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What's the most beautiful plane ever built?

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:39 PM

Still prettier than the bathtub.

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Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:07 PM

 

...........NOT!!  Surprise

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Posted by TomZ2 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:43 PM

"I see nothing–NOTHING!"

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:33 PM

shackleton! 

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Posted by eatthis on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:28 PM

not really beautifull but it sure looks happy lol

 

 

snow + 4wd + escessive hp = :)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7egUIS70YM

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:25 PM

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Posted by se5022 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:24 PM

For me, it would be the F-14 Tomcat, followed by a P-40B and an F-5 Tiger II

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Posted by Dennis Smith on Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:00 PM

The "Connie" has 'em all beat by a mile!!

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Posted by Scorpiomikey on Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:52 PM

WZ2

Wow - no votes for the Starfighter?

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Lockheed_XF-104.jpg/800px-Lockheed_XF-104.jpg

 

 

 

 

Thats because its uglySurprise oh yeah, i went there lol. Im kidding. 

My vote would probably go to the Aermacchi MB-339.

Oddly enough followed by the blunty.

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Posted by randypandy831 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:49 PM

super hornet N spitfire. 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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Posted by f-4phantom on Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:17 PM

I'd have to go with the "Viper". It looks sleek and sexy even on the ground.

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Posted by WZ2 on Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:12 PM

Wow - no votes for the Starfighter?

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Stage_Left on Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:09 PM

Wow.....lots of good candidates here, but my choice is the De Havilland DH 88

I'll give an honorable mention to the Northrop Gamma

As for menacing......

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Posted by TheWildChild on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:55 PM

my favorites would have to be the B1B lancer, HE177, certian variants of the JU88, F-86, and the SU-37. the SU-37 has that really fast and mean look at the same time as that graceful power. and im not sure why, but i'e always liked the look of the FW-190 and ME109 as well.

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Posted by panzerpilot on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:40 PM

echolmberg

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.

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The P-61 is a sexy plane. Some consider it the most maneuverable aircraft of WWII. Apparently, It could turn on a dime and very much inside Me-109's etc.

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Posted by high and the mighty on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:38 PM

It sure was sexy. Reminds me of Carole Lombard in a silk sheath. 

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Posted by p38jl on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:33 PM

ok,,ok,, lol. posting pics.. here is my photographic evidence...

YP-38

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:31 PM

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

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by tigerman on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:27 PM


   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by telsono on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:07 PM

My choice is the Reggiane Re.2005 Sagitarrio, the sexy Italian first cousin to the P-47.

 

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Posted by B17Pilot on Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:06 PM

Pretty obvious, wasn't it?

  

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Posted by echolmberg on Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:55 PM

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 

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Posted by Reasoned on Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:46 PM

Giddy-up, giddy-up 109!!!!!!

 

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Posted by eatthis on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:41 AM

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

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Posted by Greenshirt on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:33 AM

Beech Staggerwing (both civil and military versions)

 

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Posted by DoogsATX on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:33 AM

Avro Shackleton!

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Posted by Boba Fett on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:26 AM

Lockheed Super-Constellation in TWA markings.

That is all.

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Posted by Dungmaggot on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:22 AM

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.

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:14 AM

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...

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:59 AM

Is that the Great Wall one?

Mine would be the Sud Caravelle. The first mid range transport jet in the US.

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