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    The 109 is probably one of the ugliest aircraft ever.

    I adore it. All practical.

    This one is from that same tree.
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    Sorry, Persecutor_352. Those would be nice-looking aircraft, but they were made by Gr****n, and therefore are ugly by definition.

    IrR4tiOn4L: right competition, wrong designer:
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    SOW isn't even out yet, I'm already sick of the Emil.
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    Originally posted by baronWastelan:
    SOW isn't even out yet, I'm already sick of the Emil.
    But when SoW comes out, you can have your revenge. Show them what a good-looking aeroplane (or even a Hurricane ) can do to an Emil when it is low on fuel and scuttling back to France...
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    Originally posted by AndyJWest:
    Sorry, Persecutor_352. Those would be nice-looking aircraft, but they were made by Gr****n, and therefore are ugly by definition.

    IrR4tiOn4L: right competition, wrong designer:
    Howa a dare ayou suggest we a tha wrong disign!

    Wat has that Brritish pig-craft to do with a buety!

    But seriously, the MC 72 was better. To this day the World speed record for Seaplanes - 709(!!!) km/h. Try that in your Supermarine!
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    MC 72
    Hah! Real men fly aeroplanes with no forward view...

    Edit---
    Typo - 'me' meant 'men'...
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    Originally posted by ElAurens:
    And I'm sorry, but no jet can vie for the title of the most beautiful aircraft.
    Not true!



    Just like a Ferrari, its all about poise and power as it moves


    Originally posted by AndyJWest:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">MC 72
    Hah! Real me fly aeroplanes with no forward view... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Thatta de best you got?

    We a had to makea de vindows small beecause ita go so mucha faster thana supermarine pig-craft!

    EDIT: Wow, man the view out of that Supermarine S6B is BAD!

    Anyway if you dont like the MC 72, i think youll still have to agree the following puts a one-up over the S6B



    Its like a more beautiful Supermarine!
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    Originally posted by Kettenhunde:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Lots of British aircraft on here
    With the exception of the Spitfire, the British have a fetish for ugly airplanes.

    I mean have your looked at the Blackburn Skua??

    It fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I googled it and nearly died laughing!

    That is truly ugly~!

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    EDIT: Wow, man the view out of that Supermarine S6B is BAD!
    Exactly. The S6B has no need for a forward view, since the opposition must clearly be behind it...

    Sadly, this philosophy, though useful for a plane that used the Solent as an airfield, proved a little embarrassing later when tried with wheels. Though the Hurricane may have not matched the Spitfire in elegance (or many other things), it did at least enable you to see which county you were landing in...

    Having said that, the Spitfire does seem to have a unique two-stage braking system. The first stage applies maximal force to the wheels, and if that doesn't stop you, the prop digging into the turf usually does.

    How anyone can fail to see the utter perfection of an aircraft that has built in stowage for a pipe and tobacco, I really don't understand...
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