Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 This thread is facetious. Have fun. Look at this fetching beast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMackayDall Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I thought the Short Seamew was a contender, that or the caproni-stipa flying barrel. But this one gets my vote.. another Shorts build from the UK. The Short Sturgeon S.B.3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 1, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Sir Desmond Glazebrook said: This thread is facetious. Have fun. Look at this fetching beast! Not often have the Germans come up with a whopper, but that one burns my eyes. I’ll never be able to unsee it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 This has to be in the running! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I lover the Argosy, grew up with droning overhead.......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Another one I grew up with........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMackayDall Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 7 hours ago, GusMac said: This has to be in the running! Was it not nicknamed the flying T*t by those transported or having to fly it.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 2, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 hours ago, IainMackayDall said: Was it not nicknamed the flying T*t by those transported or having to fly it.. Like there should be a nipple ring hanging from the front. But I sure respect the Argosy. A real hauler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 2, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2019 Sorry, Hubert, but it isn’t always the British, my friend. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I'll throw in a pic that I took myself... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 2, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2019 And I never really understood the idea behind this abomination 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMackayDall Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 How about these, Boeing has excelled here with the nose. The Farman Jabiru has both looks and name to match. But back to Boeing. I still maintain if they had given the X-32 a more aggressive look, they could have won theat contract 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 18 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Sorry, Hubert, but it isn’t always the British, my friend. The « Deux-ponts » is still a beauty, compared to the steeds from the Blackburn stable .... The last one is called the Blackburd. Methink there is one « b » too many, that should have been replaced by a « t » Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 17 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: And I never really understood the idea behind this abomination What the hell is it? Looks like someone nailed pieces onto their garden shed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 2, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 hours ago, GusMac said: What the hell is it? Looks like someone nailed pieces onto their garden shed! :lol: Well, ZK is New Zealand. So they're the guilty party here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 2, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 2, 2019 23 hours ago, IainMackayDall said: How about these, Boeing has excelled here with the nose. The Farman Jabiru has both looks and name to match. But back to Boeing. I still maintain if they had given the X-32 a more aggressive look, they could have won theat contract Well, where do we start? That Boeing looks like it needs outriggers for that schnoz. The center engine on the Farman is blanked by.......... the entire aircraft. I expect it's sole purose in life was to disturb the airflow just enough to allow the outrigger props to lose 80% of their efficiency. That and to ensure the interior was a noisy as possible. And the X-32, what can be said other that it got the last laugh. It'll live in cartoon drawings for all eternity. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: :lol: Well, ZK is New Zealand. So they're the guilty party here. When I lived with Ben Buckley in the early 70's, he had recently lost an Air Truck in a crash. It is a crop duster. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 3, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Sir Desmond Glazebrook said: When I lived with Ben Buckley in the early 70's, he had recently lost an Air Truck in a crash. It is a crop duster. It must have been “fun” to land gracefully.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 5:56 AM, IainMackayDall said: How about these, Boeing has excelled here with the nose. The Farman Jabiru has both looks and name to match. But back to Boeing. I still maintain if they had given the X-32 a more aggressive look, they could have won theat contract This presumably is the Boeing Durante in honour of ole schnozzola himself?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/3/2019 at 12:48 PM, GusMac said: This presumably is the Boeing Durante in honour of ole schnozzola himself?! That's what I was going to say! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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