Luigi Colani designed the Optica? I didn't know that....
Agree. It's a gorgeous plane.Mitsubishi AM6 Zeroooooooooo.
This gets my vote !Just plain sexy!
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Well, it gets 50% credit on that basis.Bugatti 100P still in the top spot for me. It's just the most beautiful distillation of form and function IMHO
AFAIK, the original Bugatti never flew. The replica crashed on its third and (supposedly) final flight.Yeah, I guess the function side of that was never time tested. From the little time it had in the air, do we know how well it performed?
Long have I lusted for this airframe.I drooled over a Prowler Jaguar that an EAA chapter member had in his hangar. The engine was off, “for some work”, and I never saw it fly.
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Rock on, Buddy! Great choice.14 pages and no Beech 18?2048 × 1365
My new desktop picture.14 pages and no Beech 18?2048 × 1365
I can't remember if I saw it at OSH, but this thing reminds me of a high end Street Rod, only the Ariel version, I wouldn't change a thing. I downloaded every picture I could find, absolutely stunning w/ it' simple mix of white, blue, and polished aluminum. Note, this is nothing against many of the W8's/W10's many are stunning, but this one is art.View attachment 20653S
o many pretty, Bad, Sweet, and cool planes! Here's my vote, Jim Rust's Whitman W-10 Tailwind. A superbly built example of an old design that is still viable and usefull today, simple, cost effective, good performance. That's my "beauty". Simple, effective.
Back when I was training for my private license I flew into Flora Illinois airport where I met two private jet crewsI met a pilot flying a Volpar Beech fitted with pt-6s on night runs full of cancelled cheques. He was on barely above minimum wage and hated the very sight of it but he was knocking down several hours per night to hit the magic 1500 hrs to get a shot at an airline.