cbk57 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Bugatti E 100. I think better suits most beautiful plane made. I rule out every military plane as a matter of course. They have things hanging off them, they have guns sticking out or are painted in colors that are not necessarily attractive. So I am thinking clean lines, forms inspired by nature, nothing that is not needed on the plane sticking out. For a plane to be the most beautiful lets start with stripping away everything it does not need to fly. Simplicity is very important for a machine to get to attractive. So I rule out everything that is camouflaged from the conversation. Also unit markings or any other type of marking as it corrupts the lines of the plane. A stripe or other contour painted item is permitted if it enhances the line of the machine. So there are my thoughts, the Bugatti is a perfect example to me of the elements of a Beautiful plane. Jack, europapete, Uncarina and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Fragile allure BE 2c; arresting awkward, Fee; predatory grace, Mosquito; clean simplicity, Hunter; pure WOW, Blackbird. My civil list is still interviewing. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoD Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 7 pages so far and no single word of this!!! What a shame!!! Spooky frowns upon y'all TAG, Landrotten Highlander, Violator1991 and 10 others 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, RicardoD said: Spooky frowns upon y'all Methinks that beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder, here. A great design? Functional in the extreme? Yes and yes. Beautiful? Well, that's another matter entirely.... Cheers. Chris. Martinnfb, daveculp and coogrfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurgermeister64 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Spitfire Mk IX-Poetry in motion and an Ode to Joy coogrfan and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Confusionreigns178 said: Methinks that beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder, here. A great design? Functional in the extreme? Yes and yes. Beautiful? Well, that's another matter entirely.... Cheers. Chris. Well that is actually the essence of what is concerning the Phantom: it was once described by someone as a "model" being put together poorly by having the wing tips bent upward, and the horizontal tails being downward together with the nose section, so yes beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder....... Martinnfb and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 For me ... It's Ol' Spooky ... -Gregg Daywalker, Jack, mattcour and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/7/2022 at 7:26 AM, cbk57 said: Bugatti E 100. I think better suits most beautiful plane made. I rule out every military plane as a matter of course. They have things hanging off them, they have guns sticking out or are painted in colors that are not necessarily attractive. So I am thinking clean lines, forms inspired by nature, nothing that is not needed on the plane sticking out. For a plane to be the most beautiful lets start with stripping away everything it does not need to fly. Simplicity is very important for a machine to get to attractive. So I rule out everything that is camouflaged from the conversation. Also unit markings or any other type of marking as it corrupts the lines of the plane. A stripe or other contour painted item is permitted if it enhances the line of the machine. So there are my thoughts, the Bugatti is a perfect example to me of the elements of a Beautiful plane. while I agree the Bugatti 100 is a beautiful aircraft; for my taste the propellers destroy the elegant lines. It should really be a jet- cheers P Jack, GreyGhost and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 TAG, Out2gtcha, Daywalker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Two One Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Beauty is as beauty does, A-10, F-105D, Republic XF-12 Rainbow . . . . picking up a theme here? F-15C, SR-71, U-2, F-104, Deuce and 6 pack, I could go on and on and on ....... Cheers Itch Martinnfb, GreyGhost and Jack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super B Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 F6F-5 Hellcat. Jack, Martinnfb and GreyGhost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Nieuport 28 coogrfan, Daywalker, Uncarina and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 What's cool about this thread is there's no wrong answer ... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ... -Gregg Martinnfb, daveculp, npb748r and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 OK GreyGhost and ctayfor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padubon Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) The P-47 is my favorite fixed wing bird but it is uglier than the death of a loved one. The P-38! No words to describe. Edited October 5, 2022 by Padubon coogrfan, Jack and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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