Good one, George. Sometimes these ugly ducklings look like they'd be fun to
fly: really maneurverable at low altitudes thanks to short-coupling and big
control surfaces, which look so ungainly.

Here's a real horror, even by French standards: Amiot 143, a 1931 bomber:
http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine...120/amiot.html

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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My vote goes to the Westland P12. Back in the early stages of WWII, when
the British were still afraid of invasion, they designed this as a ground
attack aircraft. They took a Westland Lysander (already not beautiful) and
cut off the rear fuselage and empennage. They then grafted on a second
wing in place of the tail, mounted low with vertical stabilizers on the
ends. Looked sort of like the tail of a B-24 Liberator. Then they mounted
a large turret with two cannon on top and to the rear of this second wing.

http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/fl...olibri.htm#p12

George Patterson
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