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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #75 on: February 21, 2011, 11:58:22 PM »


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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #76 on: February 22, 2011, 02:30:00 AM »


sorry raptor, think again
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #77 on: February 22, 2011, 09:22:36 AM »
What happened to 'The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread' thread?

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #78 on: February 22, 2011, 10:13:27 AM »
Just curious as to how an AC-130 series aircraft is undetectable??? I have a buddy that flies them and there is a reason they fly at the high altitude and at night over in the Stan...you never know who is holding a MANPAD that can reach out and touch you at lower altitude. Plus at night its hard to see those dark planes; which disappear as the sun rises over the Hindu Kush mountains.
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #79 on: February 22, 2011, 11:10:04 AM »
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #80 on: February 22, 2011, 11:14:39 AM »
The Volkswaffe!

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #81 on: February 22, 2011, 12:50:30 PM »
Wildcat, I'll see your F4F and raise you with an F3F:

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Its easy to see where the Wildcat got its good looks!   Seriously, I saw this one fly at an airshow a while back and it absolutely stole the show.   Very cool in flight.


aww how cute, it has training wings!

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #82 on: February 22, 2011, 01:29:50 PM »
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #83 on: February 22, 2011, 03:55:18 PM »
Simple ... yet elegant.



and simply bad-arsed ...

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #84 on: February 22, 2011, 04:21:13 PM »
Extremely common  
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #85 on: February 22, 2011, 06:04:28 PM »
and simply bad-arsed ...

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I was gonna post a picture of that, too!
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #86 on: February 22, 2011, 11:00:18 PM »


The Albatros

She looks like a shark!
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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #87 on: February 23, 2011, 11:01:41 AM »
Modern GA category

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Unless of course you bought it with Thielert engines....

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #88 on: February 23, 2011, 12:51:13 PM »
Now, I WIN PERIOD
I still can't figure out how one could brag about thinking such a pedestrian looking plane is most beautiful of all warbirds.  Like comparing Beagle to Greyhound or Doberman.  The only exception is a clipped-wing XIV.

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Re: The "Gorgeous Airplane" thread
« Reply #89 on: February 23, 2011, 12:52:40 PM »


100P






And because Sardaukar doesn't post much:



Modern models and experimentals:

XB-70A


X-48

IIRC one of its projected production derivatives
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