Screw Your Traditional Beauty Standards

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76) 08/11/2016 at 22:31 • Filed to: None

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As Macklemore said “She a big girl but it ain’t a big deal. I like a big girl, I like ‘em sassy”. The Saab 29 Tunnan and many others below are beautiful in my book.

Saab 29 Tunnan

Bell X-5

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9

Yakovlev Yak-15

Yakovlev Yak-17

Yakovlev Yak-19

God I love this song:

Moped awesomeness all over the place.

Jayvincent > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:35

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OK, those Yaks make me want to yak right back. Can’t say i have many ugly planes in my files... lets see

Jayvincent > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:36

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oooh, the Grumman E-1C

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:39

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Dat Bell doe

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65 08/11/2016 at 22:40

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It’s so pretty, and it has variable geometry wings!

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:42

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The Bell X-5 was the first variable geometry aircraft that could change its wingsweep in flight. It only had three settings, but still.

ttyymmnn > Jayvincent 08/11/2016 at 22:44

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Hey, I like the Tracker/Tracer. Saw a few of them in the AZ boneyard a few years ago. How about a turbo Tracker?

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > ttyymmnn 08/11/2016 at 22:44

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And those three settings were:

1. Awesome

2. Slightly faster awesome

3. Fastest awesome

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:48

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Ok I guess we’re doing ugly planes now.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:49

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Bell Airacomet

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/11/2016 at 22:52

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Very pretty.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/11/2016 at 22:55

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How dare you call any of the V-bombers ugly. I love wing integrated engines.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 22:56

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Hey guys

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 08/11/2016 at 22:59

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Yeah... no.

Chasaboo > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 23:09

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Lockheed Vega, which set so many records.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Chasaboo 08/11/2016 at 23:12

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Winnie Mae! A very cool plane.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 23:13

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The Valiant and Vulcan look nice. The Victor looks like some sort of deep sea fish.

Palate cleanser:

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/11/2016 at 23:23

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I love how sci fi the Vulcan looks

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/11/2016 at 23:25

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Hey that ain’t a big girl http://www.airliners.net/photo/Coulson-…

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 08/11/2016 at 23:32

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Nice, but have you seen a B-36 in real life. It’s unreal.

I still need to see a C-5 or An-225 in person.

Monkey B > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 08/11/2016 at 23:53

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a star for the audible chuckle...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/12/2016 at 00:00

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C5 s are huuuuuge. Yet to see a b36

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 08/12/2016 at 00:28

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Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB has one, and almost every other cool plane you can imagine.

Amoore100 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/12/2016 at 00:49

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For some reason I rather enjoy listening to Macklemore’s ‘Downtown’. It’s the only thing even remotely resembling rap that I’ll listen to. Anyways, if you want big girls, there’s none bigger than the former USSR’s KM-class Ekranoplan.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Amoore100 08/12/2016 at 00:56

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I watched a documentary about the Ekranoplan project,they would’ve been terrifying weapons if they’d of had proper funding.

Technically they are considered ships though, if we’re being pedantic.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/12/2016 at 01:12

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I like the Yak-15, it’s almost a fantasy jet the way it’s designed.

Amoore100 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/12/2016 at 01:13

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But, but, jet-powered flying ships! It seems to me more like it was an awful idea with more backing than it was worth. I mean I love them as much as the next guy, but with only ten feet of clearance the thing was just waiting for a wave to come along and take it out of the air, after which the mighty Kuznetsovs would undoubtedly suck water and stall, leaving the giant beast a sitting duck in a rough ocean.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Amoore100 08/12/2016 at 01:22

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Yeah but as an anti-ship missile delivery system they’re pretty alarming. Hard to spot and travelling at 270 mph, it would’ve been quite a threat to carrier groups.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 08/12/2016 at 01:24

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It’s kinda Star Wars pod racer-esque.

Amoore100 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 08/12/2016 at 01:26

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That’s for sure! Especially in the West where we had no clue what these monsters were it would have been frickin terrifying. I guess if you’re careful and check the weather religiously then they’re great, even as just an element of fear although they are a technical powerhouse in the weapons department as well.

Jayvincent > ttyymmnn 08/12/2016 at 06:53

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E-2's are terrific, it’s just the asymmetric shape of the E-1 dome that disturbs me. The latest configuration is the 8-bladed prop which looks amazing just standing still.

Bluecold > Amoore100 08/13/2016 at 10:38

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With the KM, the front engines were just to get it airborne. The back engines could do the job at cruise speed. I doubt water ingress would’ve been a big deal regardless as jet engines can deal with water quite well.

Structural loads from hitting a wave at ~400kph would be slightly more difficult to deal with.

Amoore100 > Bluecold 08/13/2016 at 11:17

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True, point well taken. The fact still stands though that it’s way too vulnerable to waves to actually be taken seriously as a practical means of transportation.