Aircraft Appreciation thread #3 - Beautiful Aircraft!

[klr]

BAE Hawk:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ht_arp.jpg[/imgc]

I've seen the Red Arrows four times:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper ... anking.jpg[/imgc]

But my favourite marks are the newer long-nosed versions:

http://www.harrierlist.co.uk/FRA/webpics/hawkt2.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

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[imgc]http://i.pbase.com/g5/59/518959/2/67383619.r59jinmI.jpg[/imgc]

I don't think a direct link to a pbase photo is going to work - I think the site has disabled hot-linking.

[klr]

It's not all warbirds. Here's the Lockheed Super Constellation - the "Super Connie":

http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/images/Bowen01b.jpg[/imgc]

http://www.stinsonflyer.com/prop/l1049-05.jpg[/imgc]

[Xamonas Chegwé]

http://www.ukairshows.info/2004/airshow ... caster.jpg[/imgc]

The spit is the ultimate WWII aircraft design classic. But when it comes to bombers, you have to go a way to beat this baby. There's an old guy drinks in my local that has only ever flown twice in his life, and it was in one of these, sitting looking at the ground through the open bomb-bay doors during a wartime test-flight. He spent the war building them too.

[leo-rcc]

I'm not that keen on commercial airliners, but the De Havilland Comet was a thing of beauty. Too bad the Comet had a serious flaw and had to be taken out of service after several catastrophic crashes.

[klr]

F-16 A - some of the newer versions are a bit bloated:

http://www.rjaf.mil.jo/upload/gallery/F16A_001.jpg[/imgc]

Saab 35 Draken, Austrian Air Force, special livery:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... Draken.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

Convair F-106 Delta Dart, note the "area-ruled" (pinched) fuselage:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... tanker.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

The ill-fated XB-70 Valkyrie:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 8-2131.jpg[/imgc]

[CJ]

Slightly off topic but WTF

http://www.americanjuniorclassics.com/i ... 1-640x.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

... ill-fated, take two - the BAC TSR.2:

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/tsr2/logo.jpg[/imgc]

http://www.aero-pics.co.uk/bombers/imag ... 036-19.jpg[/imgc]

[CJ]

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/ ... anking.jpg[/imgc]

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Slightly off topic but WTF

http://www.americanjuniorclassics.com/i ... 1-640x.jpg[/imgc]

Nice cleavage, but what has that to do with aircraft?

[klr]

Douglas F4D Skyray:

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-3300/f28.jpg[/imgc]

http://avions.legendaires.free.fr/Images/Gf4d-2.jpg[/imgc]

[AshtonBlack]

As transport aircraft go, this one is pretty.

http://www.flyskyclass.com/gallery/doug ... _large.jpg[/imgc]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/__lRb-XxLBis/R5nbC ... 4/ama1.jpg[/imgc]

[klr]

There are plenty still in service, and with turboprop engines, some are almost certainly going to survive until 2035, meaning the DC-3 will have seen 100 years service.

The F4U Corsair:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/ ... ts/F4u.jpg[/imgc]

http://www.richard-seaman.com/ is another site worth bookmarking.