What's the best LOOKING fighter plane ever?
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I second theski with the YF-23 I really like the almost perfectly flat parallelogram wing with the fuselage & engines bulging out from it, it's a beautifully sculpted shape, sorry these phtos don't show it too well but it's the best I could find.
Stepping back a few generations of design for some reason I really like the Fairey Swordfish
Though I suspect my admiration of the crews who flew those elderly tangles of wires right through WWII may be influencing my judgement.
Stepping back a few generations of design for some reason I really like the Fairey Swordfish
Though I suspect my admiration of the crews who flew those elderly tangles of wires right through WWII may be influencing my judgement.
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The Horten Ho229 never went beyond the prototype stage, but it would be the sexiest thing to ever come out of Germany if Franka Potente never had existed.
I mean, it is an Art Deco flying wing! What could possibly be cooler?
I mean, it is an Art Deco flying wing! What could possibly be cooler?
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SR-71, but it's not a fighter....
B-1, but it's not a fighter....
F-20, cause it IS a fighter... and damn good looking in gloss black.
(WWII honors go to FW-190A... oh, what a sweet looking bird.. why couldn't it have been on the good guys side? )
B-1, but it's not a fighter....
F-20, cause it IS a fighter... and damn good looking in gloss black.
(WWII honors go to FW-190A... oh, what a sweet looking bird.. why couldn't it have been on the good guys side? )
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Well now that we've set the precedent for joke posts in this thread, I can't help myself:Hawkwings wrote:http://people.freenet.de/bartels-buxteh ... 0baron.jpg
Absolutely marvelous!
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I vote for the Vought XF5U Flying Flapjack!
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Probably will suprise no one that I have a bias towards prop planes and don't much care for jets (well, the Blackbird is sexy just from speed, but it ain't a figher).
My vote is for biplanes. Although that picture tharkun posted of one sitting in the snow makes me shiver just to think about flying it. Yes, that open cockpit and 120 mph speed is all very romantic until the hypothermia sets in. Brrr!
Best WWII look: I've always liked the lines of the Corsair.
My vote is for biplanes. Although that picture tharkun posted of one sitting in the snow makes me shiver just to think about flying it. Yes, that open cockpit and 120 mph speed is all very romantic until the hypothermia sets in. Brrr!
Best WWII look: I've always liked the lines of the Corsair.
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Yay, Vic Viper!felineki wrote: Well now that we've set the precedent for joke posts in this thread, I can't help myself:
I support the R-9A Arrowhead as the best looking fighter.
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ロボットが好き。
ロボットが好き。
Entirely too many big-bellied thunderbolts and straight winged successors to it. The most photogenic american aircraft I can think of is the F-15, almost every angle is a good shot. My personal fave though is Russia's Su-37 (or the identical Su-35) like this one in Ace Combat 4's "Yellow Squadron" colors.
Not even a crude toy can detract from it's sexy, sleek features.
Very sexy indeed. That and it looks positively fearsome, but perhaps this is an opionion influenced by it's capabilities and sheer size. Like this pic, all the missiles and hardpoints are viscerally impressive; the ideas "firepower" and "combat effectiveness" and "pwnage" come to mind and that's usually appealing to the mind but damnit, it just looks cool too.
Not even a crude toy can detract from it's sexy, sleek features.
Very sexy indeed. That and it looks positively fearsome, but perhaps this is an opionion influenced by it's capabilities and sheer size. Like this pic, all the missiles and hardpoints are viscerally impressive; the ideas "firepower" and "combat effectiveness" and "pwnage" come to mind and that's usually appealing to the mind but damnit, it just looks cool too.