5 best looking aeroplanes

[Flibster]

Ugh... not the flying toilet?

My current top 5 in no particular order (especially given no Concorde or Blackbird...)

English Electric Lightning
Avro Vulcan B2
Supermarine Spitfire (early marks, elliptical wings, no cannons, merlin engine)
De Havilland Mosquito
North American P51 Mustang

Honourable mentions:
Rockwell B1 Lancer
Lockheed U1 Dragon Lady
Grumman F14 Tomcat
Sukhoi Su57 Felon
Sukhoi Su27 Flanker
Avro Lancaster
BAC TSR2
Northrop B2 Spirit
De Havilland DH 88 Comet

 

[plasmahal]

I'm a sucker for Phantom II.

 

[doodah]

This thread > any sexy Christmas/football fan women thread any day.

Some beautiful aircraft.

 

[Richard - London]

C-119 Flying Boxcar​

Boeing B-29 Superfortress​

 

[potatolord]

I'm a sucker for Phantom II.

Did you make/ paint those?

 

[plasmahal]

Did you make/ paint those?

Yes.

See:

Tabletop Games, Wargaming and Scale Modelling.

All things miniature in here.

forums.overclockers.co.uk

 

[inogen]

 

[potatolord]

Yes.

See:

Tabletop Games, Wargaming and Scale Modelling.

All things miniature in here.

forums.overclockers.co.uk

I had no idea that thread even existed. Lovely work.

You're the polar opposite of a mate of mine, he has hundreds of kits in his attic and has not built even one. Yet he keeps buying them...

 

[doodah]

Yes.

See:

Tabletop Games, Wargaming and Scale Modelling.

All things miniature in here.

forums.overclockers.co.uk

Really impressive work.

 

[plasmahal]

I had no idea that thread even existed. Lovely work.

You're the polar opposite of a mate of mine, he has hundreds of kits in his attic and has not built even one. Yet he keeps buying them...

I too have hundreds in the attic, working through them and also buying more.....

 

[Diddums]

Soz but this pretty aircraft stuff is rubbish. Everyone knows that the beauty queens only like the missionary position, what you really need are the freaks, the underdogs, the wingmen if you will. They'll give you a time you'll never forget. Ladies and gentlemen, the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin:

 

[Diddums]

How about the Flying Pancake?

 

[Diddums]

What in the wasp-faced beesting nonsense is this then?

Edgley Optica for anyone who cares.

 

[Diddums]

"Free candy" for aircraft nerds, the Short SC.7 Skyvan:

 

[Mobius 1]

No one posted a nighthawk yet ?

Nighthawk.

 

[drew]

No one posted a nighthawk yet ?

Nighthawk.

"Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed" is a great read​

 

[Zefan]

I'm a sucker for Phantom II.

Oh hell yes I should have mentioned in my post this comes under the rugged tasty good planes category.

 

[inogen]

Only powered plane I've flown.

 

[Diddums]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Stipa-Caproni.

The Stipa-Caproni, also known as the Caproni Stipa, was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design influenced the development of jet propulsion.

Stipa-Caproni - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[alex24]

Lockheed SR71 Blackbird

Actually my favourite of all time, not for the looks though but it is spectacular anyway.

Concorde

The best delta wing design? Sorry Vulcan fans it looks a bit ill-proportioned in comparison…

Now those are out of the way,

De Havilland Comet

Pretty much nailed the commercial design proportions so early on and those integrated engines are so sleek it’s beautiful in BOAC guise with silver wings. Basically a pioneer of modern aviation laced with plenty of tragedy unfortunately.

Lockheed F117A Nighthawk

Still appears like it travelled back in time to meet us.

North American P51-D Mustang

My favourite looking WW2 era plane I think. Those integrated wing machine guns are cool.

General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon/Viper

Didn’t see mentioned yet - to me if someone says ‘fighter jet’ it’s what I see - timeless design and looks aggressive as it should.

Seems I like mostly older stuff, growing up watching Gerry Anderson stuff probably also explains a few too. This thread proves how subjective design can be. I guess anything can be beautiful to someone!