And how exactly do the 'hydraulic dive brakes' enhance it's beauty?Originally posted by AndyJWest:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Here's an A-36 Invader Dive bomber with hydraulic dive brakes.
Whatever beauty is, hydraulics are only relevant for waterfalls, 'looking like a fighter' is a pale substitute for being one, and looking fast, pointy, and likely to go bang is nothing to do with it. Would you like your wife/girlfriend/significant other to have the subtle curves of a Spitfire, or the butch muscularity and crass utilitarianism of a butcher-bird?
Don't bother to answer this. If you can't see the difference, you are beyond hope.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I imagine your voice sounding like Charles Emerson Winchester from MASH.
Hey, what about my F86 photo on this thread.
Now that is beauty.
All these posts and nobody has even mentioned the only civilian supersonic airliner, surely that has to be on of the best looking aircraft ever.
http://www.airliners.net/photo...cd4d145bce603bebcbf1
This aircraft is a beauty to me, I did 99% of my flight training in it, I went solo and got my licence in it, it has always been reliable and not too taxing to fly, you can't ask for more than that.
This is the old girl.
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can anyone explain why it has a star in the right wing roundel?Originally posted by R_Target:
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Looks-wise I really don't like roof winged aircraft...Originally posted by Warrington_Wolf:
This aircraft is a beauty to me, I did 99% of my flight training in it, I went solo and got my licence in it, it has always been reliable and not too taxing to fly, you can't ask for more than that.
This is the old girl.
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Without researching the source of the photo my guess would be this...Originally posted by ROXunreal:
can anyone explain why it has a star in the right wing roundel?![]()
SourceThe Akutan Zero, also known as Koga's Zero and the Aleutian Zero, was a type 0 model 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japanese fighter plane that crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, during World War II. It was captured intact by the Americans in July 1942 and became the first flyable Zero acquired by the United States during the war.[1][2] It was repaired and flown by American test pilots. As a result of information gained from these tests, American tacticians were able to devise ways to defeat the Zero, which was the Imperial Japanese Navy's primary fighter plane throughout the war.
Can't be the Aleutian Zeke, because it's clearly an A6M5 model. I suppose it's one of the few -5s captured on Saipan (ex- 261st Air Group If I recall correctly?) and transported to States for testing. These had their markings repainted more than once, so here's the barely visible white star!
Cheers - Art