What is the Ugliest Aircraft of All Time?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter

Handley Page Heyford

this is what happens when the production people have the design drawing upside down

Good Lord! The guys on the production line shold have refused to build it, or at least stopped after the first one.

[oi_you_nutter]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter

Handley Page Heyford

this is what happens when the production people have the design drawing upside down

Good Lord! The guys on the production line shold have refused to build it, or at least stopped after the first one.

funnily enough not many were made, it was a plane that was obsolete as soon as it flew. the biplane design does make me wonder where the bomb bay is located and did the lower wing ever get in the way of the bomb load when it was being droppped


the 1930's was a period of transition for aircraft designers, look at the brilliance of designs such as the Spitfire, Bf109, B17 etc and compare it to the Heyford... luckily Handley Page do redeem themselves with the Halifax bomber during WW2

[Puukkoo]

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter

Handley Page Heyford

this is what happens when the production people have the design drawing upside down

Good Lord! The guys on the production line shold have refused to build it, or at least stopped after the first one.

funnily enough not many were made, it was a plane that was obsolete as soon as it flew. the biplane design does make me wonder where the bomb bay is located and did the lower wing ever get in the way of the bomb load when it was being droppped


the 1930's was a period of transition for aircraft designers, look at the brilliance of designs such as the Spitfire, Bf109, B17 etc and compare it to the Heyford... luckily Handley Page do redeem themselves with the Halifax bomber during WW2

Lol. It was so ugly that it had to be build upside-down.

[soldier]

My eyes My eyes [8D]

[MadScot]

Almost anything from Blackburn and General Aircraft, or their predecessors, stands a decent shot at the title.

The Skua/Roc is actually pretty good by Blackburn standards; some of the inter-war stuff was diabolical. They must have shot the entire design office after the war, because there's no way anyone with a hand in that lot was in the same room as a Buccaneer blueprint.....

If I can sort out how to upload, I'll post an example of their 'art'.....

this is a Blackburn 'B20'. It's a Seaplane thingie .....

[MadScot]

The Blackburn Beverley is pretty ugly too.... the undercarraige is fixed, by the way. Just, well, because.

[DuckofTindalos]

Here's a double whammy: the Sikorski S-51 and Piasecki PV-17 (in the foreground).

[Cap Mandrake]

Teriminus;

Sure it looks funny when in the employ of the USCG, but you need to appreciate the industrial design and marketing benefits too.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: MadScot

Almost anything from Blackburn and General Aircraft, or their predecessors, stands a decent shot at the title.

The Skua/Roc is actually pretty good by Blackburn standards; some of the inter-war stuff was diabolical. They must have shot the entire design office after the war, because there's no way anyone with a hand in that lot was in the same room as a Buccaneer blueprint.....

If I can sort out how to upload, I'll post an example of their 'art'.....

this is a Blackburn 'B20'. It's a Seaplane thingie .....

WOW. That is a cut and paste thing right? You having us on?

[DuckofTindalos]

If only...

[Martti]

The cockpit in Siebel Si 201 is... well...

[oi_you_nutter]

ORIGINAL: Martti

The cockpit in Siebel Si 201 is... well...

thats a pretty airplane but why bother with an aerodynamic engine nacelle, when the cockpit had the aerodynamic qualities of a brick !

[mbatch729]

What about the A-10 Warthog???

[DuckofTindalos]

Compared to some of the abominations we've seen so far, the Warthog is a regular Spitfire![;)]

[Martti]

Airspeed AS.39

[Cap Mandrake]

That oughta be illegal [:-]

[watchtower]

Not only ugly but looks dangerous to me - not one, but three tails to shoot off!!

[watchtower]

The wheel under the midsection looks a bit Heath- Robinson!!

[rtrapasso]

Just saw "Richard III" movie (MGM 1995 with Ian McKellan). This was done using the original dialogue, but with costumes, props pretty much from the interwar (mid -late 30's) period (of course with lots of anachronisms).

In the latter part of the movie, the Queen-Mother gets on the most spectacularly ugly airplane i've seen in motion - some sort of hideous biplane transport that the Handley Page Handford brought to mind. Unfortunately, AFAIK, they did not give a credit to the airplane (but i'd sure like to know what it was!) Anyone else see this or know what it was? (The movie is playing on Starz or Showtime this month).

[DuckofTindalos]

That was a most peculiar movie! Unfortunately, I don't remember the airplane, but that might be findable...