Question for the group in Hawker
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:29:29 -0600, Andrew Chaplin
wrote:
ŽiŠardo wrote in
:
On 23/02/2014 19:22, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
The Supermarine Spitfire and the de Haviland Mosquito were amongst the
most beautiful airplanes ever produced, IMHO. As an American, I would
rank the above aircraft right up there with the P-51D Mustang, the
B-29, the B-47, P-38, F-86, 707 and SR-71
...and even the P-51D Mustang only achieved immortal fame because of
its British engine - the same engine that powered the Spitfire and the
Mosquito!
Degustibus non disputandem.
Aside from posting it in Latin, just why do you feel there is no disputing of
taste? I would disagree, there is much "taste" I take issue with. Most of it
involves publicly funded art.
The Mustang, Mosquito and Spitfire were all
examples of form following function and, thereby, beauties.
Regardless of form following function, they all would have been beautiful
aircraft even if they had not been excellent aircraft.
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