re: Is the P-51 Mustang the best looking aircraft of all time?

I'll ask him about that tomorrow.

At first they were...their nick name hose nose came from difficulties seeing the deck and the landing signals officer. They had a large % of landing accidents so they were relegated to land based squadrons. They came up with a different landing approach for the corsair which was more of a curved turning approach rather than the more traditional straight in approach.

It is awesome.

I hold the P40 in high regard and bad arse due to the local connection and the nose art. It didn't fly as well as the others but was a tough aircraft.

Since I like my girls a little thicker I submit the B17







She’s the kind that will drink you under the table, ride the pony then cook biscuits

I’d say the SR-71 but the P-71 was one bad arse plane with the English Merlin engine. I’ve witnessed a couple of fly overs of a restored P-51 in Pomona CA for the stage races. Sounds like a bad arse. Screams by you while diving.

Good ones!

I always thought the T-38 Talon was a looker

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P-38 lighting was one of most feared airplane of WW2

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It was at first.

The X-32, the greatest that never was...