john redman Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Looking at Ratch's Walrus build, I'm reminded that there are some aircraft that are plug-ugly but somehow likeable because of it. The aforesaid Walrus Grumman Duck Brewster Buffalo: known as the Flying Beer Bottle RE8. Looks hopelessly rickety...because it was Bv 141. What were they thinking?? What are yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Got to be the Fairey Gannet in No. 1 spot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat_Ern Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Sorry, the Pug Ugly award has to go to either the PZL 106AR Kruk or PZL M-15 Belphagor in my opinion. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD45elect2000 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Any of the French interwar bombers. Randall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 2 hours ago, john redman said: there are some aircraft that are plug-ugly but somehow likeable because of it. RE8. Looks hopelessly rickety...because it was What are yours? Surely rickety, dangerous & ugly award goes to F.E.2b/c/d? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James -1313861 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 What about the poplakov 1-16 Ishak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Thomas Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 In the days of aircraft evolution, surely a cul-de-sac was the Avro Bison photo avroheritagemuseum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 My vote goes to the Cunliffe Owen flying wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig-666936 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 The Bristol 170 Freighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSR_NSE Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) If Helicopters are allowed then: • Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane • Boeing AH-64 Apache • Boeing CH-47 Chinook • Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (VTOL rather than helicopter) Edited May 3 by LTSR_NSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john redman Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 (edited) Some of those are truly hideous. I'd add the Handley Page Heyford. I built biplanes like that when I was a kid, but by mistake. Then there's the Blackburn Blackburn, which looks like the Elephant Man. Edited May 3 by john redman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Thomas Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Amazing similarity between the Avro Bison and the Blackburn Blackburn. Just as well the industry progressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James -1313861 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 The apache and the chinook don't look ugly they just look purposeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-1296662 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 03/05/2024 at 15:05, john redman said: Some of those are truly hideous. I'd add the Handley Page Heyford. I built biplanes like that when I was a kid, but by mistake. Then there's the Blackburn Blackburn, which looks like the Elephant Man. Don’t you think that it’s amazing, that the Handley Page Heyford is so pug ugly, when the world’s first ever plane to cross the Atlantic (just 16 years after the Wright Brothers were wrongfully given the prize, for the first powered flight, even though they only bunny hopped a few hundred feet in a straight line, when the yanky newspaper had said, that the plane which would claim the prize money, had to make a figure of eight circuit, without touching the ground between the start and the finish) nonstop, which I believe was a lovely looking plane (it was one of my first big(for my age at the time) builds), which is obviously the Vickers Vimy, and its main difference from the Hayford, is that the fuselage is sitting on the bottom wing, whereas the Heyford has the fuselage hanging from the top wing, which doesn’t just look pug ugly, it also looks like it would make it harder to get aboard the Heyford, than it needs to be…. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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