World's Ugliest Plane?

In a previous article, "Anno v. Heimburg" said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
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.

Wouldn't a conventional turboprop design also have fit that bill? I
heard/read somewhere that it's because when the Poles wanted to design a
new agricultural plane, they ran afoul of the Soviet insistence on using a
jet engine in a new plane (the logic being "new plane design" = "jet
engine", not fitness for the particular purpose).

That would only make sense if you had some evidence that the Soviets were
averse to propellor planes during that period. But their front-line
strategic bomber was a turboprop, and so were some of their airliners.


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Paul Tomblin wrote:

That would only make sense if you had some evidence that the Soviets were
averse to propellor planes during that period. But their front-line
strategic bomber was a turboprop, and so were some of their airliners.

You're right, of course. I guess we'll have to find the designers and ask
them ;-)

My gut feeling is that it's an elaborate practical joke by the designers to
see how far they would get in the system.

Ugly Planes:

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/farmer/120/
Here's a link from a quick Google search


Montblack

In a previous article, "Montblack" said:
Ugly Planes:

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/farmer/120/
Here's a link from a quick Google search

I can't see that Blohm und Voss Bv 141 asymettrical plane on that list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%2B_Voss_BV_141

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Although it's hard to tell with those tiny thumbnails. I also don't see
the Christmas Bullet, of which two were built, both killed their test
pilots on their first flight.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...ry/q0038.shtml


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It's surprising that no-one has actually yet mentioned Boeing's X-32:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-32


Andrey


Montblack wrote:
Ugly Planes:

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/farmer/120/
Here's a link from a quick Google search


Montblack

In article ,
Andrey Serbinenko wrote:

It's surprising that no-one has actually yet mentioned Boeing's X-32:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-32

Definitely only a runner-up. IMHO, the Airtruk wins, even against the
stiff competition of some of the British and French bombers of the late
1920s and 1930s.