Beauty is in the eye of the beholder-Aircraft Edition

A10 Warthog
fugly as hell, but I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end

 

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First aircraft I made components for: DH Sea Vixen a big old beautiful lady.










A Queen of the skies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmL7A9oDStY

 

I understand your attachment, but it would take some good will to call this pretty



Full marks for the Hind !

 

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As far as shear elegance is concerned, the Spit certainly makes that list. She is a beautiful plane.

 

Then if we add one engine the Grumman Tigercat makes a great contender

 

Being harsh here don't like it Fairy battle with armor and cannons.

Oh mate yes

Beauty Fairey Battle

but also
Avro Anson

beauty

 

Apache!

 

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Yes, Spitfire should be somewhere on the top of list of the most beautiful planes ever, side by side with this one:



P-51 "Cadillac of the Sky" (actually it's Mustang but who cares).

 

But, unfortunately there is also an ugly version



f-82 Twin Mustang

 

Bob says to Jim "Come over here, I have something to show to you"

On the same style but one less fuselage,



Douglas C-74

 

My Beauty
Supermarine Walrus

 

Needs no comment. A looker.

Seagull ASR 1 -

 

North American XB-70. Pretty.



Boeing 221 Monomail! Ugly!



The Boeing 221 Monomail

 

Same air force, same type of aircraft, same war....worlds apart.
The ugly: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley: The flying barn door. Still has a special place in my heart
The beauty: Avro Lancaster: Looks and it's lethal too

 

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Should be a centerfold!

 

Should be a centerfold!

It was the Sun's page 3 sometime in Aug '40.

 

Am I pretty or am I pretty?

 

Colonial beauty, a Martin RB-57



And another Martin, a MB-2 for uglyness

 

CF-105 Avro Arrow