Kohler
Airman
I have to agree with the Tempest. The best looking type was the Mk.I
As we not talking performance, I would like to add the Breguet 693 as my favorite twin engine airplane.
parsifal
Colonel
for me, the most awesome wrere two types that never made it to production, but not because it was not possible, or because these weren't superior designs.
introducing the CAC Ca-15 Kangaroo and the CAC Ca-4 Woomera
introducing the CAC Ca-15 Kangaroo and the CAC Ca-4 Woomera
VALENGO
Senior Airman
I love unconditionally Komets.
soulezoo
Senior Airman
I will have to add the Me262 here as well.
Count me as another with so many likes... but if it is just one the Schwalbe has it.
Count me as another with so many likes... but if it is just one the Schwalbe has it.
pinehilljoe
Senior Airman
- 737
- May 1, 2016
The B-29. When compared to contemporaries, to me it looks like an alien spaceship, a leap in technology.
VALENGO
Senior Airman
Thinking a little more about it, if we say awesome can´t forget Me 209, it looks like a vintage cartoon.
RW Mk. III
Airman 1st Class
Ki-43 for me. Just looks right. But still has a couple of idiosyncrasies. In plan it is the acme of aeronautic aesthetic.
Probably number two in my books is the G.55. Reminds me of a grand touring car with that loooong cowling. Another airframe that just sings.
pinehilljoe
Senior Airman
- 737
- May 1, 2016
though this is probably Korea, I would not want to be on the receiving end of this...
I'd say the J7W, but it barely flew during the war. The Me 163 was slick in appearance owing to it's swept wings (I'd never want to fly it though), the Me 262 otherwise would probably be the case for a fighter design because it looked a bit like a shark.
Admiral Beez
Major
It was too fragile, too short ranged, and with too narrow and weak an undercarriage, but no prettier fighter graced a carrier's deck in WW2 than the Seafire.
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
No argument there Admiral.
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
- 4,004
- Jun 25, 2013
Awesome looking as inspiring awe by sheer appearance? The huge and completely useless Hughes H-4.
In the realm of useful, the VS-44.
In the realm of useful, the VS-44.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Yeah but the H-4 was quite photogenic.
