Most Beautiful Aircraft Ever Built

[Yellowhammer]

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RIP!

 

[Yellowhammer]

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SEXY AS HELL!

 

[TarDevil]

This is one I hadn't heard about until this morning. Designed by Ed Swearingen, the pressurized PA-33. Pity that some of these gorgeous birds met an early demise. That's a handsome Piper, and you can't say that about many Pipers after they shut down the Comanche line.

 

[Yellowhammer]

Could anything be prettier ?

INDEED!

 

[Yellowhammer]

Just wondering if that dress would stay on in the slip stream of that radial.

It **** sure would if it hit my slip stream!

 

[Yellowhammer]

It's so ugly, it's beautiful. But then, I'm a bit partial.

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Ahhh! The good ole lead sled!

 

[Yellowhammer]

Beechcraft Duke

The plane I had my first date in, with my wife of 32 yrs.

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Super good looking aircraft! Mean lines!

 

[Yellowhammer]

I'll agree with that!

Amen!!!

 

[flywheel1935]

And they're both English

 

[Marc W]

Clearly English standards of beauty have fallen since the Spitfire!

 

[flywheel1935]

Clearly English standards of beauty have fallen since the Spitfire!

Your only jealous, because the USA never built CONCORDE, despite the 'frogs'

 

[Marc W]

No, not jealous. I think there are different kinds of beauty. There is sensual beauty like a woman or a Spitfire and then there is industrial beauty like a Mustang or your examples.

 

[flywheel1935]

What, like this ????

 

[BJC]

And they're both English

Not totally. The airframe is a Sharp Nemesis NXT, a USA kitplane designed for racing.


BJC

 

[Chilton]

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And they're both English

Henshaws Mew in Cape configuration is gorgeous, second only to the 1938 Kings Cup version!

Still on my list to get a set of drawings and build!

 

[flywheel1935]

Not totally. The airframe is a Sharp Nemesis NXT, a USA kitplane designed for racing.


BJC

I knew that, but just wondered who else would ???

 

[TarDevil]

I knew that, but just wondered who else would ???

Me

 

[Speedboat100]

The AR still hold the speed record for it's class if I am not mistaken!?

I don't think Arnold has had the record for a long time.

 

[EzyBuildWing]

AMT Lynx turbojet 350 lbs static thrust weighs 40 lbs...... is going to be used in the Project-X Reno Pylon-racing competitions......
Hey, why not install it in a simple carbon-fibre Opal Facet ? Ultimate in ELEGANCE & SIMPLICITY!!!!
Since Opal Facet is a bit small, just scale up by say 150%

 

[Victor Bravo]

Your only jealous, because the USA never built CONCORDE, despite the 'frogs'

Right this way, ladies and gentlemen, to the antique section of the museum... here we have the XB-70 and A-12, both of which flew in 1964, five years before Concorde, while the Limeys and the Frogs were arguing about whether they should use Metric or British Whitworth fasteners....