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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Awwww... Come on! It has a lovely smile. So what if it is a little 'chunky'!leo-rcc wrote:
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!
Hey, that's a movie star! And, um, er, uh, sort of "better" than a helo for the same job. Kinda.mrenutt4 wrote:
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'spose if it's saving your ass then any aircraft must seem beautiful ?
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I can testify to the true of that. A CH-47 is heaven when they have a full medical team onboard.mrenutt4 wrote:'spose if it's saving your ass then any aircraft must seem beautiful ?
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Apparently it flew, very briefly, only once.
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Surely that's still a Comet 4 under there...AshtonBlack wrote:Got to say, I agree... look at what they did to this Nimrod...
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"Just about" ... there's probably little or no parts commonality with the original Comet 4 by now. :hum:Thinking Aloud wrote:Surely that's still a Comet 4 under there...AshtonBlack wrote:Got to say, I agree... look at what they did to this Nimrod...
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Re: Aircraft Appreciation thread #2 - Ugly aircraft!
Now that IS ugly! Horrible! Did it fly or just plummet?Faithfree wrote:
Apparently it flew, very briefly, only once.
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I don't remember, was this as successful as the Spruce Goose or less so?Mickey wrote:Now that IS ugly! Horrible! Did it fly or just plummet?Faithfree wrote:
Apparently it flew, very briefly, only once.
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Less so. On its maiden flight -Gawdzilla wrote:I don't remember, was this as successful as the Spruce Goose or less so?Mickey wrote:Now that IS ugly! Horrible! Did it fly or just plummet?Faithfree wrote:
Apparently it flew, very briefly, only once.
"The aircraft attained an altitude of only 60 ft and crashed shortly thereafter. It broke up on impact and quickly filled with water, sinking to the bottom of the lake in a few minutes. Both pilots were killed."
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The imaginatively named Blackburn Blackburn:
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I'd shave it's ass and make it walk backwards.klr wrote:The imaginatively named Blackburn Blackburn:
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Not nearly as ugly, but still no oil painting - the Amiot 143:
http://avions.legendaires.free.fr/Images/Gamiot143.jpg[/imgc]
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