 | Butt-ugly airplanes| Aircraft Pictures Discuss Butt-ugly airplanes in the World War II - Aviation forums; Alright guys, dust off those photos and let's see some of the really ugly airplanes. I will start off ... |
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01-25-2005, 09:58 PM
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Alright guys, dust off those photos and let's see some of the really ugly airplanes. I will start off with the LACAB GR.8 "Doryphone". Mercifully, only one prototype was made. Made in Belgium, the Germans captured it at Evere airfield in 1940.
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01-25-2005, 11:14 PM
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| 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.
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01-25-2005, 11:24 PM
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Country: | Funny, the Cessna O-2 resembles the Fokker. But they are both good additions for this category.
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01-26-2005, 08:41 AM
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| In concept, the D.XXIII wasn't a bad idea. Unfortunately, it was powered by Czech engines (that WAS a bad idea) and the aircraft industry of the Dutch lacked the ability to refine the aircraft to the needed levels.
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01-27-2005, 11:39 AM
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01-27-2005, 11:40 AM
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Country: | Whew, good one CC. That is one butt-ugly bird!
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01-27-2005, 11:44 AM
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Country: | I know. Try this Farman F.222. You just know it has to be French 
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01-27-2005, 12:10 PM
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Country:  | The Gloster F.9/37 looks a bit like a Beaufighter with a twin tail
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01-27-2005, 01:06 PM
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| The nose is a little different as well.
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01-27-2005, 03:16 PM
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01-27-2005, 03:23 PM
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Country: | the F.222 and that potez are both very good looking planes..........
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01-27-2005, 03:35 PM
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01-27-2005, 03:43 PM
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01-27-2005, 05:09 PM
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| Well the the French must have lousy eyes because they had a lot of trouble building a decent looking place.
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01-27-2005, 05:16 PM
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Country: | The Dewoitine D.520 was a decent plane, they must have had a couple of drunk designers when they were designing their bombers
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