AlbertD Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 There are many to choose from but to my eye the Spitfire Mk.V is the most graceful, elegant aircraft of WW2. Erwin and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 3:04 PM, Erwin said: Scoreboard: Spitfire: 13 Mosquito: 5 Hornet: 3 P-51: 3 Me 262: 2 Rapide: 2 Dinah: 2 Macchi C-202: 2 Constelletion: 2 Tigercat: 1 Barracuda: 1 Ju 188: 1 P-80: 1 XF-12 Rainbow: 1 Re-2005: 1 Fw-200: 1 Corsair: 1 Spiteful: 1 Dakota: 1 Yak-3: 1 Fiat G-55: 1 He 116: 1 PBY-5A: 1 Updated. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) I reckon all you blokes are bonkers. When it comes to elegance, nothing can hold a candle to the Catherine Deneuve of aircraft, the Sexiness of Hilde Osland of aircraft, the Poise of Keira Knightley of aircraft, and yes the Bodacious bounciness of Jennifer Love Hewitt aircraft, the venerable Junkers Ju-287. Edited October 9, 2020 by mpk 401 Archimedes, MikeMaben, coogrfan and 7 others 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Spitfire Mk VIII with the standard elliptical wing. Designed before and used throughout... and I’m going to cheat for the second: Erwin nailed it straight out of the box. Me262 A1a. Designed in WWII and (barely) used. both are stunning. Now I am feeling like I cheated the Mosquito FBVI. mpk and Erwin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Tempted with the Spitfire, Mustang and 262. But for elegance for me it's the Me163B Matty mpk, Out2gtcha and Erwin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Obscure no doubt, but certainly one of the most elegant! Ki-77 coogrfan, mpk, scvrobeson and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogrfan Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, LSP_K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Not sure if it qualifies, always thought it was nice... Out2gtcha, coogrfan, mpk and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, patricksparks said: Not sure if it qualifies, always thought it was nice... I don't know this one. Please give maker and type. Edited October 13, 2020 by Erwin mpk and Creeperboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) On 10/3/2020 at 3:04 PM, Erwin said: Scoreboard: Spitfire: 14 Mosquito: 5 Hornet: 3 P-51: 3 Me 262: 2 Rapide: 2 Dinah: 2 Macchi C-202: 2 Constelletion: 2 Tigercat: 1 Barracuda: 1 Ju 188: 1 P-80: 1 XF-12 Rainbow: 1 Re-2005: 1 Fw-200: 1 Corsair: 1 Spiteful: 1 Dakota: 1 Yak-3: 1 Fiat G-55: 1 He 116: 1 PBY-5A: 1 Ju-287: 1 Me 163: 1 Ki-77: 1 Tony: 1 Latest update. Edited October 13, 2020 by Erwin mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 6 hours ago, Erwin said: I don't know this one. Please give maker and type. Howard Hughes' XF-11 High speed reconnaissance. The USAAF ordered 100 of them in 1943, only 2 prototypes were built and didn't fly until 1946, this is the aircraft that Howard Hughes almost died in during it's test flight. Erwin, mpk and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Just goes to show that there is no accounting for taste, and that there will never be an answer to this kind of question. Erwin, Jack and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davral64 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Brewster buffalo mpk and Erwin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I may be just a bit biased,... coogrfan, Erwin and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 The Spitfire Mk.I is graceful and smooth, the Dewoitine D.520 has the curves to match, the P51D is a beautiful but serious warrior, the Corsair is curvy but deadly, the Bf/Me 109 is hard and predatory, the P-47 is Thor's hammer, The P-38 rivals the Spitfire for poise and power, but even it loses to the Tigercat. The P-26 calls out to me even if it didn't do much in WWII, but my vote has to go to the Avia B-534. It even carried Bulgarian crossed swords insignia. Tnarg Out2gtcha, Erwin and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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