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Re: sexiest airplane ever built?

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catan man wrote:Aircraft or not sexy, they are machines. They certainly may catch ones eye, but they are not sexy.
Main Entry: sexy
Pronunciation: \ˈsek-sē\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): sex·i·er; sex·i·est
Date: 1925
1 : sexually suggestive or stimulating : erotic
2 : generally attractive or interesting : appealing <a sexy stock>
— sex·i·ly \-sə-lē\ adverb
— sex·i·ness \-sē-nəs\ noun

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Has to be the planes below as well as the KA200....
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I didn't have the patience to read everyones choice. There were many good suggestions for maybe your "favourite plane"... but the question was sexiest. Here is my choice:

North American XB-70 Valkyrie

http://fineartamerica.com/watermark.html?id=141559

Besides looking nice it cruises at Mach 3.0; top speed is higher.
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sexiest airplane ever built?

For me it's that one that has Catherine Zeta-Jones on top of the wing.

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Here's about as close to a fighter as we non military types can get.
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mathias_now wrote:Has to be the planes below as well as the KA200....

LOL, you put the 1900D in the wrong thread...although the twin Beech types from the 18 all the way up are pretty sexy, this is the ugly fat sister of the fleet. I mean, geez, the thing's got a frikin forehead for pete's sake! :lol:
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linecrew wrote:
mathias_now wrote:Has to be the planes below as well as the KA200....

LOL, you put the 1900D in the wrong thread...although the twin Beech types from the 18 all the way up are pretty sexy, this is the ugly fat sister of the fleet. I mean, geez, the thing's got a frikin forehead for pete's sake! :lol:
Ya, it looks like a flying beluga whale.

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Conquest Driver wrote:Here's about as close to a fighter as we non military types can get.
I love watching FPUB take off! :smt040

The replacement they had for awhile in 2006 was better though, good lord that thing was loud.
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They built one example, an 8W I think they called it, with a 1340 up front. That thing must have been some machine.
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I love watching FPUB take off! :smt040

The replacement they had for awhile in 2006 was better though, good lord that thing was loud.
Our motto "you may not see us, but you'll sure as hell hear us". :-)

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Took this in Orlando. Walked into a hangar and found this one and 5 others and a Spitfire.
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Ditto on the Spartan Executive my all time favorite The Buggati of personal airplanes
they made 36 of them, in the last few years 3 have been offered for sale for around 400 thousand US

A few other beauties

DH 88 Air racer
DH comet Airliner
DH Tiger Moth
DH Gypsy Moth
DH Dragon Rapide
DH Vampire (nothin like the sound of the RR Goblin engine)
Avro Jetliner
Lockheed Super Connie
(I rode In one Paris to Montreal 1957)
Vickers Viscount
Caproni Whisper Jet a dead sexy 3000lb personal hack
The Lear Fan
Grumman Duck
Saunders Roe Princess (saw one fly when i was a kid)
New Waco
Samson
Gee Bee
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That is sweet! Very pretty. ...not sexy though. That Mustang... That's sexy! :mrgreen:
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O.K....I'm the FNG...I was told of this website but never paid attention.....So, my vote is with BrokenWing. The Grumman Tigercat is SO COOL. If you would like to see one for real up close and personal you must attend the Reno Air Races. Last Sept. I attended the races for the first time and there were two of them there. One was parked in the display area but one WAS RACING. These are extremely rare aircraft and for an owner to actually put the time, effort, and money into entering such a machine into the fray of unlimited air racing is nothing short of amazing. The Tigercat did not win or place in the top 5 in the unlimiteds but he may have well done so intentionally. He was always back 5 or 6 places but when he came by the stands the sound of those two radials was wonderful. If a competitor was flying a P51, a Sea Fury, Bearcat, Hellcat, etc. and was trying to pass the Tigercat his wake turbulence may well send them into the dirt max. nix. I'm just guessing but I would bet that situation would have been a big point of discussion at the pilot race meeting before the race. I have no idea of what kind of arrangements would have had to be made as wake turbulence is quite a big issue at those low alitudes and high speeds on a closed course. Anyway, BIG, BLACK,FAST, and NOISY. Just SEXY...
P.S. #2 is the P-38 Glacier Girl was also at Reno. The flypast featured....get this for SEXY....F22 Raptor, P51D, P-38 Lightning.... in formation flight....For Reno 2009 Section 3 Hi to the Air Canada goofs and Calgary ATC We had a great time.
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learjets...sexy and quick!!!
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Hoe about this?

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If it has not been posted yet I would have to go with the Citation X
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