5 best looking aeroplanes
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In no particular order:
Spitfire,
Lancaster,
Harrier,
F14,
Apache.
Spitfire,
Lancaster,
Harrier,
F14,
Apache.
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P-38
Mosquito
F-18 Super Hornet
Mitsubishi Zero
TU-160
Mosquito
F-18 Super Hornet
Mitsubishi Zero
TU-160
My favourite is the Airbus A380, i've flown on it so many times and it just feels so secure in the air, yet the size of it you have to wonder how it gets up in the air in the first place! The thing is huge! I love watching it take off and land.
I also live right near a military airbase and we have about 6 RNZAF AC130's, when they take off and come in to lands they look so good!
I also live right near a military airbase and we have about 6 RNZAF AC130's, when they take off and come in to lands they look so good!
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Nerd moment here for which I apologise - the RNZAF has normal C-130’s, not the AC-130 which is the gunship mentioned earlier:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/5-best-looking-aeroplanes.19004098/post-37892352
Would be a good way to defend the coast though…
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Edit. Also saw a B2 the other year at the RIAT. Stunning plane.
Sorry for bad photos but here are a couple from the USS Yorktown I visited when on holiday in Charleston:
Personally think F35 and B1 are two of the nicest looking. I've got an RAF book from about 1992 somewhere, I'll have a flick through that later.
Personally think F35 and B1 are two of the nicest looking. I've got an RAF book from about 1992 somewhere, I'll have a flick through that later.
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I'm surprised there has been no love for the YF-23.
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This Is What A Northrop F-23A Would've Looked Like If It Had Beaten Lockheed's F-22
Many argue that the YF-23 should have been selected over the YF-22 and these exclusive renderings show what a production F-23 would have looked like.
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All of the planes I would have chosen have already been pictured, so I'll just say:
Spitfire (pretty much any version except for the clipped wing) It's the E-Type of the skies, and simply has no equal.
Mosquito
Vulcan
P51D (that British liveried one really shows off the looks)
SR71
Then you're into the modern planes, and they're pretty generic, or just plane ugly.
How on earth anyone can find the Warthog good looking is beyond me. Effective? Yes. Good looking. No
Spitfire (pretty much any version except for the clipped wing) It's the E-Type of the skies, and simply has no equal.
Mosquito
Vulcan
P51D (that British liveried one really shows off the looks)
SR71
Then you're into the modern planes, and they're pretty generic, or just plane ugly.
How on earth anyone can find the Warthog good looking is beyond me. Effective? Yes. Good looking. No
Come on man. The F22 is one of the most stunning aircraft ever made. Especially with that iridescent coloured canopy!
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The Mitsubish Zero is a stunning plane.
For modern ones, the SU-57 looks beautiful but I'm aware it's actual performance doesn't measure up to the F22 and F35.
For modern ones, the SU-57 looks beautiful but I'm aware it's actual performance doesn't measure up to the F22 and F35.
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