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07-26-2006, 11:21 AM
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#16 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | damn the two Me-262 mistel would have looked good!
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07-26-2006, 03:24 PM
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#17 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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The XP-75 has got to be one of the if not the ugliest aircraft of WW2 
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07-26-2006, 03:38 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | The Mistel were not ugly and the BV-141 were also not ugly.
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07-26-2006, 03:52 PM
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| Of course this ia all personal opinion.
I am still impressed by the ugliness of the armstrong whitworth whitley Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley | |
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07-26-2006, 04:19 PM
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Country: | Fairey?barracuda ? I hope I got the name right.torpedo patrol it had radar areials on the wingtips strange. | |
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07-26-2006, 07:56 PM
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07-27-2006, 04:00 AM
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Country: | No it isn't, it's just a bad view, in Coastal colours it looks great
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07-27-2006, 05:41 AM
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Country: | The Whitley is one of the worst of the British bombers in terms of looks. It is still a long way a head of the French bombers of the same time though...
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07-27-2006, 05:52 AM
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A distinctive feature of all Whitleys was the high angle of incidence built into the wings because the aircraft's designer was unfamiliar with flaps. As the result, all Whitleys flew with a pronounced nose-down attitude of the fuselage (Gunston 1995).
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A distinctive feature of all Whitleys was the high angle of incidence built into the wings because the aircraft's designer was unfamiliar with flaps. As the result, all Whitleys flew with a pronounced nose-down attitude of the fuselage (Gunston 1995).
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07-31-2006, 04:19 AM
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#25 | | Master of Ewes
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but anyway i'm with gnomey, she's no lanc but she is better than the french bombers, not that they're ugly you understand........
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07-31-2006, 07:11 AM
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07-31-2006, 05:31 PM
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Any takers for a Not Flying Lesson?
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08-01-2006, 03:26 AM
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#28 | | Master of Ewes
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08-01-2006, 06:11 AM
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08-01-2006, 07:11 AM
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