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Title: Hows this for an Ugly Plane?
Post by: Rasker on February 19, 2004, 10:27:50 PM

http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Martinet_MS815_RAF_Belgium_1946.jpg
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Martinet_HN862_Colour.jpg

Title: Hows this for an Ugly Plane?
Post by: hogenbor on February 20, 2004, 03:26:15 AM

Reminds me a bit of a Skua... but the Skua's tail is totally different of course.

What is it and what was it used for?

Title: Hows this for an Ugly Plane?
Post by: VO101_Isegrim on February 20, 2004, 07:28:54 AM

It doesn`t looks any ugly to me... for me, the Black Widow is still the ugliest.

Title: Hows this for an Ugly Plane?
Post by: Rasker on February 22, 2004, 01:16:56 AM

It was the Miles Martinet, an RAF target tow plane, hence the protuberance on each side of the fuselage.