5 best looking aeroplanes
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Not a good looking plane, but an interesting one.
I came across it from a baldandbankrupt youtube video.
The KM ( Korabl Maket.). A Russian sea plane from the cold war era. I believe now known as the caspian sea monster.
Seemingly it's the 2nd largest plane ever built.
I came across it from a baldandbankrupt youtube video.
The KM ( Korabl Maket.). A Russian sea plane from the cold war era. I believe now known as the caspian sea monster.
Seemingly it's the 2nd largest plane ever built.
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Not a good looking plane, but an interesting one.
I came across it from a baldandbankrupt youtube video.
The KM ( Korabl Maket.). A Russian sea plane from the cold war era. I believe now known as the caspian sea monster.
Seemingly it's the 2nd largest plane ever built.
Proper name - an Ekranoplan.
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I can’t seem to get past 1945
Needs no introduction
Often cited as best looking plane of ww2.
All the better for being blue, of questionable parentage and from bodney
An odd ball inclusion that would melt the pilots quite literally
An absolute beast and a beauty
Needs no introduction
Often cited as best looking plane of ww2.
All the better for being blue, of questionable parentage and from bodney
An odd ball inclusion that would melt the pilots quite literally
An absolute beast and a beauty
In the 70's/80's I used to live near an airfield that fairly regularly had Vulcans taking off and landing, I think they used to do practise drills with it being the height of the Cold War, we'd hear that loud and eerie nuclear attack alarm warning sound from time to time with a symphony of jets engines and sometimes see a Vulcan, they used to look majestic in the air with the shape of the wings and I recall they looked to me to be going too slow to stay in the air.
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Amazing plane with unique capabilities, but no way would that off-centre gun and nose wheel be allowed on my watch. Nobody goes home until that thing is symmetrical!
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Amazing plane with unique capabilities, but no way would that off-centre gun and nose wheel be allowed on my watch. Nobody goes home until that thing is symmetrical!
“Check out this massive cannon I’ve designed a plane around!”
“Where are you putting the nose gear?”
“Erm… just over here somewhere, it’ll be fine…”
Seen her (XH558) at a few Cosford Airshows and during ground stops at Cosford whilst waiting for her to fly through the overhead before I could get airborne myself.
My name is on a brass plaque on the under sider of her port wing - a Father's Day 2020 gift from my girls.
Northrop P-61C Black Widow | National Air and Space Museum
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I thought the plane enjoyers might like this.
Anybody ever collect the Matchbox Skybusters jets in the early 90’s ? I had a whole quality street tin full of them !
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Sky Busters Series (1990)
I had completely forgotten about those. I had a few as I was obsessed with flying. I used to get all the aircraft magazines I could find in WH Smyths or where ever.Anybody ever collect the Matchbox Skybusters jets in the early 90’s ? I had a whole quality street tin full of them !
Sky Busters Series (1990)
Also had a load of similar size multipart plastic models in the early 80s, that came in small boxes with artwork of the enclosed aircraft on the front. No idea who made them or what became of them.
