Re: Ugliest plane of all time

[Montblack]

Found another one. I'd forgotten about this funny fellow.

http://www.midwaysailor2.com/blaine/optica.html
AO7 Optica at Discover Aviation Days 2003
(ANE) Anoka County-Blaine, MN

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/3070L-1.jpg

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/EdgleyOptica.htm
Optica history


Montblack

[Michael Ware]

That thing would be great for traffic reporting, or SAR. Has visibility like
a helo.

"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
> Found another one. I'd forgotten about this funny fellow.
>
> http://www.midwaysailor2.com/blaine/optica.html
> AO7 Optica at Discover Aviation Days 2003
> (ANE) Anoka County-Blaine, MN
>
> http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/3070L-1.jpg
>
> http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/EdgleyOptica.htm
> Optica history
>
>
> Montblack

[George Patterson]

Michael Ware wrote:
> That thing would be great for traffic reporting, or SAR. Has visibility like
> a helo.

The thing that worries me is the fact that the variable weight (mainly people)
is way forward of the center of lift. Bet the trim forces are a bitch on that plane.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

[buttman]

I know a guy who flies one of those things. He said it is impossible to
make a bad landing since you have such a clear view of the runway.

[John Gaquin]

"buttman" > wrote in message

>He said it is impossible to
> make a bad landing since you have such a clear view of the runway.

Oh, I bet he could be proven wrong.

[Darrel Toepfer]

Montblack wrote:

> Found another one. I'd forgotten about this funny fellow.
>
> http://www.midwaysailor2.com/blaine/optica.html

http://imdb.com/title/tt0098350
Slipstream (1989) Mark Hamill flew one, or something very like it as I
remember...