[csmkersh]

British Sea Vixen jet-fighter soaring above the Devon coastline caught in stunning photos | Daily Mail Online

 

[CaptainGyro]

With the exception of the Spit I've never thought the Brits built very pretty airplanes (at least not without French collaboration).

That having been said, the Sea Vixen looks quite fetching. Late at night, if the bar was closing...

 

[GunGeek]

With the exception of the Spit I've never thought the Brits built very pretty airplanes (at least not without French collaboration).

That having been said, the Sea Vixen looks quite fetching. Late at night, if the bar was closing...

I always thought the Vulcan was a good looking bomber.

 

[stand watie]

CaptainGyro,

You don't like the Hawker Hurricane??

yours, sw

 

[SpecialEd]

With the exception of the Spit I've never thought the Brits built very pretty airplanes (at least not without French collaboration).

That having been said, the Sea Vixen looks quite fetching. Late at night, if the bar was closing...

Agreed. Not impressed with the Vixen, especially when you consider all of its teething problems.

 

[SpecialEd]

CaptainGyro,

You don't like the Hawker Hurricane??

yours, sw

If you meet two girls at a bar, there's usually one really hot one and her OKish looking friend "with a great personality." That is how I see the Spitfire and the Hurricane.

 

[TommyGunn]

I always thought the Vulcan was a good looking bomber.

Mr.Spock would agree.:roll:

That Sea Vixen is pretty cool as well. Too bad they apparently had some problems like unreliable engines and tender canopies.

I too liked the Vulcan Bomber, Kevin. I became a fan when I first saw the James Bond movie, "Thunderball," back in the 60s on the big screen.

 

[SpecialEd]

The Wooden Wonder

The only other British plane I liked besides the Spitfire was the Mosquito, though it did have a kind of "Junkers" look to it.

 

[GunGeek]

I always liked the Westland Lysander...Britain's workhorse spy plane.

Homely, but lovable.

And of course you gotta give it up for the Sopwith Camel

 

[SpecialEd]

I always liked the Westland Lysander...Britain's workhorse spy plane.

Homely, but lovable.

The workhorse of the S.O.E.

 

[GunGeek]

The workhorse of the S.O.E.

That's what I meant by spy plane. It was just a spy plane of a different sort. Rather than directly doing the spying, it delivered the spies...and pizza when there were no spies to deliver.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Kevin: I gotta give you the Vulcan.

Stand: I like the Hurricane, but not for it's beauty. She's kinda like that average looking gal that shows up at the range and turns out to be a kickass shooter, and kind of a tomboy.

 

[SpecialEd]

That's what I meant by spy plane. It was just a spy plane of a different sort. Rather than directly doing the spying, it delivered the spies...and pizza when there were no spies to deliver.

Pizza? That must have been MI6.

 

[Javlin]

The only other British plane I liked besides the Spitfire was the Mosquito, though it did have a kind of "Junkers" look to it.

Now I am glad somebody considered the Mosquito because that was a bad ass crate that could move.

 

[csmkersh]

Me? I love the Super Cup and it's ability for short landings and takeoff. Great for Alaskan back country.

 

[Skeptic49]

The best looking of the V bombers was the Handley Page Victor.
Later the RAF ruined its looks by turning it into a tanker.
The Vulcan was more adaptable to low altitude penetration.
Geoff
Who decided to go to the Cleveland Air Show back when, because he saw a Victor in flight.

 

[Skeptic49]

If we are comparing aviation beauty to female beauty:
The Spitfire is Shirley and the Hurricane is Laverne.
Geoff
Who has confused the youthful and enthusiastic members with an obscure reference to popular media.

 

[stand watie]

Skeptic49.

You've just sent our younger members running to google.com to discover who Laverne & Shirley were.

I'd bet that many of our younger folk don't know what a jukebox is, nor ever put a nickel in one.

yours, satx

 

[stand watie]

SpecialEd; Captain Gyro,

It was my experience (when I was young, single & "chasing girls") that you were often "better off" catching the "OK looking" girl than her "hot" friend.

I brought up the Hurricane because I knew an American, who joined the RCAF & flew one against the Nazi horde. = Tom quite liked that bird.

yours, sw

 

[csmkersh]

When it comes to American birds, I'm partial to the P38 mainly because Mom worked on that line a Lockheed. Not so found of its ugly cousin, the Black Widow night bomber.