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                        UGLIEST PLANE EVER?

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:00 AM
                        Wright´s Flyer
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                        Woody
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                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:45 PM
                        Fabio that is a very interesting site, but I didn't find that fighter. I'llBig Smile [:D] look again after work when I have more time.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        gregers
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                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:56 PM
                        HI folks i've seen pics of that fighter before, dont know if its a mockup or not but those intakes are pure f4 phantom and the cockpit looks like a skyhawk item.so it may be. but if you look at the X 29 fuselage of an F5 u/c of an F16???The mystery contnues...Gregers
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:09 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Woody

                        Fabio, what is the canard wing US navy fighter? Is it just a mock up? Big Smile [:D]


                        Woody, it´s tha Curtiss XP-55 Ascender
                        http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/ascender.htm
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 2:38 PM
                        Woody,
                        Ive got to agree with greggers, that plane looks pure Mc Donnell-Douglas to me. Maybe you can find that a/c on a Mc D/D site.
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                        Woody
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:53 PM
                        I'll pose the question to my early jets group. By gum we'll get to the bottom of this!Tongue [:P]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 7:10 PM
                        i think the xp70 is SWEET or whatever that thing that looks like a p51
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:02 AM
                        Sorry for that.

                        the navy jet is the Northamerican XFV-12A
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                        Woody
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:27 AM
                        That's right guys it is the XFV-12A but it was made by Rockwell. It was a failed vertical take off aircraft.Cool [8D]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:50 AM
                        Cat amongst the pigeons,But It has to be the Russian thing designed to fly real fast at 3 feet above the waves,carring a giant payload..Can't think oe the name but those stubby wings,multi props,silly tail..they make the Fairey Gannet look Good,and that's saying something....
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 15, 2003 6:57 AM
                        Hi, It's that Russian thing designed to carry a big payload real fast over water,3 or 4 feet Ithink, over the water,using a kind of ground effects...High tail, multi props and stubby wings,Iyt makes the Fairey Gannet look good...
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                        djmodels1999
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                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Thursday, May 15, 2003 9:05 AM
                        Are you talking about one of those...? Smile [:)]



                        This is the largest of them all, but they are are known as 'Ekranoplane' ..

                        Amazing...Tongue [:P]
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                        gregers
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                          February 2003
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:26 PM
                        Hi Djmodels1999. only one thing i can say about that one..ugly as a bagfull of a**eholes...Anyone kitted it yet?. Gregers
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        Woody
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:42 PM
                        When is someone going to post an ugly plane? Those pictures aren't prom queens but every one has been beautiful! I think I'd like to build one of those XFV-12A'sBig Smile [:D]Evil [}:)]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        djmodels1999
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                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, May 16, 2003 1:53 AM
                        Gregers, the one illustrated above is I think one of the most aesthetically pleasing of the ekranoplanes... Check out this one, the Bartini VVA-14...



                        Now that's pretty ugly..., but still beautiful in a way..

                        Only Revell has issued one of them ekranoplanes.



                        Lots of work to get it right, though. I wish someone else would kit the other ekranoplanes...

                        Domi
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 16, 2003 2:03 PM
                        While I still think the YF-22 is near the top of the ugly pile I did forget a group of ugly a/c.

                        Everything British minus the Spitfire.
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                        JGUIGNARD
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                          March 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by JGUIGNARD on Friday, May 16, 2003 6:30 PM
                        Another candidate - the Mignet "Flying Flea" homebuilt from France.

                        Jim
                        Most of us are acquainted with at least one "know-it-all". He may be as close as the mirror. [}:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 18, 2003 3:02 PM
                        Although you all have valid arguments I must say that that ythe all time ugliest piece of kit to hit the sky has to be the Hawker Tempest. I mean.... it has all the right lines, but non of them are in the right places
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 18, 2003 7:36 PM
                        This is easy for me - the McDonnell F3H-2 Demon. When taxiing, the nose would bob up and down enough to make the poor pilot seasick. It was underpowered, too.
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                        Woody
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                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Sunday, May 18, 2003 9:26 PM
                        bobandgina and mdchadbourne, what you talkin bout! Both thoughs planes are raging beauties! I must now find a private place to weep.Big Smile [:D]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:42 PM
                        AH! Insulting the Demon like that!Big Smile [:D](j/k)
                        1950's jets forever!
                        I think the Westland Wyvern and the Fairey Gannet aren't too pretty though.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 5:44 PM
                        British planes come in two types: 1: poetry in flight and 2: ugly beyond all possible belief. In category 2, I nominate the Bristol Freighter of the '50's. A folk tale of flying tells of the Freighter coming into Boston airport way back when. The ATC supposedly contacted the captain of this nightmare and in the process of giving him landing clearance, quizzically inquired,"Uh, sir, tell me; did you make it yourself?" Sadly the reply is unknown.....
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:25 PM
                        There are three on my list . The PZL-104 Wilga, the M-15 Belphegor, and someones nightmare come true the Transavia Airtruk.
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                        duckman
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                          February 2016
                        Posted by duckman on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:34 PM
                        no no no all you are wrong the ugliest plane ever built is the B

                        On The Bench:

                        Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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                        duckman
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                          February 2016
                        Posted by duckman on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:38 PM
                        no no no!! all you are wrong the ugliest plane ever built is the
                        BLOHM & VOSS BV-141B
                        look it up and you will see im right

                        On The Bench:

                        Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:40 PM
                        Ugliest: F4 phantom
                        Prettiest: Su 27

                        nuff said.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:13 PM
                        SU-27? Too much going on there. Someone took an eagle, tomcat, and a hornet threw them in the blender and sukhoi design bureau opened that blender and said "Ya looks good, make fly." AIRTRUK look it up!!!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:16 PM
                        Based solely on looks, here's my ugliest aircraft list...They're all great (some are legendary) aircraft, but still qualify as ugly. No significance in the
                        order listed...

                        F-4 Phantom
                        A-6 Intruder
                        A-10 Warthog
                        C-130 Hercules
                        Victor Tankers
                        DC/KC-10
                        A-7 Corsair
                        Harrier GR-3
                        IL-76
                        MiG-23/27
                        F-117A Nighthawk
                        Dassault Rafale (Just doesn't look right IMHO)

                        Brian
                        SJAFB
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:30 PM
                        A 10 isn't that ugly...take it off your list
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 31, 2003 5:10 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by hou_ge2000

                        A 10 isn't that ugly...take it off your list


                        ....and this coming from a guy who said the F-4 is!!?

                        It's true what they say I guess, beauty (and ugly) really is in the eye of the beholder.
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