Butt-ugly airplanes - Page 8 - Aircraft of World War II

cheddar cheese · 03-02-2005, 02:49 PM

It is...its a box...Doesnt have a nice round fuselage like that of the B-29 or P.108...

reddragon · 03-02-2005, 04:05 PM

I've always thought all flying machines were beautiful but looks like someone has proven me wrong.

cheddar cheese · 03-03-2005, 10:29 AM

With what plane?

trackend · 03-03-2005, 09:56 PM

I think he means Lanc's plank

cheddar cheese · 03-04-2005, 10:18 AM

Ah, that wouldnt surprise me

the lancaster kicks ass · 03-04-2005, 12:47 PM

hey the lanc aint a plank.........

although that did make me chucckle, never heard her called that before.........

cheddar cheese · 03-04-2005, 02:21 PM

I think the Lancaster is very much a Love-Hate plane in terms of styling. Im in the Hate camp as you know...I like the plane though

G1Guy · 03-06-2005, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightning Guy

Here are what some of the other countries around the world were trying to do while Kelly Johnson was designing the P-38. The first is Holland's Fokker D.XXIII - a novel concept for the times, but poorly refined, under-powered, and using a very poor airfoil. The second is Gloster's F.9/37 which was the absolute contemporary of the P-38. It certainly never had the looks of the Lightning.

LOL

Then you are forgetting about the Fokker G.1, which was allready available in 1936. Even before the FW-189.

You just have to admit that the P-38 was a good copy with the techniques learned from the G.1 that was tested by the RAF and other things learned in the years after that. And still it took until the J version to get a succesfull fighter. The first series had a lot of serious problems, where the Fokker G.1 was known as the secondbest allied fighter in 1940 (after the Spitfire)

the lancaster kicks ass · 03-07-2005, 12:33 PM

CC i never knew you liked the lanc??

cheddar cheese · 03-07-2005, 03:04 PM

Yeah I do, its a great plane, im just not a fan of the styling.

HealzDevo · 03-07-2005, 08:53 PM

Most of the Early WW2 Bombers look to be built by someone who was at home making boxes. A lot of them seem to look very rectangular and not at all like a cylinder, which is what the B-29 looks more like to me.

HealzDevo · 03-07-2005, 09:02 PM

Maybe the Russian Plane is being hidden, to prevent its own side mistaking it for a target plane. It is ugly enough after all. What pilot wouldn't want to have a go at it?

mosquitoman · 03-08-2005, 10:21 AM

There's nothing wrong with a boxy looking plane. The Whitley was slab-sided but it had that essential quality called style

cheddar cheese · 03-08-2005, 11:10 AM

Again, I like the Whitley but not its styling

The Coastal Command markings improve its looks somewhat though.

mosquitoman · 03-08-2005, 11:13 AM

Definitley

03-02-2005, 04:05 PM	#107
reddragon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The city on the edge of forever. Posts: 217	I've always thought all flying machines were beautiful but looks like someone has proven me wrong. __________________ I want to be the kind of person my cat thinks I am.

03-04-2005, 12:47 PM	#111
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	hey the lanc aint a plank......... although that did make me chucckle, never heard her called that before......... __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

03-07-2005, 12:33 PM	#114
the lancaster kicks ass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 19,945	CC i never knew you liked the lanc?? __________________ "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."

03-07-2005, 08:53 PM	#116
HealzDevo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Queensland Posts: 1,251	Most of the Early WW2 Bombers look to be built by someone who was at home making boxes. A lot of them seem to look very rectangular and not at all like a cylinder, which is what the B-29 looks more like to me. __________________ http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/alb...500&ppuser=671 Link To My Picture Gallery

03-07-2005, 09:02 PM	#117
HealzDevo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Queensland Posts: 1,251	Maybe the Russian Plane is being hidden, to prevent its own side mistaking it for a target plane. It is ugly enough after all. What pilot wouldn't want to have a go at it? __________________ http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/alb...500&ppuser=671 Link To My Picture Gallery

03-02-2005, 02:49 PM	#106
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	It is...its a box...Doesnt have a nice round fuselage like that of the B-29 or P.108...

03-03-2005, 10:29 AM	#108
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	With what plane?

03-03-2005, 09:56 PM	#109
trackend Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canvey Island, Essex Posts: 4,030	I think he means Lanc's plank

03-04-2005, 10:18 AM	#110
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Ah, that wouldnt surprise me

03-04-2005, 02:21 PM	#112
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	I think the Lancaster is very much a Love-Hate plane in terms of styling. Im in the Hate camp as you know...I like the plane though

03-07-2005, 03:04 PM	#115
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Yeah I do, its a great plane, im just not a fan of the styling.

03-08-2005, 10:21 AM	#118
mosquitoman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield Posts: 2,991	There's nothing wrong with a boxy looking plane. The Whitley was slab-sided but it had that essential quality called style __________________ When you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train, you know it's time to run for your life

03-08-2005, 11:10 AM	#119
cheddar cheese Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WSM, England Posts: 20,387	Again, I like the Whitley but not its styling The Coastal Command markings improve its looks somewhat though.

03-08-2005, 11:13 AM	#120
mosquitoman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield Posts: 2,991	Definitley __________________ When you realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train, you know it's time to run for your life

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