On 02/05/2012 12:50, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
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On 02/05/2012 11:17, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
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On 01/05/2012 12:20, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
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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...es/lockheed_xf
v- 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.

True, but many are a lot less ugly. The Lynx, for example, wasn't too
bad originally, but it's now got all sorts of lumps and bumps all over
it.

I think the Phantom II was a great looking aircraft.

YMMV. "De gustibus non disputandem [est]" and all that.

My M does indeed V. "We shan't argue about this disgusting bus"? :-)

We obviously went to different schools--you have my deepest sympathies.
The verb usually goes at the end and in this particular tag is
understood.

Wiki says both are correct, but that's Wiki for you. I can't remember
when I first came across the expression.

My Latin education lasted only two years, as I opted for the science
syllabus. It was such a good school that they merged it with the
secondary modern next door and then closed the whole thing down.

It must be something to do with me, as both the houses I grew up in have
been demolished, and all the RAF bases where I went to summer camp with
the ATC have closed. A few places I've worked at in the past have gone
as well.

--
Peter