Simviation Forum - The world's ugliest airplane...

Reply #15 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 12:10pm

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Isn`t the f-117`s primary mission to knock out enemy air defense radar installations so more conventional aircraft can go in?
This is hardly an obsolete roll.

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Reply #16 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 12:20pm

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Isn`t the f-117`s primary mission to knock out enemy air defense radar installations so more conventional aircraft can go in?

indeed, when the Nighthawk has destroyed these systems as wel as other targets (like the Tomahawks do), the Buffs can enter the hostile airspace with limited risks. you can't ignore the roll the stealth planes play here...we will never know, but i'm quite sure they have already saved the lives of many other aircrews. Wink

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Reply #17 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 12:57pm

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I agree with Boeingman's Ugly Planes completely!

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Reply #18 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 2:19pm

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I don't.

My favourite for the "ugliest aircraft" award:

Roll Eyes

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Reply #19 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 3:11pm

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Reply #20 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 9:27pm

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I think its useless as well. Instead of a sub-sonic stealth fighter with a small bomb load they ought to design a hypersonic bomber with a large payload. If it can go into space and travel at mach 5 who needs stealth? Hardly any radar unit could track it and even if it did you couldn't shoot it down.

By the way I think the boeing concept in silent's post is a beut! Someone ought to make one for FS2002 and FS2004.

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Reply #21 - Apr 18^th, 2004 at 10:14pm

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You know what? I was wrong. There is a plane that is more useless than the Nighthawk. In fact it fits my initial description to a tee...

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Reply #22 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 2:17am

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This is UGLY!http://gwardnet.d2g.com/mac/maccdale/buccaneer.jpg

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Reply #23 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 7:20am

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well i will agree on your second pick a little, i believe each unit costs $1billion.
As for the 7E7 its a beautiful plane that will out perform any commercial plane flying at the time. I dont know why some people think the A380 will be spacious, they will cram as many people into that thing as they can. and if you look at the planned seat pitches and layouts its not going to be anymore spacious than a 747. add in the fact that the upper level is going to be really low its gonna be like a sardine can. Just wait until some of the middle east carriers get hold of it:) 900 people on there wouldnt be out of the question. As for all this hype about swimming pools and gyms and bars and showers. Hands up here who wants to be bench pressing 300lbs or taking a shower when you hit that clear air turbulance. Certainly not me

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Reply #24 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 8:10am

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This is UGLY!http://gwardnet.d2g.com/mac/maccdale/buccaneer.jpg

Okay torquestripe, them's fighting words!!! The Buccaneer is one of the most brutally beautiful airplanes ever made!

(Now, were you to have mentioned the Avro Bison, I'd be tempted to agree with you)

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Reply #25 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 8:47am

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This is the worlds ugliest plane.

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Reply #26 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 9:28am

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This is UGLY!http://gwardnet.d2g.com/mac/maccdale/buccaneer.jpg

You could not be more wrong there. The Buccaneer is a good looking plane that looks like it has a purpose. Not to mention a purpose that it can do well.

And in Desert Storm, guess which aircraft was knocking out the radars?
Thats right...http://gwardnet.d2g.com/mac/maccdale/buccaneer.jpg

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Reply #27 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 9:46am

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This is UGLY!http://gwardnet.d2g.com/mac/maccdale/buccaneer.jpg

I can't be having that. Shocked

Some people have no soul. Beauty is in the eye if the beholder. I agree with Felix & Woody. Did you ever hear the term Area Rule? Not a curve out of place. The Buccaneer was the ultimate in efficient aeronautical design & streamlining when it first appeared in 1958. There's still nothing to match it for performance now.

PS. The F-117 is certainly unusual & I don't know if it's effective in its original role. It's by no means the ugliest aircraft I've ever seen. I can think of several other contenders for that award. Roll Eyes

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Reply #28 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 9:57am

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You know what? I was wrong. There is a plane that is more useless than the Nighthawk. In fact it fits my initial description to a tee...

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this is a beauty! too expensive but man, more technology than you can imagine! Angry

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Reply #29 - Apr 19^th, 2004 at 10:01am

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As Pippin mentioned before,it's completely useless!

Ugly look,but I still like it (for its great performance):

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