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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:39 pm
CJ wrote:AshtonBlack wrote:Win on the first post!!!
IMHO, possibly the most graceful, aesthetically pleasing aircraft ever produced and with the merlin engine at it's heart, it was a work of genius.
It was a no brainer wasn't it. Mitchell's masterpiece.
(1) I would have put the Vulcan first myself, but YMMV.
(2) My favourite Spitfire is the Mk. 1a:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 50_arp.jpg[/imgc]
http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/edrawings/ima ... pit400.gif[/imgc]
... there are Spitfires and then there are Spitfires. Some of the later marks - particularly the late Griffon-engined versions - are very far removed from the original.
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:42 pm
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by AshtonBlack » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:43 pm
[youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_5Qc1mK54&NR=1[/youtube]
Whilst looking for some merlin engine sounds I found this...
10 Fuck Off
20 GOTO 10
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:43 pm
The H.S. 125 Dominie:
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-p ... 506862.jpg[/imgc]
... it goes without saying that
http://www.airliners.net is also a must-bookmark site.
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by leo-rcc » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:45 pm
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:49 pm
I see leo got to the Flanker before me, so next for me is the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 - the
Langnasen-Dora:
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:54 pm
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by CJ » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:55 pm
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by CJ » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:56 pm
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:57 pm
The Mirage F.1 - the best-looking of all the Mirages by far:
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-p ... 153781.jpg[/imgc]
... although the Mirage 2000 isn't half bad:
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by CJ » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:58 pm
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by klr » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:00 pm
Not to everyone's taste, but it is to mine - the Buccaneer:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... -04580.jpg[/imgc]
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and no, that photo is not doctored. That I know of.
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by Mickey » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:00 pm
Well Spitfire, Mosquito and Vulcan are in my top 10, plus
and any number of these ..
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by leo-rcc » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:02 pm
I love the look of Canards on airplanes.
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