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Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:47 am
by Boac
Ooh! Those Sabrinas......
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:27 pm
by Ex-Ascot
Undried Plum wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:21 am
I know the thread asks for just one nomination, but airliners are so different to warbirds that I'm going to grant myself the right to name one of each.
The VC10 wins over Concorde by a narrow margin because Conc's form comes from its function. It needed to be that shape in order to achieve the design objective of carrying 100 pax across the Atlantic at M2.0. The VC10 is gratuitously beautiful. They didn't *have* to make the horizontal stab as beautiful as that, they just did it because it is both efficient and beautiful.
Spitfire is the obvious warbird choice, though Hunter comes close.
Thank you UP. Just seen this post of yours, A bit biased with thousands of hours on the beast.
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:42 pm
by G-CPTN
Wasn't the VC10 just a DC9 on steroids?
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 4:26 pm
by ricardian
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:45 pm
by Woody
G-CPTN wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:42 pm
Wasn't the VC10 just a DC9 on steroids?
That’s your invite to Amorgos out the window
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:00 am
by Slasher
The real personalities of planes...
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Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:01 am
by Slasher
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Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 6:02 am
by Slasher
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:21 pm
by llondel
Looking at the bike, it's on the verge of a tail strike. Slightly soft tyre or if the rider ate a hearty lunch and there'd be sparks from the exhaust.
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:47 pm
by Slasher
The only thing lacking on the DC9 was a bitchpad. Well there was a couple but they were just outside the cockpit door at D1L. The cockpit JS didn't count.
I believe the Harley rider lives in Thailand and didn't tailstrike anything.
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:20 am
by Rwy in Sight
Aaaa Slasher a quality we didn't know.
My vote goes on 727.
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:07 am
by Slasher
The DC9 was a Harley with wings.
The 727 was all Chuck.
The VC10 was...well I guess that cancels any potential chance I had of an invite to Bots!
Re: The most beautiful aeroplane ever:-
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:48 am
by ian16th
Time for another pic of a Hunter.
