Poll: best looking GA prop plane of all time?

xerj wrote:
For me, it's the King Air.

Other opinions?



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Haven't you seen a Piaggio P180? The King Air is ugly and so slow that the
radome should be in the rear so the airplane can avoid being run down by
thunderstorms.

Mike
MU-2


"xerj" wrote in message
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For me, it's the King Air.

Other opinions?

Haven't you seen a Piaggio P180? The King Air is ugly and so slow that
the radome should be in the rear so the airplane can avoid being run down
by thunderstorms.



Yeah, it ~is~ kind of homely, but that's what I like about it I think. It
has a sort of unpretentious quality.

Mike R. said

Haven't you seen a Piaggio P180? The King Air is ugly and so slow that the
radome should be in the rear so the airplane can avoid being run down
by
thunderstorms.

You must be joking. The Piaggio is so ugly it scares away
thunderstorms. : ) Take a beached whale-looking fuse, then stick the
main wing on the back with the engines pointing the wrong way and tack
on a canard up front as an afterthought. Ugh. Its only redeeming factor
is its speed. I'm not sure if this is a case of form following function
or vice versa...

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Mike R. said

Haven't you seen a Piaggio P180? The King Air is ugly and so slow that
the
radome should be in the rear so the airplane can avoid being run down
by
thunderstorms.

You must be joking. The Piaggio is so ugly it scares away
thunderstorms. : ) Take a beached whale-looking fuse, then stick the
main wing on the back with the engines pointing the wrong way and tack
on a canard up front as an afterthought. Ugh. Its only redeeming factor
is its speed. I'm not sure if this is a case of form following function
or vice versa..

I guess that you don't like the way Ferraris look either.

Mike
MU-2

I guess that you don't like the way Ferraris look either

What does that have to do with the Piaggio, Mike??

I like the older Ferraris like the 328, 288 GTO, 512BBi, and the 550
Maranello. The newer cars like the Scaglietti don't do much for me

It has everything to do with it. The Piaggio is to airplanes what Ferrari
is to automobiles, a combination of form and function with some Italian
pizzaz thrown it. The Piaggio will go 100kts faster on the same fuel burn
as a King Air 200 and has a larger cabin.


Mike
MU-2


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I guess that you don't like the way Ferraris look either

What does that have to do with the Piaggio, Mike??

I like the older Ferraris like the 328, 288 GTO, 512BBi, and the 550
Maranello. The newer cars like the Scaglietti don't do much for me

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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I guess that you don't like the way Ferraris look either.

Mike
MU-2

Speaking of Ferraris. The 308 was my dream car for years but the other day a
575 (I think) pulled up beside me at the gas pump and while up close it is a
great looking car I noticed when I drove off that from a distance it looks
like any number of Japanese sport coupes.

If I spend that much money on a car I don't want anybody from any distance
thinking it is just another car from Japan.

That said, I laugh and laugh (to myself) every time somebody thinks my Honda
S2000 is a Porsche Boxster.

xerj wrote:

For me, it's the King Air.

Other opinions?

Classic Single - Globe Swift
Classic Twin - Grumman Widgeon

Modern Single - Seawind 3000
Modern twin - Beech Model 2000 StarShip

....Ken

xerj wrote:

Other opinions?

So many planes .... so little time.

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