On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:52:17 +0000, LRod
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 09:19:37 -0500, Robatoy
wrote:


Rob---who once was removed from under his hat by firing a 'light' load
from a 460 WeatherbyMk5, another one of those devices that just felt and
looked right.
I'm sure many of you here have similar things that would fit that
elusive category.

There's an old saying in aviation, if it looks good, it'll fly good.
Two of the best looking airplanes ever, in my opinion, were the P-51
Mustang, and the Lockheed Constellation. By all accounts they were
delights to fly.

What brings that to mind is watching the TV program that documented
the X-plane competition to determine which aircraft will be developed
to replace the F-22 just coming on line. Both of the X-planes were the
butt ugliest planes I've ever seen (even more so than the F-117) and
amazingly, the DoD selected the uglier of the two.


If you are referring to the JSF competition (it doesn't replace the F-22,
merely complements it -- like the F15/F16 combination), the DoD picked the
better looking of the two when choosing the Lockheed F-35. The Boeing
entry was bad-ugly (IMO), it looked like a sleek fighter was trying to get
out, but was trapped by this ugly bulge on the fuselage underside. Kind of
like the sleek fighter had landed on top of an A-6.


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