Best Looking Aircraft by category

[Furball]

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• Best looking figter of 50s = Hawker Hunter

• Best looking fighter of 60s = English Electric Lightning

• Best looking fighter of 70s = F-15

• Best looking fighter of 80s = Harrier GR7

• Best looking modern fighter = Gripen

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[artik]

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• Best looking figter of 50s is Mystere IV
  
  
• Best looking fighter of 60s is Mirage IIIC
  
  
• Best looking fighter of 70s is Phantom F-4E
  
  
• Best looking fighter of 80s up today is F-16
  
  

[artik]

And this one best looking plane of all the times

[YUCCA]

I always personally loved the way the f4u looked

[lasersailor184]

Actually, the best looking plane now is named after one of our favorite planes that can take quite a beating.


That's right!  Thunderbolt 2!  A10 "Warthog".  They come no prettier.

[Sikboy]

I'm always torn with this question...

In the "Say, that's a sexy airplane" catagory, I'd say Spitfire

But in the "Im going to ****ing kill you" catagory, I'm going with the FW-190. That's the most sublime of all designs in my opinion.

-Sik

[Kommandant]

Two of my Absolute Favorites, F86 Saber (My personal Favorite) and P51 Mustang


P47 Thunderbolt



B25 Mitchell


A20


P3 Orion


Spitfire (mk?)


TBM Avenger


F4U Corsair


And Tons of Bloody Others

[Karnak]

Fighter:  Tie:
Fw190A-5
Spitfire F.Mk XIV

Carrier fighter:
A6M5 Reisen-sen

Twin Engined fighter: Tie:
Me410B-2 Hornisse
Mosquito FB.Mk VI
P-38L Lightning

Medium bomber: Tie:
Ju188A-2
Tu-2S

Heavy bomber:
B-17G Flying Fortress

[Blammo]

My post-war favorites:

F-104 Starfighter



F-86 Sabre



SR-71 Blackbird

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And, of course, the mighty A-10 Thunderbolt ][

[greentail]

You guys got it all wrong. This is the best looking aircraft of all time. Nothing looks sleeker, or deadlier.

http://www.airminded.net/albdv/albdv.html

[Halo]

Yeah, Artik, that Mirage IIIC is definitely a classic creature of beauty.  All-time prettiest?   Might be.  

Then again, other contenders include the British Vulcan and Victor bombers.

[Rafe35]

Finally! I found F2G Super Corsair



I have to say that this number 9 is missing because some false report that this plane been crash at Akron-Canton airport in December 12, 1945 and guess what?  It was false report and someone who was a test pilot, that he was telling that number 9 was in "Top Secret."  I dont think this aircraft was never see again lol.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Kommandant



Spitfire (mk?)

 

That Spit is an LFXVIe TB863 based in New Zealand.  That's the bird we should have in AH

Dan/Slack

[Spitter]

Hrm, in game planes?  

Fighter, I'd have to say P-38.  No doubt Kelly Johnson had a real knack for combining form and function.  I think the fact that 3 of his 4 most famous aricraft designs have been shown in this thread (P-38, F104, SR-71 & U-2) attests to that.

Med Bomber?  that's a tough one, can I say mosquito?  love that plane.

Heavy, B-17 no question.  

Best plane of the 60's F-105 Superchief.  With the 104 being a close second.  

I've always liked the look of the F-15, I could be a bit biased there, because we were stationed at Luke AFB when the Eagle's were first coming into operational duty....my borthers and I would bike as close to the runway as we were allowed, and sit there with our cameras.  About 1 in 3 takeoffs would be a max performance climb out....sweet.  

I dunno, if it flies, I love it.  

Cheers,
Spitter

It's good to make friends, even if you have to shoot them out of the sky sometimes.

[hawker238]

Anyone who tells you differently is a theif and a liar.