 | Boomerang| Aviation Discuss Boomerang in the World War II - Aviation forums; it's short, stubby, ugly curves and ing wings............. |
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01-30-2005, 01:08 PM
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#16 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | it's short, stubby, ugly curves and  ing wings..........
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01-30-2005, 03:45 PM
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#17 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Short and stubby...like the Fw-190A that you constantly praise for its looks. And the lancaster...
I think it has nice curves
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01-30-2005, 08:12 PM
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| The Boomerang was built with Harvard components,and was a very valuable fighter for the Aussies when they were caught with their backs to the wall. When they were being replaced with "better" British and American fighters, many pilots wanted to keep them. It has a kind of pugnacious charm, don't you think? | |
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01-30-2005, 09:19 PM
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| It was the only aircraft exclusively designed, built, and operated by the RAAF. No other nations used it.
It was also designed and built in under three months
And I think, if not elegant, it has a certain charm to it.
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01-31-2005, 01:22 PM
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#20 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well it's got charm i'll give it that........
still ugly though..........
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01-31-2005, 11:12 PM
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#21 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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Country:  | Not nearly as ugly as that dirty big four-engined thing you like so much!
Lovely aircraft, elegant.
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01-31-2005, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by kiwimac Not nearly as ugly as that dirty big four-engined thing you like so much! |
Shwing!! 
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02-01-2005, 12:54 PM
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#23 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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02-01-2005, 01:04 PM
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#24 | | Master of Ewes
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02-04-2005, 07:32 AM
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02-04-2005, 10:39 AM
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#26 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | Hey, hey! The Lancaster may not have been the prettiest bird out there, but she had a grade-A personality!  | |
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02-04-2005, 10:49 AM
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02-05-2005, 06:23 AM
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#28 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | here's one of my favourite lancaster quotes
"The lancaster is a lady, and for that reason is never described as "it" but always as "she". No empty headed glamour queen this, frivolous and shallow, but very much the grand dame, the indomitable dowager, yet with a twinkle in her eye to hint at a racy past in her younger days. Her attire is sombre, a staid dull black undersides of wings, tail and fusilage sides complemented by a tastefull camouflage scheme on top. Guns protrude from turrets in her nose, tail and half way along her upper fusilage, saying, as they said to many a german night fighter during the war "Do not trifle with me, young man!" There she sits on the ground, nose high, seemingly sniffing at the sky, eager to take once more to the element for which she was designed."
Source- Great aircraft of WWII
i love that quote, few planes had that much character..................
and she was beautiful............
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02-05-2005, 06:54 AM
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Country: | Nah I dont think it looked good at all...The Stirling was the greatest looking British bomber...The Halifax Mk.I, Lancaster, and to some extent the Whitley were the Ugliest. One reason im not a fan of the lanc is the engines, inlines just dont look right on a bomber.
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02-05-2005, 09:01 AM
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Country: | The Halifax Mk.1 did have an ugly nose but the Mk.3 with the streamlined nose looked very good. The Whitley was a bit slab-sided but it had character
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