Beautiful and Ugly Airplanes

NO OCR TEXT wondered article first proposed us would just too hot handle decided take chance may agree authors con clusions because after matter highly sub jective Ive already installed shatter-proof win dows office author says EDon Berliner beautiful ugliest single-engined fabric-covered 1920s biplanes stance pretty pretty ugly ugly should matter wings built course things like agricultural planes ultralights al always ugly perhaps should nt forced compete categories having much wider range visual qualities So total impracticality formal efforts choose pleasing revolting airplanes time unilateral decision has made let solitary individual chore author modestly presents him self few true authorities area humbly offers following choices prepared defend unto death selections. unless someone comes along something better someone bigger beautiful Well pick grand champion bunch runnersup listed no particular order Remember purely visual thing No points will given taken away because airplanes flying qualities its contributions aviation history authors personal association its suitability modeling idea look airplane way would look painting piece sculpture grade accordingly basis grand champion has Spitfire wins ignores Supermarine Spitfire Take emotional impact watching pick marks superb looking swoop low over green English coun Maybe early ones small tails tryside recalling memories 1940 turtledeck-style canopies get slight bringing lump throat anyone edge ultimate Seafang Hitlers grandchildren long nose Spiteful versions display magnificent elliptical wings graceful tail add up proportions visual perfection all-time uglies Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Awkward Nth degree could have assembled parts cut cereal box Photos author except credited Ugly nose too short wing tips bent isthe engines stuck backthere seem mistakerobbing Fairchild A-i 0s chance Plc Lew Taylor Avigraphics Left also ugly French Nord Griffon might have decent-looking airplane builders stopped before adding awful thing bottom couldnt have left well enough alone Right ugliest McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom ii distorted nose its drooping tall isa cacaphony Ill-fitting parts Better invisible asthe first Stealth Left typically ugly helicopter Kamov Ka-26 built USSR seen over Eastern Europe Soviet law against tucking parts inside wont insult eyes Right Now beautiful helicopter little Enstrom Shark may airplane poor thing least shaped like meant fly through airquite opposite Kamovs impression want ugly Trya Handley Page Heyford Despite two fine Rolls Royce V-i 2s Itcould cruise nofasterthan 120mph Nowonder wed say Amazingly 40 still assigned RAF units WW II began Right Whycant French airplanes lovelyas French womenThls Dyle & Bacalan some name airplane has no known designation designer ashamed Both pica Smithsonian institution 84 Model Aviation ADOVC An american ugly Jonna Multiplane TflO5e wflo dig wings should thrilled biplane/triplane/biplane Woods once covered airfIeld before thousand trees felled building struts Right Another French ugly Bieriot 115 airliner offers splendid lines ofa trolley carand clever means ofdis posing surplus engines Both pica Smithsonian institution Left One ugly Ag planes Grumman Ag-Cat looks meant fly through barns rather around over Some thrashing machines look just aerodynamic Right Ugly angle Shorts Skyvan seemingly proof thataimostanything will fly Shortly after drawing nose designer lost French curve finish rest job straightedge Left This beauty No less two Caudron racers place foreground lathe Type 71 4R never got shot World Speed Record because WW ii behind either real mock-up Type 366 racer Right Ah Ryan beautiful little STA sport-trainer late Thirties epitomizes fun flying trim well balanced cleaner military planes its time period Left Ugh ugly Royal Navys Fairy Gannett anti-submarine patrol plane obviously meant frighten its enemies sur rendering Must airplane look unhappy Credit MP Marsh Right Beautiful Italian airplane can two-seat Faico just created artist/designer Steillo Frati man knows airpiane should indeed beautiful ugliest grand champion has McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom II Its nose bulges its wings crooked its tail droops No two parts look like belong same airplane Dont waste time insisting its beautiful airplane because greatest fighter plane 1960s. doesnt count its wheels flaps retracted has far too funnyshaped pieces sticking out its awful ly noisy Moreover Phantom II violates aviations hallowed precepts airplane looks right will fly right What business does misshapen collection crudities have flying well airplane sense its own position life would fly badly looks Since doesnt have no choice penalize would have won easily penalty points other beauties following runners-up survived brutal weeding-out process left authors office piled high slides prints rejected airplanesand circle friends seri ously depleted Ryan STA late-1930s sporttrainer may cute pretty beautiful its unquestionably some thing quite special upon gaze brief glance its shapely nose wheel pants harmony fuselage its neat tail communicates fun freedom flying bygone days pilots members elite group could fly March 1985 85 Left Whoops Wacos supposed great-looking biplanes did thing slip through supposed inspectors keep such mistakes happening Right Long Midget Mustangsspiendid contours enhanced byearly mornings light dew Left proper Waco type EOC-8 Better known simply Cabin E combines classic shapelIness bipiane stream lined beauty modern airplane its parts well faired Right Cessna looks like airplane should 195 wellsuited parting aires piane should thatali laterCessnas look likethelrancestor Lessonsonce learned should neverbe forgotten pleased Caudron C460 great French racer mid-l930s may have sleekest prop-driven airplane ever flown says speed effectively anything could long slim nose wonderfully tapered wings minimum tail put same class greyhound dolphin Falco F8L Designed bril liant Italian engineer Stefflo Frati all-wood two-seater factory-built Ferrari Air Now its available American home-built shape still gloriously Italian Long Midget Mustang inspi ration Piper engineer Dave Long upset bigwigs North American Aviation insisted called name beloved P-S 1 Thus ads Long Midget example built Lloyd Butler complete retractable landing gear folding wings has purity line few airplanes can boast wings tail nose can opy fit theme efficiency grace Cessna 195 postwar version classic Airmaster last product prolific firm look like real airplane rather some salesmans fly ing sample case powerfully-rounded nose blends perfectly low-drag windshield spindly Wittman spring-leaf landing gear com 86 Model Aviation promises beauty craft Waco EQC-6 claim Wacos beautiful theres something said cant succumb such emotional out bursts must choose emblem atic special classiness cabin biplanes something wonderful about biplane rounded wing tips fuily-faired landing gear open cockpits may seem go biplanes much same way open wheel wells go racing cars prefer closed cabins best appearance good case could made dozen other models Waco E waste time trying select perfect petal orchid Continued Page 157 beautiful deHaviliand Comet jetllnerothe 1 Whet has appeared ensuing 30yarstha through new project daily single complaint Truly owe above others too numerous mention acknowledge friendship support help encouragement encounter Mystique Flying Wing Bibliography SaracenRCM April 1976 72-in glider SimitarRCM December 1976 48-in AA Simitar XVMA December 1976 54-in 15 Simitar 540RCM October 1978 50-in 40 Simitar Twin XIVMA April 1980 60-in Twin 19 AstronMA April 1979 32-in X-Wing 15 -19 CentronRCS June 1979 60-in Glider Astron 40RCM November 1979 40-in X-Wing 40 Simitar 61-PMA October 1982 60-in Pattern retracts 60 Simitar DeuceMAN August 1981 54-in 21 Bugs EarMAN March 1982 24-in 020 Simitar 2100MANGiant Steps 1982 100-in 22 lb 90/Quadra Silent SquireRCM February 1975 60-in Slope Thermal Slope SquireRCS January 1977 60-in Slope Low Wing Hot RockMA November 1977 50-in 40 Sport Low Wing Hole CardRCS September 1976 48-in 09 Sport High Wing WinterhawkMA May 1978 100-in Thermal Glider DasherMA October 1978 40-in 25 -35 Sport Low Wing SevilleMA May 1977 80-in Thermal Low Wing Dirt StripperMA November 1980 48-in 19 -40 Sport High Wing CrosswindMA August 1981 72-in 15 Sport Low Wing MaximumRCM September 1982 72-in Thermal Low Wing Practical Slope Flying RCM August 1976 Easy PackerRCM April 1979 Flight Assurance TechniquesRCM August 1978 Properties Foam . anuary February March 1978 Foam CutterMA January 1979 Firewall FinesseMA June 1981 Lightweight FoamMA December 1984 Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 86 insist jets really airplanes rather prod ucts impersonal computers True enough hide interesting parts inside blame flying machine behavior its designers well aware risks volved declaring jets among beautiful airplanes shall charge ahead deHavilland Comet air liner magnificent twin-engined racer first true jet airliner enter service suffered insuffi cient engineering merely paved way Boeing 707 make history its simplicity line curves dont look like drawn machines make great shapes air its profitable replacements have engines hanging wings bolted tails Comets engines modestly tucked inside its wings BAc/Arospatiale Concorde worlds successful supersonic FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY March 1985 157 AMERICAN 4JUNIOR 74 Glider sassy little gilder back atruffin Its stuff Per forms delightful stunts balsa 74 features famous A-i Steam Formed Cambered Wing SLEEKURVE Round Edged Fuselage Precise authentic printed detail originals fuselage rudder printed both sides think youll love icau Junior Classic 743-la-l Fun-Pak495PUN 74GiidersingleFus-Pak Au luiiderKit395 404AlmnsfReadyTsFiyKft 595 BoxS48 Oregon CIty 0R97045 See ymr Hstuy Dealer TODAY II ml stock IlIry usy order ills yus ml seder diesl Psnlsge s,d Hmdlig Cheges EISO tsr Ore tOrI usdl PsO pls 1095 15 mob 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Very light weight discriminating hobbiest. Either Pilot version kit.. Sportsman Barnstormer.. Darn Good Airmen. complete * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 PkI2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER $225 $225 $195 $195 IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 Invited join National Soaring Society OFFICIAL SOARING SPBCIAL INTEREST GROUp YEARLY NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS NATION-WIDE EXCELLENCE AWARDS PROGRAM EXCELLENT SIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER NSS CONTRIBUTES SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS TO EACH P3K SOARING TEAM NSS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND OVERSEEING OF AMA NATS INCLUDING AWARDS BANOUET YEARLY DUES ARE $1200 SPECIAL FAMILY RATES C NSS OFFICERS ARE FROM ALL Ii DISTRICTS Information Contact JOHN R VOGEL 906 ORCHARD PARK DR CIBSOHIA FA 15044 transport Soviet copy flopped its nose down better visibility takeoff landing dumbest looking airplanes nose up cruising 1300 mph its gentle curves break up stark leading edge line other delta-winged airplanes picture effortless locomotion Enstrom Shark OK its heli copter airplane among us scary may seem claim see beauty strange contraptions indeed beautiful helicopters trim shapely Shark must course would look lot better funny thing top short pair wings giraffe wouldnt look silly resembled collie Douglas A-20 Havoc World War II light bomber has marvelously balanced proportions truly lovely curves guy losing perspective completely its beauty can sur vive addition gun turret top subsequent A-26 Invader just well balanced lost special beauty A-20 replacing curves angles ether ugiles task choosing few runners-up title all-time ugliest has proven lot difficult expected fact ugly airplanes certain categories considered group entries Take instance French multiengined bombers transports 1930s Dozens qualify ugly honors Its almost like head French Department Aeronautics whatever called declared aerodynamic drag good ornate creations have glassed-in bombardier noses cockpits rococco un-aero nautical theyd make good subjects covers rock albums So facing near impossibility selecting just special credit discredit weve picked typical example illustrate point airplanes look bad enough usually dont fly very well either Dyle & Bacalan some name airplane huh has pro liferation shapes parts made era forgettable Like its ilk never progressed beyond testing stage probably good thing us British may have French flair dramatically outland ish still managed build airplanes look like mistakes Exam ple Handley Page Heyford its lower wing mounted cabane struts stead upper wing sensible biplanes impressive wheel pants spoiled gawky struts reasonably streamlined nose topped crude open cockpit short nothing quite makes sense especially airplane still use World War II began 1939 Johns Multiplane American answer European challenge design foolish looking bomber Based fortunately obscure premise wings airplane has better supposed fly Johns com bined positive negative stagger great confusion struts may have gone extreme venetian blind contraption phone inventor Alexander Graham Bell tried fly enough wing panels set some sort record interplane drag German airplanes World War II period generally possessed meanness entirely subjective response foes Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber mean est looking lot awkwardly bent wings tail seemed have hurriedly sawed out plywood its crude shape howling siren proved highly effective against peasants driving tractors didnt stand much chance against real airplanes like Hawker Hurricanes Maybe theres something about groundsupport airplanes leads really unattractive contemporary Fairchild A-b Wart Hog &urists call Thunderbolt II thats insult Continued page 160 158 Model Aviation NATS FF CHAMPIONS Wake-Up Wakefield $4295 Champion Coupe $24 50 Up Shot 36 MulvIhIll $2295 CHAMPION RUBBER 1/8 3/16 & 1/4 widths x 040 thick $1 150/lb Champion Model Products 714 599-3348 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Includes U S delivery via U PS Calit resident add 6% salee ran P-47 certainly lacks semblance tasteful shape rear-mounted turbofans look like quickly stuck prototype being rolled out its press preview someone realized didnt have engines French have certainly made great strides since 1930s seemed incapable building military airplanes looked right Mirage fighter its versions possesses fine lines started out building some really weird jets e Nord Griffon turbojet engine mounted inside ramjet engine looked like designed during third hour engineering departments annual office party once flew faster existing world speed record nevertheless suggests mid air collision British must get credit some beautiful airplanes history also know work other side street Fairey Gan nett anti-submarine patrol plane looks bad enough flight its huge spinner above grimacing air intake double-humped canopy ground truly stands out mildlycranked wings fold twice convenient storage aircraft carriers just making look broken pathetic Short Brothers old ship building firm produced majestic Sunderland end long distinguished line flying boats something must have snapped same company suddenly emerged Skyvan shorthaul airliner cargo plane looks world like winged box Ungraceful extent being almost cartoon itself Skyyan exam ple odd theory im portant airplane functional beautiful As admit its error apologize Shorts eventually replaced longer 3-30 still cardboard cut-out tail finally almoststreamlined 3-60 commuter airliner Grumman great American firm built far too airplanes practical expense being homely produced agricultural airplane epito mizing hopelessness category Ag-Cat big bulky high canopy deep fuselage common Ag planes needed special demands crop dusting no good reason couldnt rounded off lines smoothed Would fewer nasty little bugs die sprayed streamlined airplane first section article mentioned marvelous biplanes built Waco Near end its exis tence company veered its proud course built monoplane its eter nal shame sole remaining Waco monoplane counting scraps World War II troop gliders like flying packing crates seen some years ago Ottumwa IA antique fly-in attracted deserved lack attention despite its rarity Since previously mentioned reasonably attractive helicopter some paragraphs back have no alternative counterbalance truly gruesome Kamov Ka-26 has classic qualities rotorcraft pro fusion struts blades booms fins sticking out directions no con cern niceties aerodynamics gets feeling built plans what left over Sikor sky stopped building flying boats comrade Kamov could have meant machine look like So least now could have rambled on adding deserving airplanes both lists Herbie Volkswagen-shaped art direc tor would have blown yet another fuse goal make point rather all-inclusive may have nominations own us know what Smoother/Dixon Continued page 91 centered line 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NO OCR TEXT wondered article first proposed us would just too hot handle decided take chance may agree authors con clusions because after matter highly sub jective Ive already installed shatter-proof win dows office author says EDon Berliner beautiful ugliest single-engined fabric-covered 1920s biplanes stance pretty pretty ugly ugly should matter wings built course things like agricultural planes ultralights al always ugly perhaps should nt forced compete categories having much wider range visual qualities So total impracticality formal efforts choose pleasing revolting airplanes time unilateral decision has made let solitary individual chore author modestly presents him self few true authorities area humbly offers following choices prepared defend unto death selections. unless someone comes along something better someone bigger beautiful Well pick grand champion bunch runnersup listed no particular order Remember purely visual thing No points will given taken away because airplanes flying qualities its contributions aviation history authors personal association its suitability modeling idea look airplane way would look painting piece sculpture grade accordingly basis grand champion has Spitfire wins ignores Supermarine Spitfire Take emotional impact watching pick marks superb looking swoop low over green English coun Maybe early ones small tails tryside recalling memories 1940 turtledeck-style canopies get slight bringing lump throat anyone edge ultimate Seafang Hitlers grandchildren long nose Spiteful versions display magnificent elliptical wings graceful tail add up proportions visual perfection all-time uglies Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Awkward Nth degree could have assembled parts cut cereal box Photos author except credited Ugly nose too short wing tips bent isthe engines stuck backthere seem mistakerobbing Fairchild A-i 0s chance Plc Lew Taylor Avigraphics Left also ugly French Nord Griffon might have decent-looking airplane builders stopped before adding awful thing bottom couldnt have left well enough alone Right ugliest McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom ii distorted nose its drooping tall isa cacaphony Ill-fitting parts Better invisible asthe first Stealth Left typically ugly helicopter Kamov Ka-26 built USSR seen over Eastern Europe Soviet law against tucking parts inside wont insult eyes Right Now beautiful helicopter little Enstrom Shark may airplane poor thing least shaped like meant fly through airquite opposite Kamovs impression want ugly Trya Handley Page Heyford Despite two fine Rolls Royce V-i 2s Itcould cruise nofasterthan 120mph Nowonder wed say Amazingly 40 still assigned RAF units WW II began Right Whycant French airplanes lovelyas French womenThls Dyle & Bacalan some name airplane has no known designation designer ashamed Both pica Smithsonian institution 84 Model Aviation ADOVC An american ugly Jonna Multiplane TflO5e wflo dig wings should thrilled biplane/triplane/biplane Woods once covered airfIeld before thousand trees felled building struts Right Another French ugly Bieriot 115 airliner offers splendid lines ofa trolley carand clever means ofdis posing surplus engines Both pica Smithsonian institution Left One ugly Ag planes Grumman Ag-Cat looks meant fly through barns rather around over Some thrashing machines look just aerodynamic Right Ugly angle Shorts Skyvan seemingly proof thataimostanything will fly Shortly after drawing nose designer lost French curve finish rest job straightedge Left This beauty No less two Caudron racers place foreground lathe Type 71 4R never got shot World Speed Record because WW ii behind either real mock-up Type 366 racer Right Ah Ryan beautiful little STA sport-trainer late Thirties epitomizes fun flying trim well balanced cleaner military planes its time period Left Ugh ugly Royal Navys Fairy Gannett anti-submarine patrol plane obviously meant frighten its enemies sur rendering Must airplane look unhappy Credit MP Marsh Right Beautiful Italian airplane can two-seat Faico just created artist/designer Steillo Frati man knows airpiane should indeed beautiful ugliest grand champion has McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom II Its nose bulges its wings crooked its tail droops No two parts look like belong same airplane Dont waste time insisting its beautiful airplane because greatest fighter plane 1960s. doesnt count its wheels flaps retracted has far too funnyshaped pieces sticking out its awful ly noisy Moreover Phantom II violates aviations hallowed precepts airplane looks right will fly right What business does misshapen collection crudities have flying well airplane sense its own position life would fly badly looks Since doesnt have no choice penalize would have won easily penalty points other beauties following runners-up survived brutal weeding-out process left authors office piled high slides prints rejected airplanesand circle friends seri ously depleted Ryan STA late-1930s sporttrainer may cute pretty beautiful its unquestionably some thing quite special upon gaze brief glance its shapely nose wheel pants harmony fuselage its neat tail communicates fun freedom flying bygone days pilots members elite group could fly March 1985 85 Left Whoops Wacos supposed great-looking biplanes did thing slip through supposed inspectors keep such mistakes happening Right Long Midget Mustangsspiendid contours enhanced byearly mornings light dew Left proper Waco type EOC-8 Better known simply Cabin E combines classic shapelIness bipiane stream lined beauty modern airplane its parts well faired Right Cessna looks like airplane should 195 wellsuited parting aires piane should thatali laterCessnas look likethelrancestor Lessonsonce learned should neverbe forgotten pleased Caudron C460 great French racer mid-l930s may have sleekest prop-driven airplane ever flown says speed effectively anything could long slim nose wonderfully tapered wings minimum tail put same class greyhound dolphin Falco F8L Designed bril liant Italian engineer Stefflo Frati all-wood two-seater factory-built Ferrari Air Now its available American home-built shape still gloriously Italian Long Midget Mustang inspi ration Piper engineer Dave Long upset bigwigs North American Aviation insisted called name beloved P-S 1 Thus ads Long Midget example built Lloyd Butler complete retractable landing gear folding wings has purity line few airplanes can boast wings tail nose can opy fit theme efficiency grace Cessna 195 postwar version classic Airmaster last product prolific firm look like real airplane rather some salesmans fly ing sample case powerfully-rounded nose blends perfectly low-drag windshield spindly Wittman spring-leaf landing gear com 86 Model Aviation promises beauty craft Waco EQC-6 claim Wacos beautiful theres something said cant succumb such emotional out bursts must choose emblem atic special classiness cabin biplanes something wonderful about biplane rounded wing tips fuily-faired landing gear open cockpits may seem go biplanes much same way open wheel wells go racing cars prefer closed cabins best appearance good case could made dozen other models Waco E waste time trying select perfect petal orchid Continued Page 157 beautiful deHaviliand Comet jetllnerothe 1 Whet has appeared ensuing 30yarstha through new project daily single complaint Truly owe above others too numerous mention acknowledge friendship support help encouragement encounter Mystique Flying Wing Bibliography SaracenRCM April 1976 72-in glider SimitarRCM December 1976 48-in AA Simitar XVMA December 1976 54-in 15 Simitar 540RCM October 1978 50-in 40 Simitar Twin XIVMA April 1980 60-in Twin 19 AstronMA April 1979 32-in X-Wing 15 -19 CentronRCS June 1979 60-in Glider Astron 40RCM November 1979 40-in X-Wing 40 Simitar 61-PMA October 1982 60-in Pattern retracts 60 Simitar DeuceMAN August 1981 54-in 21 Bugs EarMAN March 1982 24-in 020 Simitar 2100MANGiant Steps 1982 100-in 22 lb 90/Quadra Silent SquireRCM February 1975 60-in Slope Thermal Slope SquireRCS January 1977 60-in Slope Low Wing Hot RockMA November 1977 50-in 40 Sport Low Wing Hole CardRCS September 1976 48-in 09 Sport High Wing WinterhawkMA May 1978 100-in Thermal Glider DasherMA October 1978 40-in 25 -35 Sport Low Wing SevilleMA May 1977 80-in Thermal Low Wing Dirt StripperMA November 1980 48-in 19 -40 Sport High Wing CrosswindMA August 1981 72-in 15 Sport Low Wing MaximumRCM September 1982 72-in Thermal Low Wing Practical Slope Flying RCM August 1976 Easy PackerRCM April 1979 Flight Assurance TechniquesRCM August 1978 Properties Foam . anuary February March 1978 Foam CutterMA January 1979 Firewall FinesseMA June 1981 Lightweight FoamMA December 1984 Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 86 insist jets really airplanes rather prod ucts impersonal computers True enough hide interesting parts inside blame flying machine behavior its designers well aware risks volved declaring jets among beautiful airplanes shall charge ahead deHavilland Comet air liner magnificent twin-engined racer first true jet airliner enter service suffered insuffi cient engineering merely paved way Boeing 707 make history its simplicity line curves dont look like drawn machines make great shapes air its profitable replacements have engines hanging wings bolted tails Comets engines modestly tucked inside its wings BAc/Arospatiale Concorde worlds successful supersonic FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY March 1985 157 AMERICAN 4JUNIOR 74 Glider sassy little gilder back atruffin Its stuff Per forms delightful stunts balsa 74 features famous A-i Steam Formed Cambered Wing SLEEKURVE Round Edged Fuselage Precise authentic printed detail originals fuselage rudder printed both sides think youll love icau Junior Classic 743-la-l Fun-Pak495PUN 74GiidersingleFus-Pak Au luiiderKit395 404AlmnsfReadyTsFiyKft 595 BoxS48 Oregon CIty 0R97045 See ymr Hstuy Dealer TODAY II ml stock IlIry usy order ills yus ml seder diesl Psnlsge s,d Hmdlig Cheges EISO tsr Ore tOrI usdl PsO pls 1095 15 mob OddIllosal Astounding realism ainabk plastics.. Very light weight discriminating hobbiest. Either Pilot version kit.. Sportsman Barnstormer.. Darn Good Airmen. complete * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 PkI2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER $225 $225 $195 $195 IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 Invited join National Soaring Society OFFICIAL SOARING SPBCIAL INTEREST GROUp YEARLY NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS NATION-WIDE EXCELLENCE AWARDS PROGRAM EXCELLENT SIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER NSS CONTRIBUTES SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS TO EACH P3K SOARING TEAM NSS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND OVERSEEING OF AMA NATS INCLUDING AWARDS BANOUET YEARLY DUES ARE $1200 SPECIAL FAMILY RATES C NSS OFFICERS ARE FROM ALL Ii DISTRICTS Information Contact JOHN R VOGEL 906 ORCHARD PARK DR CIBSOHIA FA 15044 transport Soviet copy flopped its nose down better visibility takeoff landing dumbest looking airplanes nose up cruising 1300 mph its gentle curves break up stark leading edge line other delta-winged airplanes picture effortless locomotion Enstrom Shark OK its heli copter airplane among us scary may seem claim see beauty strange contraptions indeed beautiful helicopters trim shapely Shark must course would look lot better funny thing top short pair wings giraffe wouldnt look silly resembled collie Douglas A-20 Havoc World War II light bomber has marvelously balanced proportions truly lovely curves guy losing perspective completely its beauty can sur vive addition gun turret top subsequent A-26 Invader just well balanced lost special beauty A-20 replacing curves angles ether ugiles task choosing few runners-up title all-time ugliest has proven lot difficult expected fact ugly airplanes certain categories considered group entries Take instance French multiengined bombers transports 1930s Dozens qualify ugly honors Its almost like head French Department Aeronautics whatever called declared aerodynamic drag good ornate creations have glassed-in bombardier noses cockpits rococco un-aero nautical theyd make good subjects covers rock albums So facing near impossibility selecting just special credit discredit weve picked typical example illustrate point airplanes look bad enough usually dont fly very well either Dyle & Bacalan some name airplane huh has pro liferation shapes parts made era forgettable Like its ilk never progressed beyond testing stage probably good thing us British may have French flair dramatically outland ish still managed build airplanes look like mistakes Exam ple Handley Page Heyford its lower wing mounted cabane struts stead upper wing sensible biplanes impressive wheel pants spoiled gawky struts reasonably streamlined nose topped crude open cockpit short nothing quite makes sense especially airplane still use World War II began 1939 Johns Multiplane American answer European challenge design foolish looking bomber Based fortunately obscure premise wings airplane has better supposed fly Johns com bined positive negative stagger great confusion struts may have gone extreme venetian blind contraption phone inventor Alexander Graham Bell tried fly enough wing panels set some sort record interplane drag German airplanes World War II period generally possessed meanness entirely subjective response foes Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber mean est looking lot awkwardly bent wings tail seemed have hurriedly sawed out plywood its crude shape howling siren proved highly effective against peasants driving tractors didnt stand much chance against real airplanes like Hawker Hurricanes Maybe theres something about groundsupport airplanes leads really unattractive contemporary Fairchild A-b Wart Hog &urists call Thunderbolt II thats insult Continued page 160 158 Model Aviation NATS FF CHAMPIONS Wake-Up Wakefield $4295 Champion Coupe $24 50 Up Shot 36 MulvIhIll $2295 CHAMPION RUBBER 1/8 3/16 & 1/4 widths x 040 thick $1 150/lb Champion Model Products 714 599-3348 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Includes U S delivery via U PS Calit resident add 6% salee ran P-47 certainly lacks semblance tasteful shape rear-mounted turbofans look like quickly stuck prototype being rolled out its press preview someone realized didnt have engines French have certainly made great strides since 1930s seemed incapable building military airplanes looked right Mirage fighter its versions possesses fine lines started out building some really weird jets e Nord Griffon turbojet engine mounted inside ramjet engine looked like designed during third hour engineering departments annual office party once flew faster existing world speed record nevertheless suggests mid air collision British must get credit some beautiful airplanes history also know work other side street Fairey Gan nett anti-submarine patrol plane looks bad enough flight its huge spinner above grimacing air intake double-humped canopy ground truly stands out mildlycranked wings fold twice convenient storage aircraft carriers just making look broken pathetic Short Brothers old ship building firm produced majestic Sunderland end long distinguished line flying boats something must have snapped same company suddenly emerged Skyvan shorthaul airliner cargo plane looks world like winged box Ungraceful extent being almost cartoon itself Skyyan exam ple odd theory im portant airplane functional beautiful As admit its error apologize Shorts eventually replaced longer 3-30 still cardboard cut-out tail finally almoststreamlined 3-60 commuter airliner Grumman great American firm built far too airplanes practical expense being homely produced agricultural airplane epito mizing hopelessness category Ag-Cat big bulky high canopy deep fuselage common Ag planes needed special demands crop dusting no good reason couldnt rounded off lines smoothed Would fewer nasty little bugs die sprayed streamlined airplane first section article mentioned marvelous biplanes built Waco Near end its exis tence company veered its proud course built monoplane its eter nal shame sole remaining Waco monoplane counting scraps World War II troop gliders like flying packing crates seen some years ago Ottumwa IA antique fly-in attracted deserved lack attention despite its rarity Since previously mentioned reasonably attractive helicopter some paragraphs back have no alternative counterbalance truly gruesome Kamov Ka-26 has classic qualities rotorcraft pro fusion struts blades booms fins sticking out directions no con cern niceties aerodynamics gets feeling built plans what left over Sikor sky stopped building flying boats comrade Kamov could have meant machine look like So least now could have rambled on adding deserving airplanes both lists Herbie Volkswagen-shaped art direc tor would have blown yet another fuse goal make point rather all-inclusive may have nominations own us know what Smoother/Dixon Continued page 91 centered line appropriate spac ing tacked place CyA glue point leading edge strip added ribs aligned perpendicular 160 Model Aviation r ENGINE MOUNT-NOSE GEAR FOR 60-90 ENGINES CAST ALUMINUM ENGINE MOUNT IS STRONGER MORE RIGID THAN PLASTIC MOUNT PREVENTS ENGINE VIBRATION LONG BEAMS TO ACCOMMODATE 60-90 POUR CYCLE ENGINES AND MOST 60 No 60014TWO CYCLE UPRIGHTr NOSE GEAR STRUT IS s STEEL SHOCK ABSORBING AND CAN BE ADJUSTED FOR 1NVERTEDHEIGHT enginesALUMINUM WHEEL BRACKET PREVENTS WOBBLE HOLDS UP TO 3 WHEEL ADJUSTABLE STEERING ARM ALLEN WRENCH AND ENGINE MOUNTING SCREWS INCLUDED Note Wheels included AT MOST HOBBY SHOPS OR ORDER DIRECT SS S nd 100 br 1 3 page Illuwtrated catalogO NEW MK 2 H & K SUPER STARTERS Look before leap original still best Has new larger clutch fully supported applications 90 day warranty new lower prices MODEL 1 Q-35 Q-50 ZENOAH ROPER MODEL 2Super Hustler MAG II MODEL 3Tartan Twin Super Twin Glow Manufactured Distributed P K Products PO Box 62260 Hayward CA 945400 415 581-4277 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NO OCR TEXT wondered article first proposed us would just too hot handle decided take chance may agree authors con clusions because after matter highly sub jective Ive already installed shatter-proof win dows office author says EDon Berliner beautiful ugliest single-engined fabric-covered 1920s biplanes stance pretty pretty ugly ugly should matter wings built course things like agricultural planes ultralights al always ugly perhaps should nt forced compete categories having much wider range visual qualities So total impracticality formal efforts choose pleasing revolting airplanes time unilateral decision has made let solitary individual chore author modestly presents him self few true authorities area humbly offers following choices prepared defend unto death selections. unless someone comes along something better someone bigger beautiful Well pick grand champion bunch runnersup listed no particular order Remember purely visual thing No points will given taken away because airplanes flying qualities its contributions aviation history authors personal association its suitability modeling idea look airplane way would look painting piece sculpture grade accordingly basis grand champion has Spitfire wins ignores Supermarine Spitfire Take emotional impact watching pick marks superb looking swoop low over green English coun Maybe early ones small tails tryside recalling memories 1940 turtledeck-style canopies get slight bringing lump throat anyone edge ultimate Seafang Hitlers grandchildren long nose Spiteful versions display magnificent elliptical wings graceful tail add up proportions visual perfection all-time uglies Junkers Ju-87 Stuka Awkward Nth degree could have assembled parts cut cereal box Photos author except credited Ugly nose too short wing tips bent isthe engines stuck backthere seem mistakerobbing Fairchild A-i 0s chance Plc Lew Taylor Avigraphics Left also ugly French Nord Griffon might have decent-looking airplane builders stopped before adding awful thing bottom couldnt have left well enough alone Right ugliest McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom ii distorted nose its drooping tall isa cacaphony Ill-fitting parts Better invisible asthe first Stealth Left typically ugly helicopter Kamov Ka-26 built USSR seen over Eastern Europe Soviet law against tucking parts inside wont insult eyes Right Now beautiful helicopter little Enstrom Shark may airplane poor thing least shaped like meant fly through airquite opposite Kamovs impression want ugly Trya Handley Page Heyford Despite two fine Rolls Royce V-i 2s Itcould cruise nofasterthan 120mph Nowonder wed say Amazingly 40 still assigned RAF units WW II began Right Whycant French airplanes lovelyas French womenThls Dyle & Bacalan some name airplane has no known designation designer ashamed Both pica Smithsonian institution 84 Model Aviation ADOVC An american ugly Jonna Multiplane TflO5e wflo dig wings should thrilled biplane/triplane/biplane Woods once covered airfIeld before thousand trees felled building struts Right Another French ugly Bieriot 115 airliner offers splendid lines ofa trolley carand clever means ofdis posing surplus engines Both pica Smithsonian institution Left One ugly Ag planes Grumman Ag-Cat looks meant fly through barns rather around over Some thrashing machines look just aerodynamic Right Ugly angle Shorts Skyvan seemingly proof thataimostanything will fly Shortly after drawing nose designer lost French curve finish rest job straightedge Left This beauty No less two Caudron racers place foreground lathe Type 71 4R never got shot World Speed Record because WW ii behind either real mock-up Type 366 racer Right Ah Ryan beautiful little STA sport-trainer late Thirties epitomizes fun flying trim well balanced cleaner military planes its time period Left Ugh ugly Royal Navys Fairy Gannett anti-submarine patrol plane obviously meant frighten its enemies sur rendering Must airplane look unhappy Credit MP Marsh Right Beautiful Italian airplane can two-seat Faico just created artist/designer Steillo Frati man knows airpiane should indeed beautiful ugliest grand champion has McDonnell-Douglas F4 Phantom II Its nose bulges its wings crooked its tail droops No two parts look like belong same airplane Dont waste time insisting its beautiful airplane because greatest fighter plane 1960s. doesnt count its wheels flaps retracted has far too funnyshaped pieces sticking out its awful ly noisy Moreover Phantom II violates aviations hallowed precepts airplane looks right will fly right What business does misshapen collection crudities have flying well airplane sense its own position life would fly badly looks Since doesnt have no choice penalize would have won easily penalty points other beauties following runners-up survived brutal weeding-out process left authors office piled high slides prints rejected airplanesand circle friends seri ously depleted Ryan STA late-1930s sporttrainer may cute pretty beautiful its unquestionably some thing quite special upon gaze brief glance its shapely nose wheel pants harmony fuselage its neat tail communicates fun freedom flying bygone days pilots members elite group could fly March 1985 85 Left Whoops Wacos supposed great-looking biplanes did thing slip through supposed inspectors keep such mistakes happening Right Long Midget Mustangsspiendid contours enhanced byearly mornings light dew Left proper Waco type EOC-8 Better known simply Cabin E combines classic shapelIness bipiane stream lined beauty modern airplane its parts well faired Right Cessna looks like airplane should 195 wellsuited parting aires piane should thatali laterCessnas look likethelrancestor Lessonsonce learned should neverbe forgotten pleased Caudron C460 great French racer mid-l930s may have sleekest prop-driven airplane ever flown says speed effectively anything could long slim nose wonderfully tapered wings minimum tail put same class greyhound dolphin Falco F8L Designed bril liant Italian engineer Stefflo Frati all-wood two-seater factory-built Ferrari Air Now its available American home-built shape still gloriously Italian Long Midget Mustang inspi ration Piper engineer Dave Long upset bigwigs North American Aviation insisted called name beloved P-S 1 Thus ads Long Midget example built Lloyd Butler complete retractable landing gear folding wings has purity line few airplanes can boast wings tail nose can opy fit theme efficiency grace Cessna 195 postwar version classic Airmaster last product prolific firm look like real airplane rather some salesmans fly ing sample case powerfully-rounded nose blends perfectly low-drag windshield spindly Wittman spring-leaf landing gear com 86 Model Aviation promises beauty craft Waco EQC-6 claim Wacos beautiful theres something said cant succumb such emotional out bursts must choose emblem atic special classiness cabin biplanes something wonderful about biplane rounded wing tips fuily-faired landing gear open cockpits may seem go biplanes much same way open wheel wells go racing cars prefer closed cabins best appearance good case could made dozen other models Waco E waste time trying select perfect petal orchid Continued Page 157 beautiful deHaviliand Comet jetllnerothe 1 Whet has appeared ensuing 30yarstha through new project daily single complaint Truly owe above others too numerous mention acknowledge friendship support help encouragement encounter Mystique Flying Wing Bibliography SaracenRCM April 1976 72-in glider SimitarRCM December 1976 48-in AA Simitar XVMA December 1976 54-in 15 Simitar 540RCM October 1978 50-in 40 Simitar Twin XIVMA April 1980 60-in Twin 19 AstronMA April 1979 32-in X-Wing 15 -19 CentronRCS June 1979 60-in Glider Astron 40RCM November 1979 40-in X-Wing 40 Simitar 61-PMA October 1982 60-in Pattern retracts 60 Simitar DeuceMAN August 1981 54-in 21 Bugs EarMAN March 1982 24-in 020 Simitar 2100MANGiant Steps 1982 100-in 22 lb 90/Quadra Silent SquireRCM February 1975 60-in Slope Thermal Slope SquireRCS January 1977 60-in Slope Low Wing Hot RockMA November 1977 50-in 40 Sport Low Wing Hole CardRCS September 1976 48-in 09 Sport High Wing WinterhawkMA May 1978 100-in Thermal Glider DasherMA October 1978 40-in 25 -35 Sport Low Wing SevilleMA May 1977 80-in Thermal Low Wing Dirt StripperMA November 1980 48-in 19 -40 Sport High Wing CrosswindMA August 1981 72-in 15 Sport Low Wing MaximumRCM September 1982 72-in Thermal Low Wing Practical Slope Flying RCM August 1976 Easy PackerRCM April 1979 Flight Assurance TechniquesRCM August 1978 Properties Foam . anuary February March 1978 Foam CutterMA January 1979 Firewall FinesseMA June 1981 Lightweight FoamMA December 1984 Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 86 insist jets really airplanes rather prod ucts impersonal computers True enough hide interesting parts inside blame flying machine behavior its designers well aware risks volved declaring jets among beautiful airplanes shall charge ahead deHavilland Comet air liner magnificent twin-engined racer first 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better visibility takeoff landing dumbest looking airplanes nose up cruising 1300 mph its gentle curves break up stark leading edge line other delta-winged airplanes picture effortless locomotion Enstrom Shark OK its heli copter airplane among us scary may seem claim see beauty strange contraptions indeed beautiful helicopters trim shapely Shark must course would look lot better funny thing top short pair wings giraffe wouldnt look silly resembled collie Douglas A-20 Havoc World War II light bomber has marvelously balanced proportions truly lovely curves guy losing perspective completely its beauty can sur vive addition gun turret top subsequent A-26 Invader just well balanced lost special beauty A-20 replacing curves angles ether ugiles task choosing few runners-up title all-time ugliest has proven lot difficult expected fact ugly airplanes certain categories considered group entries Take instance French multiengined bombers transports 1930s Dozens qualify ugly honors Its almost like 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ground truly stands out mildlycranked wings fold twice convenient storage aircraft carriers just making look broken pathetic Short Brothers old ship building firm produced majestic Sunderland end long distinguished line flying boats something must have snapped same company suddenly emerged Skyvan shorthaul airliner cargo plane looks world like winged box Ungraceful extent being almost cartoon itself Skyyan exam ple odd theory im portant airplane functional beautiful As admit its error apologize Shorts eventually replaced longer 3-30 still cardboard cut-out tail finally almoststreamlined 3-60 commuter airliner Grumman great American firm built far too airplanes practical expense being homely produced agricultural airplane epito mizing hopelessness category Ag-Cat big bulky high canopy deep fuselage common Ag planes needed special demands crop dusting no good reason couldnt rounded off lines smoothed Would fewer nasty little bugs die sprayed streamlined airplane first section article mentioned marvelous biplanes built Waco Near end its exis tence company veered its proud course built monoplane its eter nal shame sole remaining Waco monoplane counting scraps World War II troop gliders like flying packing crates seen some years ago Ottumwa IA antique fly-in attracted deserved lack attention despite its rarity Since previously mentioned reasonably attractive helicopter some paragraphs back have no alternative counterbalance truly gruesome Kamov Ka-26 has classic qualities rotorcraft pro fusion struts blades booms fins sticking out directions no con cern niceties aerodynamics gets feeling built plans what left over Sikor sky stopped building flying boats comrade Kamov could have meant machine look like So least now could have rambled on adding deserving airplanes both lists Herbie Volkswagen-shaped art direc tor would have blown yet another fuse goal make point rather all-inclusive may have nominations own us know what Smoother/Dixon Continued page 91 centered line 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