What's the most beautiful plane ever built?

but the f5 clearly falls over with only 1 wingtip winder on!

p38jl

VanceCrozier:

bondoman:

 

Scorpiomikey:

 

Still prettier than the bathtub.

 

Oh Gawd...Hammers third wife!!!

 

 

 

Yeah... Her mouth was that effin' big... 'Bout as loud too...

When she was clean without anything hung on, some seriously sleek lines-The Thud

The F-106 was exceptionally clean and sleek as well...

P-40 warhawk

Knew you were gonna say that, Red...

So I'm gonna pin ya down..

Which VARIANT of the P-40? And you ony get ONE choice...

upnorth

 

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Nice pic.....I like the Swiss markings.

i know i poated my favorites on here earlier, but i think one that needs mentioning also is Howard Hughes'  H1 racing plane.

I'm glad to see we all agree?!?

carsanab

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

Manstein's revenge:

 

 

The Bremerhaven Boomerang??

 

 

she's sure is a good looking M0J0.....especially the infamous "Spotted Ho"........

I suggest you avoid the "spotted ho"  

Gee Bee R-1

Hans von Hammer

Knew you were gonna say that, Red...

So I'm gonna pin ya down..

Which VARIANT of the P-40? And you ony get ONE choice...

P-40N, I didn't even have to think.  

Whats your favourite plane Hans? I think I may have heard you once say the FW190.

1. F 104

2. Spit Mk9

3. Dassault Mirage 3c

4. Aermachi/Atlas 326 Impala

5. Canadair CL 13 B Sabre 6

Oh ,and the L-18c Super Cub I fly

Theuns

P-40N, I didn't even have to think.  

Didn't see that one coming.. Took ya for a P-40B or E kinda guy for some reason...  Personally, I think that cut-down rear fuselage of the N, albeit while improving rearward visibility,  ruins the lines of the P-40, but that's just me... I'm partial to the B/C model m'self, if I have to pick a 'Hawk... I like its longer nose, and the tighter curve of the radiator...

Whats your favourite plane Hans? I think I may have heard you once say the FW190.

My favorite is the P-51B with Malcom Hood...  But I think the one I posted on page two is the most beautiful...

 The Focke-Wulf 190's my favorite WW2 German plane though...  But this thread's about the most beautiful airplane ever built, not favorites...  

Well, I suppose.

I like the performance of the P-40N best, I actually like the P-40P best, but that doesn't count.

I would probably go for the P-40M/N.

For me its the Alpha Jet (with the pointy nose), child of the 70's you see!

Lancair IV

There are just to many beautiful aircraft out there to stick to one - even the ugly ones are quite interesting birds. Here's another one that fits into the beautiful category for me;

But what if ya had to pick a plane like a woman and marry one? Seems y'all'd be polygamists lol..

...maybe...

Hans von Hammer

But what if ya had to pick a plane like a woman and marry one? Seems y'all'd be polygamists lol..

Absolutely - & plane & a wife for every day of the year

mhuhtala

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4559674128

Runner up to the Hawker Hunter.

For multi-engine:  It can only be the Lockheed Super Constellation (Super Connie) for it's sculptured, graceful curves and it's speed provided by it's powerful R-3350 Turbo-compound engines.

For single engine:  The prototype Supermarine Spitfire No. 5051 again, for it's sculptured, graceful curves and elliptical wings.  A glimpse of what was to come...

All the best,

Ray

Hans von Hammer

But what if ya had to pick a plane like a woman and marry one? Seems y'all'd be polygamists lol..

Says the man on hausfrau #?

Now sometimes the harem is not such a bad concept...

*Sigh*... Number Four... But only one at a time...  And each one was THE one, lol..

Number Four was the one that I DIDN'T meet in a bar... Met her at an airshow...  Heh.. She thought I was a pilot though, silly girl...  Guess the flightsuit, boots,  and "B-29 Flight Crew" cap coulda made one think that, now that I look back...

According to her,  she thought she met the lead guitarist, but it turned out I was a roadie...

Well aircrew is still an aviator...

Well, since eveyone else is naming multiple aircrat, guess I'll follow suit... But I'm sticking with twin-engined fighters...

After the P-61, this (often-forgotten) US Navy bird wins the Number two slot of the "Most Beautiful Airplane Ever Built" in my book:

It is, however,  Number One in "Hammer's Book of Blue Airplanes"...

Well aircrew is still an aviator...

True... Reckon I was the pick of the litter as far the GIBs went, too..

Here's the GIB-crew on "Fifi" when we met:

Oh, I figured it out, it's the last one I finished!!!  But it's almost always the last one I finished...

Cadet Chuck

My vote goes to the F4U Corsair.  I love the looks of the gull wings and that huge engine.

Always my favorite.

true beauty is on the inside aswell so for me its gotta be the Boeing 787-8

i love every single feature of this magnificant aircraft esspecialy the raked wingtips and the massive trent 1000 turbofans

this plane is just as sleek and beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside though. Just look at that cockpit!!

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For WWII, nothing tops a DH Mosquito:

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