UGLIEST PLANE!!!! opinions?

[Crusty]

If it is your looking for the NAVY has at least one. Try the Grumman EA6; now that is ugly, but she has a great personality!

 

[Hopeless_in_GA]

The Astra is out right fug pugly, darn thing could scare the wet outta water.

The older Hawkers look like BAE thought about the jet right up to the windscreen then just quit.

That new proposed Joint Strike Fighter, the one that looks like some mutated descendant of the A-7

 

[dav8or]

lets keep it simple - shorts 360, b1900, 737

add the Pilatus PC6 to the list

 

[GOBUFFS]

what else could compare to the Lockheed Jetstar or pilatus Porter (pc6??).

 

[bobbysamd]

WWII German Aircraft

Some of the Blohm+Voss flying boats were hideous-looking.

The BV141 observation aircraft, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bv141.html ,
looks like a Rube Goldberg design. All fuselage but no cockpit or cabin. The cockpit and cabin are a separate unit mounted on the wing!

The night fighter variant of the Me262, with the antennae poking out of the nose, sure corrupts an extremely beautiful airplane.

 

[waka]

The F-117 Stealth "fighter" <snicker> is ugly. That contraption looks more like an artsy fartsy door stop than an airplane.

..all citations except for the maybe the 10 and that's only because of the big enigines. They all look cold, lifeless, and without character. Out of those, any straight wing Citation is especially ugly.



Best looking;
DC-3
DC-8-63
707
727
HU-16
L-1049
PT-17
Trinidad series
and oh, did I mention the DC-3?

yeah yeah, I know, I'm livin' in the past

 

[surfnole]

I vote for the ATRs, or the stretch 727. I hate getting stuck in the back row next to the engine on one of those.

 

[crash-proof]

Best looking;
DC-3
DC-8-63
707
727
HU-16
L-1049
PT-17
Trinidad series
and oh, did I mention the DC-3?

yeah yeah, I know, I'm livin' in the past

Not at all! Here's what I'd have in my imaginary hangar:
* DC-3s (at least one for every day)
* Convair CV-340 (sound soooo good)
* Piaggio P-166 (now that's funky! good funky)
* Beech twin bonanza, the old ones, stubby nose.
* UTVA-175 (i think) it looks like a Bird Dog with a HUGE engine

OK, back to ugly:
* Grumman Mohawk - bug eyes
* Grumman Greyhound - yuck
* Bronco - need say more?
* Those banner-draggin Cubs they use in south florida, loud, stubby and no cowling - i think i like em!

 

[OtterFO]

OK, back to ugly:
* Grumman Mohawk - bug eyes
* Grumman Greyhound - yuck
* Bronco - need say more?
* Those banner-draggin Cubs they use in south florida, loud, stubby and no cowling - i think i like em!

Actually those rag draggin cubs do have a cowling. Refered to as a bugeye. Its only on the top. Because of the high angle of attack they tow at. But you are right, I spent 2 seasons in those ugly things and liked it.

 

[Ravengirl]

ugly: Cessna 337 (really, wtf?), Westwind, Astra, Jetstar, Super Guppy, B1900 (yikes, that's a scary one), and I'm not really fond of the IL-96, either.

Stephanie

 

[bobbysamd]

What's so bad about the IL-96?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=190894

Maybe the flight deck windows are unusual, but it's no uglier than a four-hole Airbus.

The C-337 is one of my faves. I would have loved to fly it. As the O-2, it has a more sinister-looking flare:

http://www.dyess.af.mil/airpark/o-2a.htm

http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/skymast.html

By the way, this site, www.dyess.af.mil/airpark , has some great pics of a few aircraft not always seen.

 

[crash-proof]

i'm with you on the 337...i like those things. I just could never figure one thing though:
if you carry 6 pax in those, where does the baggage go???

Also like the reverse prop noise it makes, really distinguishable.

There's this gyroplane company, don't know which one, that took a Cessna 337 and:

* Clipped the wings off
* Added a huge 2-blade rotor to the top
* Removed the rear motor, added a cargo door in its place
* Replaced the 6-cyl front engine with a Alison turboprop!
* Painted it black with a shark-mouth in the front, like a P-40.

Saw it at Sun n Fun... and I was scared!

 

[crash-proof]

sorry for the doublepost, but i couldn't resist.

Look what I just found!!!

http://www.creativeflight.com/

 

[Twotter76]

Holy cr@p what the heck is that? Going back to ugly airplanes I am going to second the 207 as the ugliest flying truck ever. Though the plane in the previous link certainly gets an honorable mention.

 

[House_X]

NOTAM to all those dissin' my Dornier 328J....

She's not the prettiest girl at the prom...she's more like a gansta beooootch, she can please a man more ways than one and at the same time, bust a cap in yer a$$ during our routine
5000 ft/min climbs with a full load. Yeah...you laugh at us on the ground and then "oooo and ahhh" during our airshow take-offs. We're slow in cruise, but I get paid by the hour...so it doesn't matter.

I'll take the gansta girl over the high MX super model type anyday of the week...Fersheeeeeezzeeee!!!!

House

 

[BeerNear]

STOKED!!!!

Ya'll,

Although the C-130 has a face only a mother could love, I was overjoyed to see that nobody mentioned the Herk. Gracias,

BN

 

[troy]

If it flies, it's beautiful. Sure beats walking or driving........

Of course there is the Shorts 360? That reminds me of my fathers moble home...

 

[bobbysamd]

Paris Jet

How about the Paris Jet for an example of an ugly airplane?

http://www.parisjet.com or


http://www.bartoli.com/safo/articles/ms760arg.htm

It looks a little better as a military airplane.

 

[crash-proof]

Re: STOKED!!!!

Ya'll,

Although the C-130 has a face only a mother could love, I was overjoyed to see that nobody mentioned the Herk. Gracias,

BN

no, it was spared cause that would be unfair, the c130's done so much for us....

it ain't pretty, but it's one bada$$ plane!!!

 

[aggiepilot87]

sure suprised me how many planes hit this thread. About the ONLY plane I'd consider ugly is the Zenith kit series. AN-2, Storch, Wilga, Shorts, Dorniers, Seabees, whatever... they're all generally pleasing to my eye. Just not the Zeniths.

C-310 ugly? You are "blind"! The -310 (swept tail) would make my top ten list of beautiful planes. noticed two late models parked on the ramp at Clover Field the other night thinking how near perfect that design is for a light twin.

 

[crash-proof]

now here's an ugly paintscheme!


http://www.airliners.net/open.file/236264/L/

Anyways, looks like a Geiger work of art...

About the plane itself...no comments, I don't think bombardier planes are ugly, but I just don't like em...

 

[aggiepilot87]

crash -

very neat avitar, but the props turning backwards!!

 

[crash-proof]

it's a version made for europe!

thanks for the note, i never would have noticed

 

[CAK@4000]

CASA 212 is the ugliest for sure. Actually had a controller tell traffic that was looking for us "just look out there for a RV looking thing with wings".

 

[Guam360]

Dornier-228...

 

[justApilot]

How 'bout the Hansa jet (sp?)...It may not be the ugliest, but it sure is strange!

The Metroliner looks a bit like a lawn dart....?

 

[ILLINI]

Just saw a turbine C206 in DBQ. Don't know if I would call it the ugliest, but it sure was an ugly looking bird! Exhaust stack running just about the entire length of the fuselage, and two odd looking air intake scoops protruding from the top of the extra long cowl. Yuk!