How Many think this is fake

[kilo delta]

Ugly aircraft?....Boeing Super Guppy!

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PS. It kinda reminds me of this...

 

[Hanimichal]

VERY ugly
:toilet:

 

[cheezyflier]

Forget ugly or beautiful designs, here's a cute one. Not sure on range nor capacity estimates though.

dude! that's luckydog! he posts here all the time!

 

[Tom Clayton]

Forget ugly or beautiful designs, here's a cute one. Not sure on range nor capacity estimates though.

Fill with water for use in aerial firefighting.
Fill with kibble for non-lethal yet very demoralizing "bomb" runs over enemy camps!

 

[Naki]

You want ugly.............

 

[Ferry_vO]

Looks real enough to me:

:d

 

[CrisGer]

looks like they forgot some of the parts when they were making the SP...

ucko

 

[PRB]

Versatile beastie, no? 1) Shape Shuttle Hauler, 2) Giant Flying Telescope, and 3) Big Frikken Laser Beams on it's Head. In any case, not ugly.

 

[Piglet]

The 747 SP is my fave version of the 747 series. But then again I'm called a Piglet!:ernae:

 

[Paul K]

I think you'll find this is the ugliest aircraft ever built..

 

[Quixoticish]

A lot of people tell me the X-32 was ugly but I just think it looks slightly tubby and happy.

 

[Hanimichal]

 

[VCN-1]

NASA uses a 747SP now.

http://www.flightglobal.com/article...-is-well-on-boeing-747sp-open-door-front.html


VCN-1

 

[Brian_Gladden]

I used to see Prat & Whitney's 747SP testbed all the time back when I worked at BTV. The bird is based across the lake at PBG (The old Platsburgh AFB) you think one stock looks wierd, try seeing it with three normal engines and one honking huge engine off a 777 hanging off the wing...

http://www.747sp.com/viewphoto.asp?845


Brian

 

[Matt Wynn]

ugly? need i mention the Linke-Hoffman R1?

looks like something Dick Dastardly would use

 

[Bjoern]

The 747 SP is the single ugliest aircraft EVER conceived. Period.

Who cares about the looks if you can have this:

• Maximum speed: 0.92 Mach (591 knots, 1,095 km/h)
• Cruise speed: .88 Mach (535 knots, 990 km/h)
• Range: 6,650 nm (7,650 mi, 12,325 km) with 276 passengers

You want ugly?
Look at a Do328-300.

 

[Matt Wynn]

i like the D0328 it has a charm to it

 

[Bjoern]

i like the D0328 it has a charm to it

I was being a bit self-ironic. I love the 328, but I've seen it from every angle, so believe me, this thing can look *really* ugly.

 

[Matt Wynn]

yeah i've seen a few they're not too bad looking, although yes from low on the front it's like a flying humpbacked whale

some people call this ugly.... but i like the ole' girl...

designed as an AOP with a single Gypsy Major 33 as powerplant

 

[Bobcat]

Ah!.. That triple engined monster earlier (F-AHAF) is a Farman 4X I believe, or possibly known as the F.120.

This is not only ugly, but for some reason I also find it extremely scary - a bit like some infernal machine - I can't believe people actually paid money to fly on this expecting to reach their destination!

As for the B747SP, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose, but I quite like them as they made excellent subjects for photography during the 80's-90's at London Heathrow. Lots of airlines used them into that airport with some pretty good liveries, but the best thing was that due to the proportions of the aircraft they framed just nicely for the typical 4:3 shot. They were like having a normal 747 squeezed-up at the ends to fit nicely in the photo! He! He!