OK, then what's the PRETTIEST military aircraft (non-Viper)

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 06 Sep 2016, 18:47

durahawk wrote:For bombers, I'm hard pressed to find an airplane more elegant than the B-47:

You're not looking very hard

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I've always liked the lines of the T-38:

Still king though IMO:

charlielima223 · by **charlielima223** » 19 Sep 2016, 04:52

There was always something appealing to me about the F-104. Stealth is the future, the F-104 to me always looked like it came from the future.

edpop · by **edpop** » 19 Sep 2016, 07:59

Special paint schemes for the Italian F-104S Starfighters. These are pretty aircraft.

tincansailor · by **tincansailor** » 19 Sep 2016, 09:29

All beautiful birds, but my vote is for the Avro Vulcan. I've been in love with her since I first saw the movie "Thunderball", when I was 6 years old. Like the flying wing an accidental stealth bomber years ahead of it's time.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... 133331.jpg

edpop · by **edpop** » 21 Sep 2016, 06:44

I love the paint schemes from the 1950's and 1960's.

mixelflick · by **mixelflick** » 21 Mar 2017, 14:56

uclass wrote:I know it's a prop, but MiG-31 Firefox.

I always thought Firefox was an ugly bird. Mean looking yes, pretty no. But to each his own..

F-16ADF · by **F-16ADF** » 21 Mar 2017, 17:45

This guy-

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or ... 9b64be.jpg

pmi · by **pmi** » 20 Apr 2017, 16:50

mixelflick wrote:
uclass wrote:I know it's a prop, but MiG-31 Firefox.

I always thought Firefox was an ugly bird. Mean looking yes, pretty no. But to each his own..

I preferred the F-19.

F-16ADF · by **F-16ADF** » 22 Apr 2017, 15:41

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or ... ae5bae.jpg

May not be the prettiest, but probably the baddest.

sprstdlyscottsmn · by **sprstdlyscottsmn** » 23 Apr 2017, 04:19

f-16adf wrote:https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/31/74/c7/3174c76b1613d2cdcd9f95ffe3ae5bae.jpg

May not be the prettiest, but probably the baddest.

That was a friggin warplane. It looked like it would beat you down, kick sand in your eye, take your lunch money, then take your girl. Just a big honkin brute.

count_to_10 · by **count_to_10** » 23 Apr 2017, 13:31

sprstdlyscottsmn wrote:
f-16adf wrote:https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/31/74/c7/3174c76b1613d2cdcd9f95ffe3ae5bae.jpg

May not be the prettiest, but probably the baddest.

That was a friggin warplane. It looked like it would beat you down, kick sand in your eye, take your lunch money, then take your girl. Just a big honkin brute.

It's the intakes and dorsal fuel tanks. It makes it look like a body builder with massive shoulders and a bull neck.

mixelflick · by **mixelflick** » 01 Jun 2017, 16:31

The "F-19" pictured here was hardly the only one! Testor's had a model in the late 80's of the "F-19" Stealth Fighter. Was pretty bad a$$ too. Can someone post a picture?

I bought/made one...

SpudmanWP · by **SpudmanWP** » 01 Jun 2017, 17:36

mixelflick wrote:The "F-19" pictured here was hardly the only one! Testor's had a model in the late 80's of the "F-19" Stealth Fighter. Was pretty bad a$$ too. Can someone post a picture?

I bought/made one...

Testor

linkomart · by **linkomart** » 02 Jun 2017, 07:13

The F-35 (no not that one, this one)

The looks of it has a special place in my heart. Chatted with the chief designer a few times before he passed away, he made quite a few good stories about the development and design.

mixelflick · by **mixelflick** » 29 Jun 2017, 19:28

SpudmanWP wrote:
mixelflick wrote:The "F-19" pictured here was hardly the only one! Testor's had a model in the late 80's of the "F-19" Stealth Fighter. Was pretty bad a$$ too. Can someone post a picture?

I bought/made one...

Testor

That's it! I was hot on that when I heard there was a model, saved all my paper route money and built it. Jet black finish, believe it came with your choice of 2 LGB's or Maverick missiles. I opted for the Maverick's