World's Ugliest Plane?

I am a purest. There is no such thing as an ugly airplane.

Danny Deger

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:11:51 -0800, John Halpenny wrote
(in article .com):

http://www.aamb.com.au/AIRTRUK.HTM

ROFL. Reminds me of those plastic models they used to sell back in the '60s
of a jet fighter plane with a gigantic fuselage and little bat wings that
flapped. Ugly.

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 17:50:15 -0800, Matt Whiting wrote
(in article ):

C J Campbell wrote:
Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo
Freighter,
the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. A CFI and student in a Skyhawk
were
darn near killed in November when they flew through the monster's wake
turbulence. They were flipped over and lost 1000 feet of altitude and
pulled
out just 150 above the water. This thing has 65,000 cubic feet of cargo
capacity -- triple that of a 747. It will fly Dreamliner nose sections from
Wichita to Seattle for final assembly.

Why did they fly through its wake?

Matt

Who knows? Maybe they were vectored by the tower. They pulled that stunt on
me once when I was a student pilot returning from a solo cross country. I
learned about wake turbulence from that. Lucky I wasn't killed.

In article ,
"Danny Deger" wrote:

I am a purest. There is no such thing as an ugly airplane.

Danny Deger

Perhaps -- but there are, and have been, some that made a pretty good
attempt at it!

In article ,
Richard Riley wrote:

On 8 Jan 2007 18:11:51 -0800, "John Halpenny"
wrote:

That's pretty ugly for a big plane. For exceptionally ugly, this is an
Australian copy of a New Zealand design, and I saw one of these being
restored in New Zealand - it is a "topdresser".

http://www.aamb.com.au/AIRTRUK.HTM

I'll see your Airtruk, and raise you an M-15 Belphegor

http://tinyurl.com/yclzkc

Boy -- this is a really tough crowd! I still think that the Airtruk
wins, although the very idea of a turbofan-powered aerial applicator
boggles the mind!

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:34:30 -0800, Richard Riley wrote
(in article ):

http://tinyurl.com/yclzkc

Ugh. And I thought the Trislander was ugly.

yikes, I can't believe the tail completely unhinges about 2/3 to 3/4 of
the way back.

My favorite entry in the "ugliest plane" competition is still the
jet-engined biplane PZL-Mielec M-15 "Belphegor".

Flattering pictu http://tinyurl.com/yxpjmh

Anno

In a previous article, Orval Fairbairn said:
Boy -- this is a really tough crowd! I still think that the Airtruk
wins, although the very idea of a turbofan-powered aerial applicator
boggles the mind!

I read a long time ago that this plane was turbofan-powered because
kerosene was a lot easier to come by in Poland than avgas.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"I don't mind your criticizing that way. It shows you are only just THOSE
kind person!" - sales@domain deleted takes constructive criticism well.

Kev wrote:

Gives new meaning to taking it from behind...



Now THAT'S funny!