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Orval Fairbairn
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ŽiŠardo wrote:

On 20/12/2012 20:12, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
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Joseph Testagrose wrote:

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Did the Brits and the French have an "ugly airplane" contest?


Well, they certainly didn't hold a monopoly when it came to the ugly stakes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YB-9

It was perhaps a trailing finalist.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Y1B-7

It did not make the finals.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witteman-Lewis_XNBL-1

A finalist, but NOT the winner!