"Ed Loomis" wrote

Aw c'mon Mitch. ya can't just collect the purty ones, ya gotta throw in an
ugly
step sister or two, just fer balance. We're both gonna be in a lot of
trouble
with the Tunnan fans now.......

Ugly? UGLY ? ? ?

THAT is an understatement, if I have ever heard of an understatement.

It looks like someone put a cockpit on top of a miss-shaped barrel, then
stuck some chunks of metal out the sides.

I'll bet it flew as well as it looks, or at LEAST as slow as it looks.

It does fit right in with some of the other early ugly jets, though. It
took a few years to figure out what would work, what would work better, and
what would work well.

Beauty, in most cases, seems to follow the progression in those early years,
with most of the modern fighters of today looking pretty sweet, IMHO.

I guess there is room for planes with character, too.

Looking at it this way, that plane has PLENTY character, I would say!
ggg
--
Jim in NC