Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Unusual Aircraft
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fubar57
General
Unusual or butt ugly. I give you the Great Lakes XSG-1. Only one built.....I wonder why?
Great Lakes XSG - Wikipedia
Shortround6
Major General
Ah! a direct competitor to the Loening Air Yacht series. If ever a series of planes look like they were put together by a reject team from Junkyard wars.......
And people claim the French tried to beat the air into submission rather than resort to streamlining.
And people claim the French tried to beat the air into submission rather than resort to streamlining.
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GregP
Major
Hi Fubar57 and Shortround,
Fubar's choice like the dropped a biplane onto a Grumman Goose and cut off the biplane's tail!
You and Shortround have surpassed yourselves in finding singularly strange planes! I wouldn't get into any of them. But SOMEONE thought they might sell or they wouldn't have made them. Wonder what they were smoking? or drinking?
Damn, Shortround! Those are some ugly palnes!
Maybe the designers were just having a bad year. Whatever it was, it was more than just a temporary sinking spell ...Loening actually put their NAME on one and the U.S. Navy BOUGHT one! That must have been some incredible salesman.
And I used to think a Fairey Barracuda was ugly! How wrong can I be? Perhaps the thinking was that when the enemy SAW it, they would roll over laughing so hard that it wouldn't get shot down since they'd need it for their local "Ripley's Belive It Or Not Museum."
Fubar's choice like the dropped a biplane onto a Grumman Goose and cut off the biplane's tail!
You and Shortround have surpassed yourselves in finding singularly strange planes! I wouldn't get into any of them. But SOMEONE thought they might sell or they wouldn't have made them. Wonder what they were smoking? or drinking?
Damn, Shortround! Those are some ugly palnes!
Maybe the designers were just having a bad year. Whatever it was, it was more than just a temporary sinking spell ...Loening actually put their NAME on one and the U.S. Navy BOUGHT one! That must have been some incredible salesman.
And I used to think a Fairey Barracuda was ugly! How wrong can I be? Perhaps the thinking was that when the enemy SAW it, they would roll over laughing so hard that it wouldn't get shot down since they'd need it for their local "Ripley's Belive It Or Not Museum."
at6
1st Sergeant
Some how I like the XSG-1.
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GregP
Major
Ain't no accounting for taste but, hey, there's guys married to ugly girls.
MUST be a reason, and it's probably prohibited in here, so I'll just say all of the planes above resemble the south end of a north-bound donkey, and likely fly about the same. We DO see the Loening at least with the engine running.
MUST be a reason, and it's probably prohibited in here, so I'll just say all of the planes above resemble the south end of a north-bound donkey, and likely fly about the same. We DO see the Loening at least with the engine running.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Man I loved Junkyard Wars.
Shortround6
Major General
actually they built 36 of this model
and they were used as air ferries in quite a few cities around the US in the late 20s/early 30s. One later managed to fly from the US to Norway (with several stops) where it is preserved in a museum.
and they were used as air ferries in quite a few cities around the US in the late 20s/early 30s. One later managed to fly from the US to Norway (with several stops) where it is preserved in a museum.
fubar57
General
Pilatus SB-2 Pelican, Number built.....1. Apparently it decided to kill itself in '44
Pilatus SB-2 - Wikipedia
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Now that's a new one.
I'm in love! Please tell me there is a 1/72 scale kit of this!
KiwiBiggles
Senior Airman
High braced forward-swept wing sprouting out of the cockpit, with a radial up front. There's more than a whiff of Lysander about it, to my eye.
soulezoo
Senior Airman
This is what I love about this forum. So many new revelations to discover.
However, one look and I understand why I have never seen/heard of these aircraft!
However, one look and I understand why I have never seen/heard of these aircraft!
fubar57
General
Some of those Ag-planes were pretty bizarre looking
fubar57
General
The Stipa Caproni - first flew October 7, 1932
The Flying Barrel ‹ HistoricWings.com :: A Magazine for Aviators, Pilots and Adventurers
EDIT: Seriously?????
EDIT: Seriously?????
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GregP
Major
The Pilatus SB-2 doesn't look all that bad. It is recognizable as an airplane at least. I was actually looking for strange military planes, but this is interesting. You never know where it will go.
Don't know what it is, but this one looks interesting:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/00/0f/cb/000fcb911f2ac7f51318c30882316e9a.jpg
Also not too sure I'd want to fly on this one:
http://www.trivials.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weird-aircraft6.jpg
Loss of power from any height above 10 feet might prove catastrophic ... and it COULD get you cut into salami slices even at 10 feet!
This isn't an airplane, but is a picture of pre-radar aircraft detection gear!
http://luxemodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/08-4-Pre-radar-Listener-For-Enemy-Aircraft.jpg
Sort of a big stethescope aimed at the sky.
http://luxemodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/08-4-Pre-radar-Listener-For-Enemy-Aircraft.jpg
Don't know what it is, but this one looks interesting:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/00/0f/cb/000fcb911f2ac7f51318c30882316e9a.jpg
Also not too sure I'd want to fly on this one:
http://www.trivials.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weird-aircraft6.jpg
Loss of power from any height above 10 feet might prove catastrophic ... and it COULD get you cut into salami slices even at 10 feet!
This isn't an airplane, but is a picture of pre-radar aircraft detection gear!
http://luxemodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/08-4-Pre-radar-Listener-For-Enemy-Aircraft.jpg
Sort of a big stethescope aimed at the sky.
http://luxemodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/08-4-Pre-radar-Listener-For-Enemy-Aircraft.jpg
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