Poll: best looking GA prop plane of all time?

Lets put your freshly painted cardinal on the field next to a Cirrus any
Cirrus I might add and start asking people what they think looks better. I
bet the Cardinal doesn't get one vote.
"Longworth" wrote in message
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jmho,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. IMHO, the Cirrus can't hold a
candle to the Cardinal when it comes to good look. Our Cardinal will
the best looking plane on any field after its paint job ;-)

Hai Longworth, a proud Cardinal owner.

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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I must be because they are a good looking plane.

Definitely not better looking than the Cardinal.

Bumpy cowl, makes me think of a Cessna 195. another fine aircraft.

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Stinson Reliant with a bump cowl

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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Lets put your freshly painted cardinal on the field next to a Cirrus any
Cirrus I might add and start asking people what they think looks better. I
bet the Cardinal doesn't get one vote.

If I was there it would.

"Longworth" wrote in message
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jmho,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. IMHO, the Cirrus can't hold a
candle to the Cardinal when it comes to good look. Our Cardinal will
the best looking plane on any field after its paint job ;-)

Hai Longworth, a proud Cardinal owner.

Aluckyguess wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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The Cherokee is a lot better looking than the Cardinal.
jmho

You're twisted.


I must be because they are a good looking plane.



Yes, compared to a Wilga.

Matt

Aluckyguess wrote:

Lets put your freshly painted cardinal on the field next to a Cirrus any
Cirrus I might add and start asking people what they think looks better. I
bet the Cardinal doesn't get one vote.
"Longworth" wrote in message
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jmho,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. IMHO, the Cirrus can't hold a
candle to the Cardinal when it comes to good look. Our Cardinal will
the best looking plane on any field after its paint job ;-)

Hai Longworth, a proud Cardinal owner.

I bet it does. It would certainly get mine. The Cirrus is pretty plain
vanilla looking. I find the curve of the tail partricularly ugly.

Matt

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Sylvain,

The DH88 was built in late 1933 or early 1934. The DC-1 had been
built, as had the Boeing 247, both with retractable gear. I think the
247 had two position props, adjustable from in the cabin and the DC-2
had constant speed props (at least it did at some point). In fact, in
the race to Australia, won by the DH88, third place was taken by a DC-2
of KLM (IIRC) operating on its normal airline schedule. Had it ignored
the schedule, I think it might have won. So, the two position props on
the DH88 seem a little odd in context. No matter how the systems were
designed, it was one beautiful airplane. I recall seeing one, I assume
a replica, in southern California several years ago, may have been at
Riverside.

All the best,
Rick

Aluckyguess wrote:
Lets put your freshly painted cardinal on the field next to a Cirrus any
Cirrus I might add and start asking people what they think looks better. I
bet the Cardinal doesn't get one vote.

Aluckyguess,
What is your wager? Hey, I already got two votes from Dave and
Matt eventhough my plane is still in the paint shop ;-)

Hai Longworth

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Aluckyguess wrote:

Lets put your freshly painted cardinal on the field next to a Cirrus any
Cirrus I might add and start asking people what they think looks better.
I
bet the Cardinal doesn't get one vote.
"Longworth" wrote in message
oups.com...

jmho,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. IMHO, the Cirrus can't hold a
candle to the Cardinal when it comes to good look. Our Cardinal will
the best looking plane on any field after its paint job ;-)

Hai Longworth, a proud Cardinal owner.

I bet it does. It would certainly get mine. The Cirrus is pretty plain
vanilla looking. I find the curve of the tail partricularly ugly.

Matt

Not only that it's.....well.....plastic, yuck!