Author Topic: ???????? (Read 771 times)

fffreeze220 · « **on:** January 05, 2003, 08:57:43 AM »

.... can some 1 tell me the name ??
I am clueless myself.

Staga · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2003, 09:46:18 AM »

dunno but it has to be french.

Duedel · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2003, 10:01:20 AM »

Philips lady shave?

NOD2000 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2003, 10:15:18 AM »

oh thats a UAP

UAP = Ugly bellybutton Plane

Suave · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2003, 12:18:29 PM »

That must be french .

whgates3 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2003, 12:56:52 PM »

its a Farman Jabiru (F-120, i think)...#8 on the World's Ugliest Aircraft Survey

-ammo- · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2003, 01:06:24 PM »

yuou had to know that Gates would know it....

-ammo- · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2003, 01:07:55 PM »

BTW, where is the FW 190 and the BF 109 series AC on the WORLDS MOST UGLIEST AIRCRAFT LIST? Number 3?, 2?

hazed- · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2003, 04:52:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Duedel
Philips lady shave?

lol

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2003, 05:46:11 PM »

The ugliest plane on the list is american ammo...

udet · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2003, 07:42:40 PM »

It's a Spitfire

whgates3 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2003, 11:31:53 PM »

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Originally posted by -ammo-
yuou had to know that Gates would know it....

no doubt, i posted that same pic in a different thread w/in the last week...damned ugly bird, but i kind like the wing...long chord, short span...probably a bit more sturdy (except the whole plane looks like its held together by shoelaces)

Airscrew · « **Reply #12 on:** January 06, 2003, 08:19:13 AM »

AAAAHHHH my eyes, It burns, take it away.

humble · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2003, 04:23:16 PM »

Wow...does this thing actually fly or just "wave walk"...whole new meaning to the concept of a "Head On"...looks like some serious hurt in those missle tubes.

palef · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2003, 05:55:38 PM »

Humble that's a "Caspian Sea Monster".

It's referred to as an "Ekranoplan" by the Russians.

The one in your picture looks like the Lun.
Specs:
Weight - 400 tonnes
Propulsion - 8*NK-87 Kuznetsov four on each side of the fuselage aft of cockpit
Crew/Passengers - 400
Speed - 450-550 km/h
Ceilings - Cruise 1-4m (Yes 1-4 metres or 3-12ft

), Search & Rescue mode 300-400m, Max 3000m (10,000ft or so)
Range - 3000km

They were designed to be used for search & rescue, transport and coastal defence and flew mostly in Ground effect (i.e 1-4 metres above the water). Imagine the speed rush!!!!

The fall of the USSR robbed the project of money for future development, but I believe there is a company manufacturing very small ekranoplanes in North America somewhere.

palef