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Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:07 am

First in the queue, the Fairey Gannet:
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... there are some great kits of this available though.

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by Ace » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:09 am

That's not ugly! But the blue aircraft behind it is. :tup:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:12 am

Oh, the Wessex? :lol:

The AEW version of the Gannet is definitely ugly:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by Ace » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:19 am

klr wrote:Oh, the Wessex? :lol:

The AEW version of the Gannet is definitely ugly:
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That one looks like it's pregnant. I'd be worried flying that due to the thought of it giving birth in the air :shifty:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:22 am

:lol:

And now, one that should be on every short-list of aesthetically challenged aircraft - the Avro Bison:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:24 am

Goddamn this is an ugly aircraft.

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:27 am

:cry: :cry: :cry:

The Blohm und Voss B+V 141 looks like an oil painting compared to that monstrosity:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by Ace » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:28 am

AshtonBlack wrote:Goddamn this is an ugly aircraft.

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And extremely dangerous! You'd never catch me in it!

It's a pilot killer. It's so unstable that only the best Aviators can fly it. But even they would have trouble.

It's ugly and very dangerous.
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:30 am

TBH, it looks as if someone fixed some wheels to a Polikarpov I-16 and then tried to squash it:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:31 am

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Caproni Stipa. OMFG that NEVER flew. (It did actually... top speed.... 82mph!)
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:33 am

Westland Lysander P.12
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Wow... THAT's ugleeee. I think they stuck the wings on backwards!
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:40 am

Oh, you mean this:
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BTW, your last couple of images aren't showing for me. That's Fortunecity for ya. :roll:
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Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:51 am

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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:54 am

Ace wrote:And extremely dangerous! You'd never catch me in it!

It's a pilot killer. It's so unstable that only the best Aviators can fly it. But even they would have trouble.

It's ugly and very dangerous.
Jimmy Doolittle made his name in a GeeBee. :o
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!

Post by Ace » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:00 am

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Ace wrote:And extremely dangerous! You'd never catch me in it!

It's a pilot killer. It's so unstable that only the best Aviators can fly it. But even they would have trouble.

It's ugly and very dangerous.
Jimmy Doolittle made his name in a GeeBee. :o
Never heard of him :lol:

That aircraft is still a bitch! It's a well known pilot killer. It's so unstable and very unsafe that it has killed many pilots.
It's deadly!
I would refuse to just sit in the cockpit.

I've only studied bits of it and taken in some info from pilots who flew it. They say all it wants to do is crash.
I'd never fly it! :nono:
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