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Greyshaft -> What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/11/2005 1:45:17 PM)

Post your photos here! I vote for the Amiot 143.

Details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiot_143M



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Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/11/2005 2:56:43 PM)

Stealing the picture posted elsewhere by DandricSturm, my vote goes to the BV.141

[image]local://upfiles/16369/2E68A534176E49C19147B983C3CDA235.jpg[/image]



DandricSturm -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/11/2005 3:12:21 PM)

I always thought the U-1 Otter was exceedingly unattractive.
[image]http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/Airmobility/p279t.jpg[/image]

Have to admit that BV.141 looks like something from a movie like "Flight of the Pheonix."



Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/11/2005 3:29:21 PM)

Another painfully obvious (and French) candidate, the Bloch MB. 200:



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Greyshaft -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 12:28:44 AM)

ugh...gotta admit the Bloch MB. 200 is up there with the Amiot 143.

What happened in France in the 1930's... did they take LSD or just look at too many Picasso exhibitions?



Sarge -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 7:52:06 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: DandricSturm

I always thought the U-1 Otter was exceedingly unattractive.
[image]http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/Airmobility/p279t.jpg[/image]

Have to admit that BV.141 looks like something from a movie like "Flight of the Pheonix."



I kind of dig the Otter.

We use them for fly-in fishing up in Ontario still, I was able to take the controls over this summers trip for a good amount of time. Guess all the years of my begging the bush pilot finally paid off (American cigaretts didn't hurt) [:D]


Anyway the Walrus has to rank with the ugliest top ten

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Sarge -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 7:55:07 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Another painfully obvious (and French) candidate, the Bloch MB. 200:



[image]local://upfiles/16369/C9CA3630BC8E491BAE7BF74CC650B6B2.jpg[/image]



We have a winner [:D][X(][:D][X(]



Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 8:49:14 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Greyshaft

What happened in France in the 1930's... did they take LSD or just look at too many Picasso exhibitions?


Not sure what it was, but it eventually wore off. Here's the Amiot 354:



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Raverdave -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 3:32:47 PM)

Even the ugliest aircraft has some appeal.



RBWhite -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 5:15:18 PM)

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RBWhite -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 5:24:56 PM)

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RevRick -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 6:23:46 PM)

I've always been fond of the following

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RevRick -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 6:27:29 PM)

But this is my absolute top favorite ugly aircraft...

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Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/12/2005 10:57:16 PM)

Never understood why people have such a big problem with the Barracuda; compared to some of the flying outhouses pictured here, it's poetry in motion...



RBWhite -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 12:14:51 AM)

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Greyshaft -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 12:28:16 AM)

Not sure how whether Xperimental aircraft are valid in this category. Quite often they are built to test an individual feature eg dihedral wings, and the rest of the aircraft is bolted on afterwards with cosmetic issues waiting until the bugs are sorted out in the airframe. I'd suggest the category should be limited to production aircraft... or maybe start a seperate category for XP units.

And I agree the Barracuda was born ugly[sm=vomit-smiley-020.gif]



RBWhite -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 5:05:12 AM)

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Greyshaft -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 5:47:02 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: RevRick

I've always been fond of the following

[image]local://upfiles/1228/D8062BC4E5BF4C85B98E5AB578C487CF.jpg[/image]

Actually I like the Defiant also... but I can't figure out why the closest one has a bent starboard wing [&:]



Greyshaft -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 5:48:24 AM)

ok... its a pitot tube... but it had me going for a while before I figured it [:)]



Tankerace -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 5:55:52 AM)

I'd have to vote for the Italian CA:60


Or the Junkers 287



Veldor -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 6:12:29 AM)

The Waitomo Airtruk, featured in the film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". But it is a real aircraft designed by the Italians and built by the Australians sometime around the mid 60's....

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DandricSturm -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 6:48:29 AM)

How about the Pitcairn autogyro?
[image]http://www.highgallery.com/TestPilot/airraces/airraces-pitcairn-autogyro-a.JPG[/image]



ShermanM4 -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 7:01:36 AM)

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Just looking up some of these is hillarious.



Greyshaft -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 9:15:26 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Veldor

The Waitomo Airtruk, featured in the film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". But it is a real aircraft designed by the Italians and built by the Australians sometime around the mid 60's....

[image]local://upfiles/8250/AFD64E61158D404D9095DCC09AB10580.jpg[/image]

[image]local://upfiles/8250/26DD2ACC40274285ACEA4051C2D309F0.jpg[/image]

Saw one of last month when my darling wife took me to Bansktown Airport Air Museum as a birthday present. It's uh... quite functional and someone shore done hit it with the ugly stick



RevRick -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 2:47:13 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Greyshaft

ok... its a pitot tube... but it had me going for a while before I figured it [:)]


The first thing I thought of was "The flying fickle finger of fate!"[:D]



Hard Sarge -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 3:58:43 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Greyshaft


quote:

ORIGINAL: RevRick

I've always been fond of the following

[image]local://upfiles/1228/D8062BC4E5BF4C85B98E5AB578C487CF.jpg[/image]

Actually I like the Defiant also... but I can't figure out why the closest one has a bent starboard wing [&:]


ahhhh, just in case, those are not Defiants

I beleive those are Blackburn Sukas

ahhhhh, I been looking for a pic of it and can't find one now (when I got this puter, lost a lot of my old sites)

but one I remember, the idea was to take parts from planes already being built, and make a plane out of them

I will try and hunt it down




Hard Sarge -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 4:14:26 PM)

Ah crud
I may be wrong, that may be a Roc, the Suka was the carrier model and those look more RAF




Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 6:16:47 PM)

The Blackburn Roc (pictured above) and the Blackburn Skua were both Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft. The Boulton Paul Defiant was a RAF aircraft, and actually quite attractive considering the gun turret.



Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 6:21:32 PM)

These are Skuas:

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Terminus -> RE: What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time? (10/13/2005 6:22:46 PM)

And this is a Defiant:



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