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                        Ugliest aircraft?

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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Sunday, March 2, 2003 12:42 PM
                        Maybe the Amiot 143 (French Bomber, 1930s), or the Blohm & Voss 141???

                        No... it's got to be the Brewster Buffalo..!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 2, 2003 11:57 AM
                        My vote: UH-1 Cobra.

                        OK, seriously, I have to go with the Goblin
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                        lpolpo22
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        Posted by lpolpo22 on Sunday, March 2, 2003 8:53 AM
                        While no aircraft may be truly ugly there are those times when you have to say 'what were they thinking?'. My vote goes to any French bomber.
                        Rich

                        ~Smile [:)]
                        "What are friends for if you can't use them?~"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 2, 2003 5:20 AM
                        IMHO, there is/was no ugly aircraft, so I assume we're talking in relative terms here... There was a British passenger carrying flying boat - the Saunders-Roe "Princess" in the 50's. Don't know why they'd want to bestow a name like "Princess" on something so beastly looking.

                        Regards,

                        Pat
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                        FreedomEagle1953
                        • Member since
                          December 2012
                        Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Saturday, March 1, 2003 5:09 PM
                        Hello again ...

                        One should do ones research before stating ones opinion !

                        Blush [:I]
                        I almost, repeat almost, take back my statement posted above ...

                        After checking out the UGLIEST AIRCRAFT web site posted above by unnamedplayer, I am not sure about one aircraft ...

                        Big Smile [:D]

                        Check-out the French transport the Farman F.4x/F.120T - Jabiru ... the committee that designed this a/c never managed to meet ... just kidding ... but doesn't that third engine look like a feature that was stuck there when the rest of the team wasn't looking ???

                        Clown [:o)]

                        FreedomEagle1953

                        Chicago, IL area

                        "keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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                        berny13
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
                        Posted by berny13 on Saturday, March 1, 2003 5:00 PM
                        My vote would be the Polikarpov I-16. It looks like thay used aircraft parts from salvage and mated them to a whiskey barrel.

                        Berny

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                        FreedomEagle1953
                        • Member since
                          December 2012
                        Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Saturday, March 1, 2003 4:47 PM
                        Hi all ...

                        I agree with darrenbb and upnorth ... some a/c are strange looking ... but, even with that they always seem to have a certain beauty.

                        FreedomEagle1953

                        Chicago, IL area

                        "keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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                        upnorth
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Canada / Czech Republic
                        Posted by upnorth on Saturday, March 1, 2003 4:23 PM
                        Well, I'll have to go with darrenbb on this and say there are no trully ugly aircraft out there. Unorthodox ones yes, ugly ones no.

                        The closest I ever came to calling an aircraft ugly was when I saw picrures of the Shorts Seamew. Man, I had to fight to keep from calling that one ugly.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 1, 2003 4:02 PM
                        The site referenced by "unnamedplayer" contained some real ugly birds. I think the Boeing JSF takes the cake - the shape is odd, and that intake resembles a herring's. Ugh. My engineering friend at Boeing even admitted that their JSF was not a pretty sight.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 1, 2003 2:13 PM
                        What?

                        No self respecting wing nut would even think such a thing. There are no ugly aircraft. I think I need to lay down now.

                        Darren

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                        berny13
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Panama City, Florida, Hurricane Alley
                        Posted by berny13 on Saturday, March 1, 2003 1:04 PM
                        I knew this topic had to come up. What was left? Give me some time to think on this one.

                        Berny

                         Phormer Phantom Phixer

                        On the bench

                        TF-102A Delta Dagger, 32nd FIS, 54-1370, 1/48 scale. Monogram Pro Modeler with C&H conversion.  

                        Revell F-4E Phantom II 33rd TFW, 58th TFS, 69-260, 1/32 scale. 

                        Tamiya F-4D Phantom II, 13th TFS, 66-8711, 1/32 scale.  F-4 Phantom Group Build. 

                         

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 1, 2003 12:34 PM
                        check out this site for the UGLIEST aircraft: http://cloud.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon/aircraft/ugly/index.html
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Ugliest aircraft?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 1, 2003 12:23 PM
                        Ok we've had sexiest aircraft ever so I thought we should have ugliest aircraft too. My vote goes to the XF-85 Goblin:





                        By the way I think even ugly aircraft have a certain 'beauty'.
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