I dont' know about ugly, but the best looking plane IMHO is the 757-300. Something about long and skinny with long legs.... Also the Fairchile Metro....
That's one of my favorites, too. Rode in the back of one once. Never flew one.
Don't forget, a Cessna 310 was Sky King's second Songbird after he turned in his Bamboo Bomber.
I agree with bigD somewhat on the Beech Sundowners, Duchesses, etc., although I took my ATP in a Duchess. The one I flew was somewhat tired, but it still had that certain Beechcraft panache.
Metroliners? You mean the San Antonio Sewer Pipe? I would have liked a job flying them, although I probably wouldn't have liked their performance on a high DA day, or their single-engine performance.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Duchess. It's cheap and fun to fly, and has that 'big plane' feel that Beech equipment tends to have. It's a pretty solid plane. Lord knows I talk enough about flying the things! Just wished it looked more like a Duke!
Maybe they were ugly but were cool-looking in their own way.
I recall either visiting a radar facility or being on a flight when ATC called out a flight of two A-37s as traffic. The controller referred to them as "Cessna Fighters."
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