Handley Page Victor
Sturgeon SB.3
Breguet Deux-Ponts
PZL M-15 Belphegor
ATL-98 Carvair
Bristol Freighter
Britten-Norman Trislander
Fairey Gannet
Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142
PL-11 AirTruck
Short SC.1
Short SC.7 Skyvan
Handley Page Victor
Sturgeon SB.3
Breguet Deux-Ponts
PZL M-15 Belphegor
ATL-98 Carvair
Bristol Freighter
Britten-Norman Trislander
Fairey Gannet
Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142
PL-11 AirTruck
Short SC.1
Short SC.7 Skyvan
I always thought that the HP Victor was a stunning aircraft. It did have an ugly job to do, though.
HP Victor could do mach 1 in a dive!
The fairey gannet, a beautifully ugly aircraft, But my father was the test pilot.
Mid 1960s, RAF Wyton, ATC camp. Our very own P.R Victor sat on a hard standing outside our billet. One midnight she came to life. God awful noise,pure music to 30 + cadets. Off she went to Egypt to photo the Aswan Dam. We all saw the results in the tour of the photo lab later that day.
UGLY ?No Way. An aircraft of great beauty.
I thought the trislander was great I’m sorry I never got to one in person
Albeit ugly each one I recognised was designed and performed well for a specific job The Victor was always a favourite absolutely classic lines.
So much easier to criticise than to innovate
About the PZL M-15 Belphegor: the picture here is the sad past, the plane is now in Mielec again, where she was born, beautifully restored as a museum exhibit.
(I was part of the team which de-mounted her from that stand at Szolnok, Hungary.)
I always thought that the HP Victor was beautiful.
One of the launch customers for the Shorts 330, a longer version of the Skyvan, was Time Air of Lethbridge Alberta Canada. When the plane first flew into Calgary(YYC) the air traffic controller remarked ” that plane might fly better if you took it out of the box”
I reckon the A380 can be added to this list. Mind you, it does look graceful once airborne
Victor is one of the most beautiful aircraft. And so sexy ;-P
No Blackburn Blackburn?
The Victor looks like a bag lady with jowls drooping, a bad wig, and horrid glasses. And a cylindrical butt. Only the British could think that sexy.