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Duke Chin posted:THIS, though... Man your eyes are broken. That blimp in your last photo appears to have wings.
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Apr 6, 2017 01:21
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Nebakenezzer posted:So what's a looker? Short Skyvan? Short Sunderland.
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Apr 6, 2017 04:35
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Bill Nye was on the engineering team that stretched the 747 upper deck. Well, that's my contribution.
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Apr 6, 2017 05:26
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Instead of fighting about which is the ugliest, what's the most beautiful aircraft? At least that way when everyone is wrong we'll at least get some pretty pictures in their attempt to convince us they're right.
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Apr 6, 2017 06:21
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Instead of fighting about which is the ugliest, what's the most beautiful aircraft? 
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Apr 6, 2017 06:31
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I just read about British European Airways Flight 706, which suffered an in-flight structural failure in 1971. Piss leaking from the lavatory corroded away a bulkhead over time. What a way to go.
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Apr 6, 2017 07:41
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Alereon posted:I just read about British European Airways Flight 706, which suffered an in-flight structural failure in 1971. Piss leaking from the lavatory corroded away a bulkhead over time. What a way to go. Knowing British lavatorial culture, I suspect contributing factors to the leak and corrosion not being detected were thick, beige floor carpets, copious air fresheners and shame.
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Apr 6, 2017 07:50
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Instead of fighting about which is the ugliest, what's the most beautiful aircraft? What a waste of time. It is objectively - not subjectively - the Bugatti 100.    Back to  anyone who disses the queen
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Comrade Gorbash posted:Instead of fighting about which is the ugliest, what's the most beautiful aircraft? 
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Apr 6, 2017 12:38
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 I appreciate that in some ways it's the answer to both best and worst at the same time though. The Bugatti is clearly the most beautiful, the 747 has a certain charm and is not ugly, and the A380 is great if you like girls with fiveheads instead of foreheads
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Apr 6, 2017 12:55
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Most beautiful aircraft? Easy.  The Seven-Oh is a work of art. Timeless.
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Apr 6, 2017 13:09
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I think you'll find... 
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Apr 6, 2017 13:18
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Finger Prince posted:I think you'll find... Hell yeah, love this sort of thing but wouldn't call it beautiful The 707, yeah timeless is the right word, still holds up today
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Apr 6, 2017 13:30
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cowboy elvis posted:Most beautiful aircraft? Easy. 
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Apr 6, 2017 13:32
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Some contenders:    Best Utility Truck: Chevy Silverado Black Edition 
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Apr 6, 2017 13:34
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Comet all day On the other end of the scale, I recently came across this looker. The Short Sturgeon SB3 ASW version.  Has there ever been a good looking ASW conversion?
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Apr 6, 2017 13:36
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Bombardier G6000 ASW
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Apr 6, 2017 13:40
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Bombardier G6000 ASW What the loving  is that??
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Apr 6, 2017 13:45
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mlmp08 posted:Some contenders: Oh god the F-20. If I had All The Money I know what I'd be using as a bizjet.
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Apr 6, 2017 13:46
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 Humbug posted:Has there ever been a good looking ASW conversion? ATR-72 MPA 
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Apr 6, 2017 13:48
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There's something inherently menacing to the Su-27. Compared to something ultra masculine like the F-15, the Flanker looks graceful and super lethal all at the same time. I think it's a gorgeous airplane. 
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Apr 6, 2017 13:52
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Beaten as hard as the Tornado which took this:  
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Apr 6, 2017 13:58
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The correct answer:
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Lobster God posted:The correct answer: Spitfire is cheating.
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Apr 6, 2017 14:01
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Ola posted:Beaten as hard as the Tornado which took this: Yeah if we're talking passenger planes, the Concorde is far and away the best looking.
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I was going to post a picture of the X-29 because I love them and think they look fantastic, but while looking through google images, I found this: Sukhoi S-37 
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Apr 6, 2017 14:13
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Finger Prince posted:Yeah if we're talking passenger planes, the Concorde is far and away the best looking. I agree. As far as civilian jets go I don't see how Concorde can't win. For civilian prop planes I would probably go with one of the flying boats or maybe a racer. Not that Bugatti, though. That thing is only interesting because it looks too stupid to fly (and I guess it was! LOL).
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Apr 6, 2017 14:14
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I think the Bugatti is fantastic, and the perhaps the ultimate specimen of that dashing pre-WW2 art deco era. It needs a fresh take with a safer wing/tail config and an electric powertrain. Another more brutish contender in the same category: 
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Seriously, this is the answer.
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Ola posted:I think the Bugatti is fantastic, and the perhaps the ultimate specimen of that dashing pre-WW2 art deco era. It needs a fresh take with a safer wing/tail config and an electric powertrain. If it's on floats and not a beaver, not interested.
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Apr 6, 2017 14:24
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Humbug posted:Has there ever been a good looking ASW conversion? I don't know if I'd call it *good* looking, but the P-8 is inoffensively bland in all its 737-ness.
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cowboy elvis posted:There's something inherently menacing to the Su-27. Compared to something ultra masculine like the F-15, the Flanker looks graceful and super lethal all at the same time. I think it's a gorgeous airplane. The Su-27 is a beautiful airplane- I kinda like the MiG-29 for similar reasons. 
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Finger Prince posted:If it's on floats and not a beaver, not interested. If you can't get down with Schenider Cup Trophy racers you are objectively bad, wrong, and stupid.
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Ola posted:I think the Bugatti is fantastic, and the perhaps the ultimate specimen of that dashing pre-WW2 art deco era. It needs a fresh take with a safer wing/tail config and an electric powertrain. That centre of gravity 
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Luneshot posted:The Su-27 is a beautiful airplane- I kinda like the MiG-29 for similar reasons. I never realised Germany went for Mig-29s. What year are they from? In my head it's design before, delivery after the German Reunification but I guess not
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