Planes that look the part:thugs,brutes,killers.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i don't see the facination with the shark mouths, particularly on the P-40, they rarely do a great deal to improve the looks of an aircraft and the P-40 is no exception, she looks ok with or without..........

[Matt308]

Not a chance. That front end screams for a sharks mouth. I've always thought the F-16 looked like a shark with the long snout and open mouth below. I think the Viper was misnamed.

[Jank]

Although less apt, "Viper" apparently won out over "Vagina Ripper"

[quintisv]

No Shark mouth needed

[str8jax]

ju87 stuka with the cannons on the wings looks bad, sounds bad and if your on the ground watching it come down Is BAD! And the b25 with 12 foward firing .50s The typhoon with the cannon pods is pretty mean also. As well as the 190 in the bomber attack setup.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

how many aircraft don't look bad@ss in SE Asia command markings........


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[Bernhart]

if we are going beyond WW2 you gotta include the skyraider, WW2 have to say the typhoon, talked to a german fella a few years ago, said he was scared s******** when saw the typhoons coming

[joebong]

O.k here's what I think, P40s Fw190s mosquitos all a little too smooth, sleek,
cool looking, I'm kinda on the fence about the Stuka. And RafAce are you kidding?, a spit? like the most pleasing shape to come out of manned flight. jabberwocky Typhoon goood I was gonna list it myself, Short Sterling, flights ugliest plane doing aviations ugliest job, perfect. I was not familiar w/ ME264
whew thats one fearsome looking dude. Lanc, Avenger a fat bird heavy with
kipper, I like it. I'm curious about Cr32's, and Ki102s, please post some shots
or links, as I'm not sure I know the types. As a parting shot. What about the P 61?, its thick black, has a nose like DeGaulle, and a goiter w/ 4 M.Gs on its back. Ugly enough to foul up the twin boom planform.

[joebong]

[quote=Jabberwocky;218257]Typhoon Mk I and Mk Ib:

Su-25: a plane that was just meant to have a sharkmouth painted on it

Apart from the A-10 this is the most pugelistic looking jet I can think of.

[str8jax]

How about the f6 looks like a bulldog with the big front end

[joebong]

Originally Posted by str8jax

How about the f6 looks like a bulldog with the big front end

If you're talking of F6F Hellcat, I suppose you could say that, as well as for most radial powered planes. F6Fs have a certain grace, a flow of line if you will. Lots of big guns, don't in and of themselves qualify either. I'm speaking
of airborne bogeymen, an aesthetic exercise for sure, but its the sense that makes a spitfire or lockheed constellation to be unilaterally hailed as beautiful.

[Gnomey]

I would say the F8F looks more of a brute than the F6F...

[Erich]

well now guess I could post this of the bomber killer Bf 110G-2 of ZG 26 . ugly but hard hitting enough .......... in 43 early 44 and even in the summer of 44 with II./ZG 1. Can tell you they made a lasting impression on many US bomber crews to this day

[Jank]

I think the Lancaster looks like it would have excelled in the role of Sewage Airlift and Disposal (SAD). You could just see them pumping like 2,500 gallons of latrine waste into a big tank in her bomb bay.

The British would have fared better with our more rugged and combat worthy B-17's and B-24's.
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Hope Lanc didn't hear that.

[Nonskimmer]

Originally Posted by Jank

Hope Lanc didn't hear that.

No, but I did, and I think you're probably right about the SAD part. Hell, the Lanc excelled at just about every other role it tried. Why not sh*t hauling too?


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