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Post by: fffreeze220 on January 05, 2003, 08:57:43 AM
.... can some 1 tell me the name ??
I am clueless myself.
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Post by: Staga on January 05, 2003, 09:46:18 AM
dunno but it has to be french.
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Post by: Duedel on January 05, 2003, 10:01:20 AM
Philips lady shave?
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Post by: NOD2000 on January 05, 2003, 10:15:18 AM
oh thats a UAP

UAP = Ugly bellybutton Plane
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Post by: Suave on January 05, 2003, 12:18:29 PM
That must be french .
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Post by: whgates3 on January 05, 2003, 12:56:52 PM
its a Farman Jabiru (F-120, i think)...#8 on the World's Ugliest Aircraft Survey (http://cloud.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon/aircraft/ugly/main.html)
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Post by: -ammo- on January 05, 2003, 01:06:24 PM
yuou had to know that Gates would know it....:)
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Post by: -ammo- 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?:D
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Post by: hazed- on January 05, 2003, 04:52:40 PM
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Originally posted by Duedel
Philips lady shave?


lol :)
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on January 05, 2003, 05:46:11 PM
The ugliest plane on the list is american ammo...
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Post by: udet on January 05, 2003, 07:42:40 PM
It's a Spitfire
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Post by: whgates3 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)
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Post by: Airscrew on January 06, 2003, 08:19:13 AM
AAAAHHHH my eyes,   It burns,  take it away.
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Post by: humble 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.
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Post by: palef 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!!!! :eek:

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
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Post by: whgates3 on January 06, 2003, 06:10:20 PM
those wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) planes were meant for costal anti shipping defense. the one you posted, the Lun, weighs 400 tons - about the same as a fully loaded 747-400 - and flys@about 300 MPH, but ceiling is about 5 meters.  the was a bigger one - 540 tons - named "The Caspian Sea Monster" mpeg (http://freespace.virgin.net/home.taylor/videos/km4.mpg)
not sure, but maybe it was the heaviest thing ever to fly?
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Post by: bigUC on January 07, 2003, 04:52:20 PM
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Originally posted by -ammo-
BTW, where is the FW 190 and the BF 109 series AC on the WORLDS MOST UGLIEST AIRCRAFT LIST? Number 3?, 2?:D


They would be in the top 2 if your head was sticking out of the cockpit... ;)
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Post by: BGBMAW on January 07, 2003, 06:50:41 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHH

A B-52  and a A-10 are ugly NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


tht means im ugly!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOO


xoxo

BiGB
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Post by: davidpt40 on January 07, 2003, 08:20:10 PM
The wings, canopy, and tail of a spitfire are horribly ugly.
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Post by: BGBMAW on January 07, 2003, 08:32:15 PM
holy sheeeat Bill Gates.....great film!!!!

I love the Flaps with water gushing thru....


That has to be really an ineffiecent plane...

BiGB\
xoxo
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Post by: Lazerus1 on January 07, 2003, 09:52:23 PM
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Originally posted by bigUC
They would be in the top 2 if your head was sticking out of the cockpit... ;)



ROFL!
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Post by: frank3 on January 08, 2003, 03:36:57 AM
humble, that pic of yers, it's Russian isnt it?