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Offline PewterC5

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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #60 on: August 09, 2009, 09:48:03 AM »
My two absolute favorites:
SR-71


A-10 Thunderbolt
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #61 on: August 09, 2009, 11:21:52 AM »
Yak-3 Baby!

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Offline Enker

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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #62 on: August 09, 2009, 11:24:33 AM »
B-239  It's just so ugly, that it is sexy.


The F-86, but we have enough pictures in this thread already.

The F-14 Tomcat, the very first airplane I could recognize and one of my first words. Thanks a lot dad!




And then there is the Corsair, the Mig-3, the LaGG-3, a far better plane than that hideous La-5/7, the P-40,

P-39


and the F-15 Eagle. I don't understand how people can like that hideous F-16.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #63 on: August 09, 2009, 02:03:51 PM »
Clearly you are all insane.  The answer is obviously the Farman F.220-224:


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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #64 on: August 09, 2009, 02:26:30 PM »
I'd say the P-40, just like the way the lines work with the shark mouth scheme. As far as jets I like the rakish look of the F-4 Phantom
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #65 on: August 09, 2009, 02:57:07 PM »
Quote from: PewterC5 on August 09, 2009, 09:48:03 AM
My two absolute favorites:
SR-71
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Interesting view of the fuel leaking trough the titanium skin.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #66 on: August 09, 2009, 03:36:29 PM »
My personal favorite,


Enjoyed this thread, great ideah..  :salute
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #67 on: August 09, 2009, 04:38:09 PM »
Man there's so many WW2 planes I love. But I'd have to say the Stuka is pretty wicked looking.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #68 on: August 09, 2009, 05:05:07 PM »
Quote from: Die Hard on August 09, 2009, 02:57:07 PM
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Interesting view of the fuel leaking trough the titanium skin.

Not too sure if thats the fuel leaking.

It looks more like it just got done re-fueling.

Either way, its one of the most impressive planes of the lot.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #69 on: August 09, 2009, 05:36:39 PM »
You're probably right. Actually looks like both. The Blackbird leaked fuel trough the skin at subsonic speeds.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #70 on: August 09, 2009, 05:38:33 PM »
Quote from: 1Boner on August 09, 2009, 05:05:07 PM
Not too sure if thats the fuel leaking.

It looks more like it just got done re-fueling.

Either way, its one of the most impressive planes of the lot.
According to a show I was watching about it on the history channel (yeah, I know) fuel leaks until the titanium heats up and expands enough to stop it from doing so, in high speed flight.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #71 on: August 09, 2009, 05:57:29 PM »
Quote from: Motherland on August 09, 2009, 05:38:33 PM
According to a show I was watching about it on the history channel (yeah, I know) fuel leaks until the titanium heats up and expands enough to stop it from doing so, in high speed flight.

Yup, I've heard that too.

But in the case of this photo, I don't believe that the fuel on the surfaces behind the "re-fueling hatch", or on the wings is from fuel seepage.

More than likely its from a little spillage after the disconnect.
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #72 on: August 09, 2009, 06:43:32 PM »
Really, no one yet posted this ?
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #73 on: August 09, 2009, 06:53:36 PM »
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Re: Opinion, Best LOOKING aircraft?
« Reply #74 on: August 09, 2009, 06:55:09 PM »
Strange... my image appeared initially...

F-15
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