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Here's the start of a thread that should be fascinating. What is the most beautiful plane ever built? There are so many terrific choices--my own would include a dozen or more, from the gorgeous XB-70 and the streamlined glass of the Spitfire to the perfect symmetry of the Pfalz D3 and the elegance of the Constellation. What do you think abd why?
So many to reflect on, but I am going with the P51D. It just looks like it is going 400Knots, sitting on the ground. The lines on it are perfect. A very close second is the F-16.
-Tom
Sukhoi SU-27
Don
I would have to go with the P-51D but there are so many others right behind.
The P-40 and B-17 will always be my two favorites.
Duh...
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DoogsATX Duh...
A baby warthog is beautiful... to its mama... why is the national insignia on the wrong wing?
Without a doubt, it is the Su-27 UB Flanker C. The single-seat B is graceful, but the two-seaters are elegant.
I dunno...grabbed that off Google image search. Looks like someone reversed the image (look at the tail numbers)
Well, since you didn't specify that it had to be a warbird, I'm going to say a Dassault Falcon 7X.
It's a 10-14 seat, 3 enigine corporate aircraft.
In my opinion, for a plane to be beautiful it needs to be aerodynamically clean. If a plane has vortex generators, ventral fins, etc. they are there for a reason.and it ruins the look. They are usual there to cover up or mask some bad handling characteristics at slower speeds. The 3 engine Falcon family of aircraft have never had any devices bolted on to enhance handling or subdue bad characteristics, Just a smooth wing and fuselage.
PERFECT
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It's a toss-up for me between the F-16 and the Pfalz D.III - like 'em both. I'd be hard-pressed to find anything from WWII or any other conflict that can match the clean lines of those two aircraft.
Mike
"We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."
The most beautiful plane is the one you are piloting! Sure you can look at another airplane and dream, but flying the one you've got is the most beautiful because she's yours...goes for wives as well.
Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt
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"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."
HawkeyeHobbies The most beautiful plane is the one you are piloting! Sure you can look at another airplane and dream, but flying the one you've got is the most beautiful because she's yours...goes for wives as well.
Can't argue with Gerald. Still since I'm not a private pilot I guess have to go with something else though.
Personally, I'll go with the Spitfire Mk XIV. I love the look of the earlier Merlin machines but there's just something about the Griffin spits. They had the grace of the earlier planes but mixed with the gigantic engine and prop a certain brutal appearence. Reminds me somewhat of an orca or mako shark- brute power and elegance at the same time.
IMHO anyway- your mileage may vary...
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Boeing Model 314, the Clippers for Civvie..
and for military.. P-38.. i'm kinda like Doogs.. a tad biased.. lol ( especially the X and Y models..)
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"And here.. My prize... The Black Widow.. Isn't she lovely and so deadly..."-Vincent Price
My second thought on this question...The one that brought me home from long deployments overseas! The Freedom Bird was such a beautiful aircraft...even if one felt like they were riding in a livestock trailer packed to capacity! LOL
Su-27 Flanker, for sure. IF there ever was a plane that just screamed fighter, this is it!
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Is that the Great Wall one?
Mine would be the Sud Caravelle. The first mid range transport jet in the US.
So many to choose from. I'm still throwing my vote behind theshark-like lines of the Me262, without Adolf's bombs hanging off its undersides of course...
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
I'm a sucker for "ugly" aircraft so I have to go witht he BV 141 or the BV 222. Both are hideous to look at but innovation, creativity, and thinking outside the box makes them beautiful to me.
Lockheed Super-Constellation in TWA markings.
That is all.
Avro Shackleton!
Beech Staggerwing (both civil and military versions)
On the bench (all 72nd):
mean as hell? yes (as is the f14 and the bac lightning)
beautiful? are you BLIND? lol
my top 5 in no particular order is
xb70
hunter
concorde
spitfire
tsr 2
snow + 4wd + escessive hp = :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7egUIS70YM
Giddy-up, giddy-up 109!!!!!!
Karsten Plat.
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In the Hanger: A bunch of kits
Of all the answers here, Hans VH is the only one who is correct. It's the P-61. Why? Because she's beautifully proportioned in every way while, at the same time, so very deadly looking. She's the total package.
Eric
Pretty obvious, wasn't it?
My choice is the Reggiane Re.2005 Sagitarrio, the sexy Italian first cousin to the P-47.
Mike T.
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