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01-27-2005, 05:18 PM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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01-27-2005, 07:32 PM
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| Well aside from the D.520 the fighters were pretty ugly as well.
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01-27-2005, 07:36 PM
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Country: | The Arsenal VG-33 wasnt too bad either
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01-28-2005, 06:50 AM
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01-28-2005, 06:59 AM
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#20 | | "Shooter"
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01-28-2005, 08:33 AM
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01-28-2005, 09:04 AM
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| I understand pilots have a saying. "If it looks good, it flies good." So what were the designers of these types thinking?
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01-28-2005, 09:19 AM
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01-28-2005, 09:30 AM
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01-28-2005, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass the F.222 and that potez are both very good looking planes.......... | **** that, it just goes to show you have no taste whatsoever 
This is a good looking French bomber...the Amiot 354 
And ive always like the looks of the Barracuda... (I have a feeling I know whats coming now...)
But ill post an ugly plane (again, French ) The Bloch MB-200
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01-28-2005, 12:40 PM
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Country: | Whew! That one is definitely fugly.
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01-28-2005, 02:43 PM
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Country: | The Barracuda's only ugly on the groung because of it's stilts (sorry, undercarriage). Those French bombers are ugly in the air aswell
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01-28-2005, 02:49 PM
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Country: | Yeah it does look a bit shoddy on the groud. In the air though i think it looks rather great...
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01-28-2005, 02:51 PM
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| The Barracuda should have been named the Flounder. Barracuda conjures up images of a sleek, quick, lethal fish. The plane just looks comical. Ridicuously long landing gear, a high mounted wing, and those flaps all contribute to its ugliness.
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01-29-2005, 07:25 AM
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Country: | Fairey Albocare...gross.
I know its basically a Swordfish with an enclosed cockpit but somehow this makes it look  ing...
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