Howa a dare ayou suggest we a tha wrong disign!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:
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!
Not true!Originally posted by ElAurens:
And I'm sorry, but no jet can vie for the title of the most beautiful aircraft.
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Just like a Ferrari, its all about poise and power as it moves
Hah! Real me fly aeroplanes with no forward view... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>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
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
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Its like a more beautiful Supermarine!
With the exception of the Spitfire, the British have a fetish for ugly airplanes.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
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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Exactly. The S6B has no need for a forward view, since the opposition must clearly be behind it...EDIT: Wow, man the view out of that Supermarine S6B is BAD!![]()
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...