most beautiful plane ever...

Sooth, I think you mean the Valkarie.

*off to find a picture*
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[Edited on 22-10-2003 by AZLS1]

That's the one... it may not be beautiful... but the wing design/ concept is very interesting!

the boeing bird of prey and the starship are bloody gorgeous
but the sr-71 still wins =p

This is my favourite plane:
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followed by:

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if they hadn't gone bankrupt, might have been a new wave in designs....



[Edited on 23-10-2003 by dexxy]

The most beautiful plane in the history of flight is:







followed by

ok... ok... roll out the heavy stuff!!!! take this....

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as long as were busting out the big guns

theres this guy



and then theres his big brother




[Edited on 11-1-2003 by KrazyIvan]

F-15 is amazing. sleek lines, powerful.....

How about this:

Avro Arrow from the 50's

www.turbosquid.com...

With the cancellation of the Arrow thousands of the highly skilled engineers, designers and aerospace workers, some gathered with great difficulty from all over the world, who for ten years had refused repeated offers from U.S. firms to leave Canada, were thrown out of work and now had little choice. Twenty­six of Avro's top engineers, including Jim Chamberlin from British Columbia, Avro's chief of design, were sent by the Canadian government to NASA, where their skills played a crucial role in landing an American on the moon. Chamberlin was later described by NASA management as "probably one of the most brilliant men ever to work with NASA."21 Highly skilled Avro engineers made their contributions in almost all fields of aviation and technology throughout the Western world, not only with NASA but also with Boeing of Seattle, RCA in Massachussetts, Hawker­Siddeley of England, Fokker of Holland, and the European Space Agency.

~I like the b-1 lancer,tornadoes,f-15e strike eagle,f-16d variants,f-18 hornets to name a few.

this Hornet is the most beautiful plane ever


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Pearly,
Great pic!

My favorite airplanes from a purely aesthical viewpoint:

F-104
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YF-23 (ATF design that lost out to the F-22)
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X-29
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intelgurl

F-16 and the current Sukhoi's.


regards
seekerof

Break out Star wars??
Elipitical Class star destroyer is much better

I have three picks, because I feel that each of them is just so unieque that they are hard to compare:

B-2 Spirit:
www.boeing.com...
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A-12/SR-71 Blackbird:

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YF-23 Blackwidow:

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Hope everyone enjoys the photos!

Tim


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yeah, I must say, the sr-71 is really good looking esp when u have it over the sunset

my choice would be...


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too many to pick from: my top ten (in no particular order)
Fokker Dr1
Sopwith Camel
Nieuport 28
Voight F4u Corsair
ME 109
The Zero
P51 Mustang
Mig 15/17
F15 Eagle
F22 Raptor

If I had to spend the rest of my life with just one of them. it would have to be the Dr1.

hrxll

Because its more about the paint/camo and about how the individual pic was taken..

To my eyes..

Most if not all planes are beautiful..

Concorde. Without a doubt.