Ramsman wrote in
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On 01/05/2012 12:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
wrote in
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On 01/05/2012 01:39, wrote:
Sorry guys but this is an UGLY airplane.

Well, it certainly doesn't have a monopoly when it comes to
ugliness, plus it had the great advantage that it worked and!

http://www.diseno-art.com/encycloped.../lockheed_xfv-
1_ salmon.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet

I think it can reasonably be argued that the Gannet was the ugliest
fixed- wing aircraft to go into operational service since the Second
War.

I have to disagree. IMO the Gannet (apart from the AEW.3) is a
handsome aircraft, although not beautiful by any means. If you want
ugly, look at the McD Phantom and the Apache. I never liked the
Valiant much, either.

Apache is not part of the mix, since rotary-winged aircraft have to be
ugly in order for them to be repelled by the Earth and thus fly.

I think the Phantom II was a great looking aircraft.

YMMV. "De gustibus non disputandem" and all that.
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