Author Topic: Of all the non-sleek planes out there which do you find the most attractive? (Read 25848 times)

HeroHog · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2018, 12:52:10 PM »

Surprised no one has posted the BUFF yet!

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:37:45 PM »

Quote from: HeroHog on March 05, 2018, 12:52:10 PM

Surprised no one has posted the BUFF yet!

The BUFF is fairly sleek.

MikeB · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:43:56 PM »

Quote from: HeroHog on March 05, 2018, 12:52:10 PM

Surprised no one has posted the BUFF yet!

The Brewster or the de Havilland?

bedlamite · « **Reply #28 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:46:46 PM »

I don't know if I'd call it attractive, but it has a certain utilitarian appeal:

BobR · « **Reply #29 on:** March 05, 2018, 01:48:56 PM »

^^^^

The Thai Air Force/Navy always had some of those parked at U-Tapao when we went there. A fairly ungainly looking plane to be sure.

bob

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #30 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:10:05 PM »

Quote from: bedlamite on March 05, 2018, 01:46:46 PM

I don't know if I'd call it attractive, but it has a certain utilitarian appeal:

Every time I see an AirTruck I think of Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome.

Brad

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #31 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:17:34 PM »

Quote from: MikeB on March 05, 2018, 01:43:56 PM

The Brewster or the de Havilland?

Or Boeing?

BobR · « **Reply #32 on:** March 05, 2018, 02:37:12 PM »

This has always been one of my favorite planes, if I had the money and the time I would own one.

Antonov AN2

bob

HeroHog · « **Reply #33 on:** March 05, 2018, 06:56:12 PM »

Boeing B-52A Come on, after all, BUFF = Big, Ugly, Fat, F...ornicator

HeroHog · « **Reply #34 on:** March 05, 2018, 07:04:28 PM »

Love this lumpy, bumpy, old bird! The Boeing B-29 Superfortress.

BobR · « **Reply #35 on:** March 05, 2018, 07:07:22 PM »

This was always my favorite picture of the B52:

And my second favorite, delivering Freedom by the ton.

bob

HeroHog · « **Reply #36 on:** March 05, 2018, 11:10:51 PM »

Absolutely amazing machines and the newest one flying today is OLD!

Scout26 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 06, 2018, 02:34:57 PM »

The C-23 Sherpa. Flew in one in 1989 from Zweibrucken to RAF Mildenhall and back. Cool plane.

makattak · « **Reply #38 on:** March 06, 2018, 02:59:03 PM »

I'm going to put in another vote for the Warthog.

I've loved that thing since I was little, even before I learned what a marvel it is.

Unisaw · « **Reply #39 on:** March 06, 2018, 03:23:02 PM »

OV-1 Mohawk fits the bulbous and non-sleek criteria, but I wouldn't say it was one of my favorites!

Unisaw · « **Reply #40 on:** March 06, 2018, 03:27:15 PM »

Here's another airplane that is decidedly unsexy: the Caribou.

BobR · « **Reply #41 on:** March 06, 2018, 03:39:25 PM »

Quote from: Amy Schumer on March 06, 2018, 02:34:57 PM

The C-23 Sherpa. Flew in one back in 1989 from Zweibrucken to RAF Mildenhall and back in 1989. Cool plane.

I think it was Frontier that used to fly those in the US. I took one from Lawton, OK to DFW once.

bob

dogmush · « **Reply #42 on:** March 06, 2018, 03:45:01 PM »

That's an adorable little gun the A-10 has.

BobR · « **Reply #43 on:** March 06, 2018, 03:50:06 PM »

A couple of the planes I crewed on were definitely not sleek.

C1A

C2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_iB9Gy93Cg

bob

HeroHog · « **Reply #44 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:05:46 PM »

My foster brother used to pilot these:

Was a USN pilot during the Bay of Pigs incident...

JN01 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:15:10 PM »

Gee Bee racer

Andiron · « **Reply #46 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:24:44 PM »

Quote from: JN01 on March 06, 2018, 09:15:10 PM

Gee Bee racer

Damn you, now I have to go re-watch The Rocketeer.

Andiron · « **Reply #47 on:** March 06, 2018, 09:26:54 PM »

Always liked how aggressive these looked, and slightly bulbous with the odd canopy.

230RN · « **Reply #48 on:** March 07, 2018, 07:07:31 AM »

Quote from: bedlamite on March 05, 2018, 01:46:46 PM

I don't know if I'd call it attractive, but it has a certain utilitarian appeal:

Looks to me like the pilot is praying. For something. Or for not-something. Or for more headroom.

Terry

K Frame · « **Reply #49 on:** March 07, 2018, 07:54:07 AM »

What the hell is that thing? It looks like a cross between a P-40, a Scootypuff Junior, and a NAA Mustang.

Quote from: Andiron on March 06, 2018, 09:26:54 PM

Always liked how aggressive these looked, and slightly bulbous with the odd canopy.

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Author Topic: Of all the non-sleek planes out there which do you find the most attractive? (Read 25848 times)