Ugliest plane of all time

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Whatever it is the Germans probably flew it in WW2. My vote is for the
Junkers Ju88.

The Luftwaffe had a penchant for ugly airplanes, with few exceptions
IMHO.


I suggest the Blohm & Voss P194

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp19401.html

Ain't that looking weird?

regards,
Friedrich

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I suggest the Blohm & Voss P194

Funny, I was thinking of just that plane, but couldn't remember the
name - what was B & V thinking?

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I suggest the Blohm & Voss P194


Funny, I was thinking of just that plane, but couldn't remember the
name - what was B & V thinking?

according to Internet source I mentioned they were hoping to combine
single engine efficiency and economy with a better view and better
shooting abilities for the pilot. Appearently first designs flew quite
well, while later, higher powered but heavier units showed problems with
turns and rolls.

Still, makes you blink and look again, doesn't it?

I particularly like the statement by Blohm & Voss, that, as the distance
between the pilot and the center of gravity was only 145 cm, the
aircraft should not be called an assymetric design, but more correctly
"a not fully symmetrical aeroplane".

regards,

Friedrich

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"Friedrich Ostertag" wrote in message
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wrote:

I suggest the Blohm & Voss P194


Funny, I was thinking of just that plane, but couldn't remember the
name - what was B & V thinking?

according to Internet source I mentioned they were hoping to combine
single engine efficiency and economy with a better view and better
shooting abilities for the pilot. Appearently first designs flew quite
well, while later, higher powered but heavier units showed problems with
turns and rolls.

Still, makes you blink and look again, doesn't it?

I particularly like the statement by Blohm & Voss, that, as the distance
between the pilot and the center of gravity was only 145 cm, the
aircraft should not be called an assymetric design, but more correctly
"a not fully symmetrical aeroplane".

regards,

The reference I looked at said that there "was" to be a jet engine in the
pod, with the prop in the fuselage. Interesting.
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Jim in NC

Addendum:

Another nominee for "ugliest Plane of all time":

Anything that "Skylune" has flown in.

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
Addendum:

Another nominee for "ugliest Plane of all time":

Anything that "Skylune" has flown in.


But only when he was in it.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Friedrich Ostertag wrote:

Still, makes you blink and look again, doesn't it?

Yep. Just like Rutan's "Boomerang."

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.